Unit 6 WW2 Flashcards
(49 cards)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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1896
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Spanish - American War
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1898
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WW1
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1914-1918
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The Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
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1920
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Great Depression Begins
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1929
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US involvement in WW2
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1941-1945
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The Korean War Begins
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1950
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School Desegregation Ordered
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1954
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FDR Leadership
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- Inspired soldiers to win
- Believed in democracy
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Industrial production
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- Industry focused on the war
- Made planes, guns etc
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Role of women
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- Attitude towards women changed
- They took over mens jobs when they were at war
- 40% of women worked
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Jobs and roles of civilians
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- worked in factories to produce war materials
- Sent food to soldiers
- Doctors and nurses
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Japanese internment camps
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- hatred around japanese because of pearl harbor
- Japanese moved from the Westcoast of the US
- Bad conditions
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442nd and the rescue of the lost battalion
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- 422nd - a segregated Japanese American Military unit
- Lost Battalion - rescue mission
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The Fall of The Philippines
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- After PH Japanese Attacked American airfields
- Americans were outnumbered Phillippines
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Macarthur
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- US general for the Pacific front
- He won the Philippines
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Bataan death march
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- When American troops surrendered forced into death march
- walked through the Philippines
- Alot of prisoners died
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Corregidor
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- US general surrendered Corregidor
- The last American stronghold in pacific
- US recaptured it 1945
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The Doolittle raid and impact
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- Wanted to bomb Tokyo
- FDR was searching a way to raise the morale American people
- US airaid on Japan
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The Battle of the Coral Sea
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- The japanese believed could safely proceed 2 attacks at once
- First carrier vs carrier battle
- Changed how boats fight each other
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Battle of Midway
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- Turning point: First American victory the Pacific
- Between the US Navy and japanese
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North Africa
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- Reasons they started in North Africa: Wanted to control the Suez canal and Britain wanted supplies
- Rommel: The German commander
- Patton: The US general in North Africa
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The Atlantic
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Blackouts: Citizens turned off their lights so ships couldn’t be seen
Convoy: Merchant ships escorted by war ships
New technology: Radar, jeeps, atomic bomb, and duck tape
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Stalingrad
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- Why was this battle a turning point war: Because it the first big defeat for Germany
- Why did they lose: Because they didn’t have the right clothes for the cold and supplies
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Casablanca conference
- It was a meeting between FDR and Churchhill
- Final plan to win war with the allies
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Strategic bombing
- The allies bombing Germanys factories and big cities
- impact on Germany: weekend morale and disrupted supplies
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Striking the soft underbelly (Italy)
STSU: The allies invasion of Italy
- Sicily: Island in Italy and the Battle ended muscilini rule in Italy - the first Allie captured of access territory
Impact of Italy: same thing
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The Tehran Conference
- Stalin, FDR, and Churchhill met in a conference in Tehran Iran
- They discussed Russia launching a offensive and Russia helping the pacific
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Operation overload and Eisenhower
- The allied invasion of Normandy France
- D-Day
- Eisenhower was the commander
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The longest day
- The invasion of Normandy/D-Day
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Two-Pronged strategy
- TPS: The allied plan to attack Japan from direction
- Macaurthor and Nimitz are the 2 generals in charge of TPS
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Guadalcanal
- A battle where the allies were on the offensive
- Japan surrenders the solomon islands
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Amphtrac
- Amphtrac was a vehicle that transported troops
- Could drive on land or water
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Navajo Code Talkers
- Navajo men who use native language to transmit messages to there marines
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Island-Hopping and Tarawa
- A military strategy you go from one island to another
- A battle where the US defeated Japanese and killed alot of there soldiers
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Kamikaze
- A Japanese military unit that used suicide bombing
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D-Day Successes
- Allies established themselves in France
- Set them to a path of victory
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The Battle of The Bulge
- In Belgium Germans had one last offensive
- Germany initially succeeded but the allies won
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The war ends Europe
- Berlin: The Russia army captured Berlin which caused
- Hitler: Hitler commited suicide from the capture
- V-E Day: German surrendered to the allies on V-E Day
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FDR dies/Truman
- FDR has a stroke while in office and vice president Truman takes over
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The Battle of Iwo Jima
- The US captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima
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Firebombing Japan
- The US dropped bombs over Tokyo
- Killed a lot of civilians
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Napalm
- A chemical weapons that is flamable
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Okinawa
- Final major battle in the pacific
- Very violent
- Purpose was to get an airbase
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The Terms for surrender
- They had unconditional surrender and lost all territory, lost all weapons
- The allies occupied Japan
- Before Hiroshima Japan wanted to keep the hero power
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The Manhatten Project
- US scientists developing the atomic bomb
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Atomic bombs that the US dropped in order to get Japan to surrender
- Killed everybody in both cities
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Romel
Desert fox
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