USII Final Exam Review, Verified Solution

USII Final Exam Review, Verified Solution 19th Amendment Gave women the right to vote Allied Powers WWII Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the US Axis Powers WWII Germany, Italy, Japan Berlin Wall Barrier set up by the Soviets in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin Black Tuesday October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression. Bonus Army WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date. Boston Police Strike the Police Force in Boston, MA went on a strike, and in fear of communism, President Coolidge (then governor at the time) fired them and called in the militia to be the police force Cold War the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II, intense threats and nuclear build up communism Economic and political system, classless society, no private property ownership, examples - Soviet Union, China, and Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba D-Day June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be President of the USA Eleanor Roosevelt wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights - civil rights and women's rights Great Depression the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing until WWII - high unemployment and homelessness Harlem Renaissance A 1920's literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture - music, art, and literature Harry S. Truman Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan thus ending WWII Herbert Hoover US president when the Stock Market crashed, believed government should offer limited response to crisis. Holocaust Genocide resulting from the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler, 6 million European Jews died in concentration and extermination camps Joseph McCarthy US senator; claimed that there were Soviet spies and communists within the government but had no evidence; went too far when he accused President Eisenhower and the US Army of protecting communists KKK Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy group that targeted and terrorized African-Americans, Jews, and Catholics Korean War Communism was contained in this War, Kim Il Sung led his country (NK) and invaded (SK) The US and UN successfully defended (SK) Manhattan Project Code name for the secret U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Pearl Harbor United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Attack took place on December 7, 1941. Prohibition the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by the 18th Amendment Sacco and Vanzetti Two Italian anarchists, radicals, and immigrants wrongly accused of murder and robbery and executed in Massachusetts Scopes Trial 1925 trial of a Tennessee school teacher found guilty and fined for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution Truman Doctrine President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology containment American policy of prevent further expansion of communism around the world, keep communism in its current borders Domino theory The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism then neighboring nations would fall too Berlin Airlift