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AP U.S. History
Unit 10
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History
11th Grade
11/14/2011

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Douglas MacArthur
Definition
General in WWII
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
A rush of military force to take over, as in footbal
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Cold War
Definition
"War' between USSR and America, communism v. capitalism, arms race for atomic bomb, etc; was cold because no actuall war was fought
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Cash and Carry
Definition
Britain could buy weapons from the US in cash
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Baby Boom
Definition
Birthing of 50 million babies in 15 years, one baby every 10 seconds after war
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Containment
Definition
Idea of keeping an eye on Russia and communism without offence
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D-Day
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Storming of Normandy beach in France, biggest American take over of German land
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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Promised economic and military aid to anticommunist countries
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Appeasement
Definition
European's way of punishment: Don't do that again! (no punishment)
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Korean Conflict
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North's oppressive government and south's prospering, north invaded south
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Lend-Lease Act
Definition
America loaned weapons to Britain
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Levittown
Definition
Suburban town mass produced for veterans
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Joseph McCarthy
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Part of anti-communist push, developed McCarthyism
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Fascism
Definition
Extreme right-wing, dictatorship
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Final Solution
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Hitler and Germany's idea of the extermination of everyone who wasn't blonde haired and blue eyed, purify the world
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Four Freedoms Speech
Definition
Freedom of speech and expression, religion, from want and from fear.
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Alger Hiss
Definition
Accused of being a communist, made everyone afraid of state infiltraion
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GIs
Definition
Soldiers
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Montgomery GI Bill
Definition
Loans given to soldiers after war to buy homes, start businesses, go to college
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Holocaust
Definition
Genocide of millions of Jews and other minorities by Hitler and the Nazi party
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American First Committee
Definition
Anti-communist committee
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HUAC
Definition
House of Un-American Activities Committee
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Island Hopping
Definition
Method used in WWII to get closer to Japan, slowly gain islands
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Iron Curtain
Definition
Division between democratic west and communist east
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Berlin Blockade
Definition
Russia blocked off Berlin
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Jackie Robinson
Definition
First African American in baseball
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Japanese Internment
Definition
Camps set up on the west coast interning Japanese because of Japanese war
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Berlin Wall
Definition
Built by Russians as part of the blockade
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
Definition
Drafted by America and French, significant for international law
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Kruschev
Definition
Commander in wwii
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Rosie the Riveter
Definition
"Female uncle sam"
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Gave economic aid to countries becoming communists, bribe
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Manhattan Project
Definition
Secret construction of the atomic bomb
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Rebuild Berlin, by western Europe
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NATO
Definition
Democratic Western alliance
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Nazi Party
Definition
Supporters of Hitler
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Neutrality Acts
Definition
Made by FDR, to stay out of the war
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
Bombing of naval base by Japanese
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Robert Oppenheimer
Definition
Scientist who helped construct the atomic bomb
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Rosenburgs
Definition
Scientists, executed for selling secrets to Russia
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Sputnik
Definition
Launching of Russian shuttle, first female to be executed by electric chair
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U-2 Incident
Definition
A United States spy plane was shot down over Russia
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United Nations
Definition
Alliance of nations made after WWII, much like League of Nations
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Yalta Conference
Definition
Meeting of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill to discuss punishment for Nazis and German division
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Potsdam Conference
Definition
Stalin, Truman, and Churchill to discuss same things, ask Japan to surrender
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