us history Flashcards
1111Why did USSR, Germany, Italy and Japan tolatarism regime emerge in the 1930s
USSR- Joseph Stalin, wanted a industrial giant, employed secret police, propaganda posters, suppresses all oppositions
Italy - Benito Mussolini, wanted to make Italy a world power, facism, secret police
Germany- Adolf Hitler, wanted to return Germany to a former glory, facism, dictatorship
Japan - Emperor Hirohito, Wanted to build empire quickly and aggressively
Why did U.S differ from Germany, Italy and Japan?
Didnt go into a tolatrsim state of government because they were at loss of faith, had no dictator and no democracy from the Great Depression.
Explain how the war affected African Americans civil rights
- it caused race riots because African Americans were getting jobs in the war and federal gov jobs
- DOUBLE V CAMPAIGN, helped the civil rights for African Americans with racial equality
Explain the significance of soot suit riots
These riots occurred because the Latinx and Americans wore these suits and people thought that they were unpatriotic for the war
ID and describe the cause of American isolationism in the 1930s
- Didnt want other countries badness and problems in there U.S
- German Americans were afraid of Hitler and knew how bad WW1 was so they wanted isolationism
Describe the arguments between isolationists and intervationists
Isolationists - Didnt want bad things happened to their country, also didnt want the immigration restrictions gone
Interventionists - wanted to help other countries so that stye would;d help them in return
ID and describe the ways the U.S became more involved with the Allies prior to entering the war
-provided military supplies to Britain
-helped Britain
- Helping the countries
- Lend Lease Act, enables countries to receive American military aid without paying immediately
ID the significance of Pearl Harbor
U.S declares war on Japan and wwII was now a true world war, Hitler honored a pact with Japan and declared war on U.S
Explain the significance of Germany Invading Poland
Cause of ww2
Identify and describe the causes and effects of the Battle of Britain.
cause - the air campaign by Germany on Britain
Effect - Britain Won
Describe how the Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific
It was a turning point because not that the U.S has won they can weaken the Japanese threat by their island hopping
Describe how the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in the war in Europe.
IT was a turning point because it stopped Germany from spreading the Nazism into Europe
Explain the significance of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in the defeat of Japan.
Iwo Jima - Became a strategic area for a attack on Japan
Okinawa - Allowed the U.S to create a blockade of Japan and commence airstrikes on Japan
Explain the significance of the Normandy Invasion
The significance was despite intense German opposition and heavy American casualties, the landings succeeded and the libration of Western Europe from hitler began
Explain how the Battle of the Bulge accelerates the end of the war in Europe.
It allowed the advance to Germany
