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  • Define de jure segregation.
    segregation by law
  • What were some new jobs during the 1950s?
    Advertising, communication, service industry
  • What were some effects of so many cars during the 1950s?
    noise pollution, Interstate Highway Act, growing gap between rich and poor
  • Why did we choose to use the atomic bombs?
    to end the war quickly
  • Define conglomerate.
    a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies
  • Who was the leader of Italy?
    Benito Mussolini
  • Define domino theory.
    the fall of one nation to communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors
  • Who was the commander of U.S. forces during the Korean War?
    Douglas MacArthur
  • What leader's philosophy was all about nationalism and racism?
    Hitler
  • What is another way to describe the strategy of blitzkrieg?
    Militaristic Expansion
  • What was going on with education in the 1980s?
    it was doing worse than other countries
  • Who started the war on the side of Germany but ended on our side?
    Soviet Union
  • What were some results of Kennedy's New Frontier?
    Expansion of the military Acceleration of the space program The Peace Corps
  • Define de facto segregation.
    segregation by custom and tradition
  • What happened at the end of the Korean War?
    An armistice was signed and the 38th parallel was established
  • Where were new homes being built in the 1950s?
    suburbs
  • Who became president after Nixon resigned?
    Gerald Ford
  • What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn/declare unconstitutional?
    separate but equal
  • Define genocide.
    the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
  • What country did Germany and the Soviet Union split?
    Poland
  • Which president wanted the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
    President Johnson
  • What were some psychological effects of the Great Depression?
    suicide
  • What was the U.S.'s reaction to the Soviet Union putting the first man in space?
    We were more determined not to lose the space race
  • Why did federal spending increase under President Reagan?
    national defense and the military
  • Who signed a nonaggression pact with Germany at the beginning of the war?
    Soviet Union
  • Who suffered 6 million deaths in the Holocaust?
    the Jews
  • What was the flexible response military strategy?
    to help the U.S. be able to fight wars
  • Why was Germany shooting down ships in the Atlantic?
    to stop supplies
  • What was our main goal in Vietnam?
    Stop the spread of communism
  • List the causes of the Great Depression.
    tariffs, easy credit, farming crisis
  • What were the goals of the New Deal?
    regulate the stock market and banking
  • How did we resolve the Cuban missile crisis?
    agreed to remove our missiles in Turkey if the Soviet Union removed theirs from Cuba
  • Who declared war on Germany when they invaded Poland? (2 countries)
    Britain and France
  • Who benefited the most during the 1950s?
    White men
  • Who was winning the Korean War until China got involved?
    South Korea and the U.S.
  • What leader let Hitler get away with too much before the official start of the war?
    Neville Chamberlain
  • Define the Truman Doctrine.
    to stop the spread of communism
  • How did we respond to the Soviet Union exploding an atomic bomb?
    developed a hydrogen bomb
  • Define Vietnamization. What did President Johnson think it would do?
    Slowly withdraw U.S. forces from Vietnam. thought it would lead to "peace with honor"
  • What leader based their regime on communism?
    Joseph Stalin
  • What country forced the United States to join the war?
    Japan
  • Define McCarthyism
    suggest that a person is making unsupported accusations - saying someone is communist without proof
  • What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
    a missile defense system
  • What were some of the things working against JFK in the election?
    his age, religion, and policy differences with his opponent
  • List all of the countries and their leaders involved in World War II.
    Soviet Union → Stalin, Spain →Franco, Germany → Hitler, United States --> Roosevelt, Great Britain →Chamberlain and Churchill, Italy --> Mussolini
  • Define consumerism.
    more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy
  • Who was the Commander of U.S. forces in Europe during the war?
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • What did they conclude about the assassination of JFK?
    Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
  • What did conservatives complain about in the early 1980s?
    too much government regulation
  • Who didn't like the policy of appeasement?
    Winston Churchill
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