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