US II STUDY GUIDE MIDTERM 2012
Munich Pact- An agreement between Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, signed at Munich on September 29, 1938, under which the Sudetenland was ceded to Nazi Germany, often cited
as an example of misjudged or dishonorable appeasement
Nazism- a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
neutrality acts- were laws that were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II.
blitzkrieg- An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory
Lend-Lease Act-
as the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast
amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945.
War Production Board- waste paper basket
Executive Order 9066Korematsu v. United StatesDouble V campaignZoot Suit RiotsAlliesAxis powersD-DayHolocaustBattle of MidwayManhattan ProjectWorld BankUnited Nations (UN)Four FreedomsUniversal Declaration of Human RightsNuremberg War Crimes TrialsGI Bill of RightsBerlin BlockadeNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Korean WarH-bombMutual Assured Destruction (MAD)House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)McCarthyismAtomic Age-
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Briefly state the result of each event.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Germany invades Poland
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Italy invades Ethiopia
Rape of Nanjing
Mussolini founds Fascist Party
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Battle of the Bulge
Doolittle’s bomber raid on Tokyo
Executive Order 8802
“Rosie the Riveter” song is popular
UN adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Nuremburg War Crimes Trials open
Congress unanimously passes GI Bill
Cold War
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
Churchill delivers “Iron Curtain” speech
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
Truman Doctrine
Yalta and Potsdam conferences
Mao Zedong’s rise to power in China
First Soviet A-bomb test
Army-McCarthy hearings
FCDA launches Operation Alert
Federal Employee Loyalty Program established
Watkins v. United States