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Many new democracies established after WWI failed

because of what common problems?

Lack of democratic tradition & economic problems.

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Name the Axis Powers.

Germany, Japan, Italy


“A day which will live in infamy” refers to which WWII event

Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor


Why did FDR keep the US out of WWII for so long?

To appease American’s feeling of isolationism


The US placed an embargo on Japan

What led Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor?

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Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France against

Hitler’s forces

What was the D-Day invasion?

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The liberation of France, Belgium, & Luxembourg

Why was D-Day important?

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The last German offensive in Europe

What was the Battle of the Bulge?


African-American pilots who trained in Alabama and fought

bravely overseas.

Who is the Tuskegee Airmen?


Day celebrating Gemany’s surrender & end of WWII in

Europe

What is VE-Day?

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US program the developed the Atomic Bomb

What was the Manhattan Project?

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US military strategy to invade least defended Japanese islands

first, on its way to mainland Japan.

What was island hopping?


The reason was to save American soldiers’ lives and end the war

quickly

Why did Truman decide to use the Atomic bomb?


Helped US forces transmit messages without Japanese

breaking the code

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?


These battles made the US realize invading mainland Japan would cause too many US casualties

What is the battle of Iwo Jima & Okinawa?

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. Japanese Americans were quarantined here because they were seen as a danger to war

effort

What were internment camps?

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Racial tension against Mexican Americans led to violence in Los

Angeles.

What were zoot suit riots?


Recruited womeninto jobs in

wartime industries

Who was Rosie the Riveter?


This picture wastaken following

Allied victory onthis island

What was Iwo Jima?


Caused a population increase in California during WWII

What were defense industry jobs?

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Nazi leaders were tried for crimes against humanity during

the Holocaust?

What were the Nuremberg Trials?


Meeting were FDR allowed USSR to oversee postwar

elections in Eastern Europe.

What was the Yalta Conference?


Non Combat roles were reserved for which groups of people.

Minorities & women


The Supreme Court decision of Korematsu v. United States

(1944) did what?

Allow internment camps for reasons of military necessity


FDR spoke of freedom meaning the supremacy of human rights

everywhere

What was FDR’s Four Freedom Speech?

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Women’s role in WWI helped lead to this

What was women’s right to vote?

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First amendment clause helping establish religious freedom.

What was the Free Exercise Clause?

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Many business groups opposed the Tenneesse Valley

Authority(TVA) because of this

What was unfair competition with private power companies?

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President Taft’s policy focusing on American Commercial

interest abroad.

What was Dollar Diplomacy?

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Contributed to rapid industrialization of the United

States in the 19th century?

What was the Railroad boom?

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