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Exam 2
Post World War 1-World War 2
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History
Undergraduate 2
03/01/2015

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Term
As people moved to cities to work in factories, how did they deal with their past?
Definition
They often hid their rural past to avoid teasing (“country hicks” / “country bumpkins”)
Term
What happened to the more traditional industries (like agriculture and railroads) during the 1920s?
Definition
They declined.
Term
Which category of industries grew the most in the 1920s?
Definition
Consumer Goods
Term
What were the 3 weaknesses in the US Economy in the 1920s?
Definition

-the decline of traditional industries like coal, cotton textiles, railroads, and agriculture

-Once people bought a consumer-good (auto, vacuum, etc.) they were out of the market for a few years. *Producers over-produced, saturating the market for a certain item

-There were sharp declines in agricultural exports after 1919 because European farmers were producing again and did not need to buy US goods. This overproduction caused farm prices in the US to fall. There was little profit left in farming.

Term
What was the problem with Unions in the 1920s?
Definition
Their membership declined.
Term
What was the problem with minorities in the 1920s?
Definition
African American workers remained on the bottom socially and economically.
Term
What was the problem with middle class investments in the 1920s?
Definition
Those with idle money invested heavily in the stock market. It thrived during the 1920s.
Term
What was the Great Migration?
Definition
1 million blacks migrated north in the 1920s.
Term

Led by W.E.B. Dubois and James Weldon Johnson. Very few restrictions on blacks, they could own banks, publish books, sing opera or perform in Shakespeare’s plays. This was known as the:


Where was this located?

Definition

Harlem Renaissance 

 

Harlem, New York City, New York

Term
What were the 4 elements of the Rural Counterattack in the 1920s?
Definition

1) The Red Scare

2) Prohibition

3) Ku Klux Klan

4) Immigration Restrictions

Term
Rural Americans saw evil in the cities so they started efforts to restore Anglo-Saxon and Protestant culture. Americans were scared of the Communists controlling Russia. US labor unrest caused Americans to look for communist groups, often found in cities. Foreign-born radicals in the US were deported without due process of law. Within a year the ( ) ( ) ended as government officials spoke out for due process of law and full hearings before deportation.
Definition
Red Scare
Term
What 4 groups opposed Prohibition?
Definition

-Catholics

-Jews

-Germans

-Irish

Term
What 3 ways was immigration restricted in the 1920s?
Definition

1)Literacy test to read and write English

2)Quota System (3% a year of countries nationals already presiding in 1910)

3) Immigration from Asia was banned

Term
Who could be in the Ku Klux Klan?
Definition
Native Born, White, Protestant, "gentile" males
Term
What 5 tactics were often used by the KKK after WW1?
Definition

-Violent practices

-setting fire to buildings

-lynchings

-burning crosses

-beating individuals

Term
What 3 groups of people did the KKK intimidate?
Definition

-Blacks

-aliens/immigrants

-Religious minorities/women

Term
A teached John Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee was arrested for having students read a chapter about evolution in their textbook. This violated Tennesse's Butler Act. This is known as the    1    trial.
Definition
Scopes
Term
What were the characteristics of the Republican Party during the 1920s in government/business relations? 5 parts
Definition

1)stopped reform legislature

2)continued friendly relationships between govt/business

3)Protective tariff to increase the tarrif/tax rate on foreign goods sold in the US

4)excess profit taxes were repealed

5)Tax profit on businesses and wealthy reduced

Term
What were the characteristics of the Republican Party during the 1920s in Presidential victories? 3 presidents/years
Definition

1)Harding (1921-1923)

2) Coolidge (1923-1929)

3) Hoover (1929-1933)

Term
What were the characteristics of the Republican Party during the 1920s in size of government?
Definition
Doubled the size of the federal government and increased the role of the government in the US economy.
Term
During the 1920s, which President was ruined by scandals?
Definition
President Warren G. Harding
Term
6 reasons of what caused the Great Depression in the US?
Definition

1)Investors bought too much stock on credit. Selling spree forced people to sell their stock to pay off loans

2)Cosumer goods market became saturated for several items

3)Agriculture Decline since 1919

4)Corporate mismanagement occured(managers poor decisions)

5) European economy was unstable

6) Uneven distribution of wealth

Term
What 2 groups were laid off first during the early Depression?
Definition

-Immigrants

-Blacks/Minorities

Term
What 2 things did Hoover oppose as ways to stop the depression?
Definition

-Rejected all requests from direct federal relief

- Massive public works

Term
What 2 ways did Herbert Hoover fight the Great Depression?
Definition

- Voluntary efferts by business to maintain investment and employment

- Local charity groups assisting the needy

Term

What was Franklin Roosevelt's solution to the great depression? 2 parts

 

Definition

-Relief(giving people cash) and Recovery (Legislation)

- Reform

Term
What 4 people opposed Roosevelt's Depression programs?
Definition

- Floyd Olson

- Father Charles Coughlin

- Dr. Francis Townsend

-Huey Long

Term

Name this opponent of Roosevelt's Depression Programs:

 

Called for the federal government to take actions needed to raise farm and labor income. 

Definition
Floyd Olson
Term

Name this opponent of Roosevelt's Depression Programs:

 

Wanted to nationalize the banking system.

Definition
Charles Coughlin
Term

Name this opponent of Roosevelt's Depression Programs:

 

Wanted the federal government to give a monthly pension to the elderly.

Definition
Francis Townsend
Term

Name this opponent of Roosevelt's Depression Programs:

 

Advocated a "Share the Wealth Movement". Assassinated in 1935. 

Definition
Huey Long
Term
In 1935 The Focus of the "New Deal" changed from relief and recovery to:
Definition
Reform
Term

In what ways were these groups affected by the "New Deal":

 

Women

(4 parts)

Definition

- Status declined. 

-Laid off before men. 

-Appointed woman cabinet members/judges/ambassadors. 

-More women were elected to state and local political offices

 

Term

In what ways were these groups affected by the "New Deal":

 

Unions

(3 parts)

Definition

- Labor Unions grew.

- CIO grew quickly. 

- Indirect benefits extended to women and blacks in unskilled jobs

 

Term

In what ways were these groups affected by the "New Deal":

 

African Americans

(5 parts)

Definition

- Helped

- Appointed to high government positions in federal government

- First Lady spoke in public against racial discrimination

- Switched to Democratic Party

- Harry Hopkins (Color Blind Policy)

Term

In what ways were these groups affected by the "New Deal":

 

Native Americans

(2 parts)

Definition

- Federal Government stopped trying to change Native Americans into farmers. 

- 1934 Indian Reorganization Act

Term

In what ways were these groups affected by the "New Deal":

 

Mexicans

(3 parts)

Definition

- Helped less then Blacks

- Those that were Citizens received relief money

- Non citizens sent back to Mexico

Term
Came up with the Color-blind policy. Top advisers for FDR. Main architect of “The New Deal”.
Definition
Harry Hopkins
Term
Dispersed federal relief $ without a priority system. Anyone who was poor could get immediate help. Created by Harry Hopkins. What was it?
Definition
Color Blind Policy
Term

How did Roosevelt deal with racism?

 

Why?

Definition

- Never tried to deal with them.

 

- Didn't want to offend southern democrats. 

Term
What caused the 1937-1938 Recession?
Definition
cutting back on WPA and other government programs in order to reduce budget deficits.
Term
This amendment prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections.
Definition
24th Amendment
Term

 

This amendment deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

Definition
25th amendment
Term
What 5 groups were in Roosevelt's Democratic coalition in the 1930s?
Definition

- Voters in urban areas

- Democrats in the south

- Democrats in the west

- Ethnic groups (Poles, Irish, Blacks)

- Religious groups (Catholics, Jews)

Term
What 2 groups remained loyal to the Republican Party in the 1930s?
Definition

-Small town americans

- Protestant Anglo-Saxon heritage

Term
Saying the court was getting behind, Roosevelt asked to change the law to increase the number of judges needed on the Supreme Court = the ( ) He wanted up to 6 new judges added to US Supreme Court, which already had nine members. He would get to nominate these 6 new judges. He planned to nominated men who would support his relief & recovery and reform ideas.
Definition
Court packing scheme
Term
Which two new deal legislations were declared Unconstitutional?
Definition

-NRA (National Recovery Administration)

- AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

Term

The weather cycle in the 1930s was drier on the Great Plains; several droughts occurred. Winds blew the dry, exposed topsoil into “dust storms.” Western Kansas and Oklahoma; the Texas panhandle; and eastern Colorado and New Mexico were hurt the most. Federal policies through the AAA helped landowners and ranchers but NOT the sharecroppers and tenant farmers. Over 300,000 moved to California to pick crops. They had to compete with Mexicans for work.


This was called:

Definition
The Dust Bowl
Term
Where was the Dust Bowl located? (5 places)
Definition

- Western Kansas

- Oklahoma

- Texas panhandle

- Eastern Colorado

- New Mexico

Term
What did Japan do in 1931 to end the peace that had existed in the Pacific since the end of WWI?
Definition
Japanese forces overran Manchuria. This violated the 9 power treaty.
Term
How did the League of Nations respond to Japan’s aggression in 1931 in regards to Manchuria?
Definition
The League of Nations did little to stop Japan besides issuing a written condemnation of what Japan did to China.
Term
Which promise/treaty to China did the US break?
Definition
Open Door Policy
Term
Why did the US break the Open Door Policy Treaty to China? (2 parts)
Definition

the Isolationist Movement had grown in the US after WWI

- the US was in the Great Depression so Americans would not support any effort to spend money in China when US citizens were out of work


Term

Why did the US follow policies of isolation after WWI?

(3 parts)

Definition

1) Disillusionment after WW1

2) Depression in the 1930s

3)As the danger of war grew, the US wanted to stay uninvolved. 

Term
Many held the idea that the Atlantic naturally separated the US from European affairs, this was known as:
Definition
Fortress America Idea
Term

Tell whether the following characteristics is of which leader (Russia/Lenin, Italy/Mussolini, Germany/Hitler) or is all of them.

 

claimed power in 1918

won a civil war in 1923 to have power

Definition
Russia/Lenin
Term

Tell whether the following characteristics is of which leader (Russia/Lenin, Italy/Mussolini, Germany/Hitler) or is all of them.

 

Came to power legally

Definition

Italy/Mussolini

Germany/Hitler

Term

Tell whether the following characteristics is of which leader (Russia/Lenin, Italy/Mussolini, Germany/Hitler) or is all of them.

 

Adapted Ideas of Marx & Engels

Had government ownership of everything "until the workers" were able to do this

Definition
Russia/Lenin
Term

Tell whether the following characteristics is of which leader (Russia/Lenin, Italy/Mussolini, Germany/Hitler) or is all of them.

 

Facism

Definition

Italy/Mussolini

Germany/Hitler

Term

Consolidation of Power:

1. Kills enemies

2. Kills Rivals

3. Takes control of all media

4. Started secret police


These were characteristics of:

Definition

Russia/Lenin

Italy/Mussolini

Germany/Hitler

Term
What were 4 problems in Italy that caused citizens to change their governments between 1920-1935?
Definition

1)War Debts

2)High Inflation

3)Violent Strikes

4)High Unemployment

Term
What were 5 problems in Germany that caused its citizens to change their government between 1920-1935?
Definition

1)Disliked Weimar Republic

2)Treaty of Versailles humiliated Germany

3)High Unemployment

4)High Inflation

5)Wanted to be World Power

Term
What 5 things did Mussolini promise to do for Italy?
Definition

1) Protect private ownership of property

2) Prevent communist revolution in Italy

3) Restore full employment

4) Start social security for workers

5) Restore Italy to a world power

Term
What were the 5 Nazi beliefs/promises?
Definition

1)Violent opposition to communism

2)Very nationalistic/pro german/promised to restore the greatness of German prior ot WW1

3) solve economic problems and put people back to work

4) taught that Aryans(pure German people) were the superior race(tall, well built, blonde, blue-eyed)

5) unite all Germans into one nation

Term
What did the Pacifists/Isolationists want?
Definition
They wanted the US to stay out of future wars.
Term
What was the disagreement between Charles Lindbergh and Alvin York?
Definition

-Lindbergh opposed US involvement and wanted the US to make alliances with Hitler.

- York called for the people to be prepared for war. York didn't trust Hitler or Nazism.

Term
What 4 things were outlawed by Neutrality laws?
Definition

1)Banned the sale of arms to nations at war

2)Banned loans to nations at war

3) Banned US citizens from sailing on passenger ships owned by nations at war

4) no US ships could carry cargo to nations at war

Term
This theory claimed that bankers and munitions manufacturers used unethical buisness practices and these 2 groups were responsible for getting the US into WW1.
Definition
Merchant of Death Theory
Term
This policy was in place so the President could sell, transfer title, exchange, lend, lease or dispose of war supplies to any country the president deemed vital to the defense of the US.
Definition
Lend/Lease policy
Term
Roosevelt and Churchill signed this to set War Goals.
Definition
Atlantic Charter
Term
This polich said that no US ships could carry cargo to nations at war.
Definition
Cash and Carry Policy
Term
To prevent war is:
Definition
Appeasement
Term
This battle was in August to November in 1940. German launched air attacks on Britain. British had better quality planes but fewer. British air force prevented a German invasion on Britain.
Definition
Battle of Britain
Term
This pact was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in 1937. It united to fight communism.
Definition
Anti-Comintern Pact
Term
"Lightning War" aircraft, tanks and ground troops attacked simultaneously. Germans used this.
Definition
Blitzkreig
Term
This pact was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in 1940. They pledged to defend each other from Communism.
Definition
Tripartite Act
Term
3 major Axis Powers in WW2.
Definition
Germany, Italy, Japan
Term
When Hitler/Germany initiated acts of aggression (taking Czechoslovakia, governing Austria, etc), what did Britain and France do?
Definition
British and French leaders met with Hitler in Munich, Germany. Us approved but did not participate.
Term
Who started WW2 in the European Theater? Where? When?
Definition
Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Britain and France declared war.
Term
What did the US do when WW2 began in Europe?
Definition
Stayed neutral and declared they were neutral.
Term
How was the US position at the beginning of WW2 different from WW1?
Definition
Favored the allies.
Term
Who led Italy during most of World War 2?
Definition
Mussolini
Term
Who led Great Britain during most of World War 2?
Definition
Churchill
Term
Who led Russia during most of World War 2?
Definition
Stalin
Term
Who led the USA during most of World War 2?
Definition
Roosevelt
Term
Who led Germany during most of World War 2?
Definition
Hitler
Term
Who led Japan during most of World War 2?
Definition
Tojo
Term
Who started WW2 in the Pacific theater? Where and when?
Definition
Japan invaded China in 1937.
Term
When the US declared war on Japan, the US declared wars on which 2 other countries?
Definition
Germany and Italy
Term
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, why did the US focus more troops and resources in Europe?
Definition
Hitler was considered the greater threat.
Term

What promise to Russia was broken by the USA?

 

Why?

Definition

US promised Russia to start a 2nd front in Europe with an invasion.

 

Churchill wanted to attack Italy which he called the soft under belly of Europe.

Term
When was the US promise to Russia finally acted on/kept?
Definition
D-Day invasion, June 1945
Term
What 2 things happened to Japanese-Americans in the US while the US was involved in World War 2?
Definition

1) relocated to 10 guarded internment camps away from the coasts

2) sell their businesses, land, and homes in a hurry so most were paid low prices for their property

Term
What happened to Japanese-Americans in Hawaii during World War 2?
Definition
They were not interned in camps.
Term
What characterized the Allied Powers War Efforts between the US and Great Britain?
Definition
Did not trust the Russians. Very coordinated war effort.
Term
What characterized the war efforts of the Axis powers?
Definition
Countries captured by Germany had to become Axis powers.
Term
What were 4 mistakes made by Japan, Germany, or the Axis Powers during WWII?
Definition

1) Japan did not come back to destroy the rest of the base, planes and ships at Pearl Harbor in a planned third wave.

2) Hitler listened to his Army leaders. Germany may have defeated Britain if Germany had launched a rapid invasion. Churchill used the time to move British ships to the west side of the island AND to make plans to defend Britain.

3) Little coordination of war plans between Germany and Japan

4) Hitler decided to stay in Russia during the winter, which was a mistake for his troops. Many of his troops froze to death.

Term
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on what day?
Definition
December 7, 1941
Term
This battle was the turning point of the Pacific War. US Pacific fleet was saved by air power. The US was now on the offensive and reclaiming areas taken by Japan. June 1942.
Definition
Battle of Midway
Term
This battle was in cold weather, Belgium/France. Hitler counter-attacked to split the Allied Army in the Ardennes forest. Last German offensive was defeated by the Allies. The Germans retreated.
Definition
Battle of the Bulge
Term
June 6, 1944. Allied invasion at Normandy, France. There was tough resistance by German troops.
Definition
D-Day
Term
July 1942. This battle was the turning point in Africa. British troops stopped the Germans (Rommels tanks) at El Alamein.
Definition
Battle of El Alamein
Term
May 1942. This battle had the Allies save Australia.
Definition
Battle of Coral Sea
Term
Who were the Big 3?
Definition
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
Term
How did World War 2 impact women? (2 parts)
Definition

350,000 served in military.

Received higher wages, worked in jobs once considered exclusively for men

Term
How did World War 2 impact Native Americans? (2 parts)
Definition

Navaho “Code Talkers” transmitted messages in their native language to prevent Japanese from deciphering US messages.  25,000 served

- Left reservations to work in war related industries, many didn’t return

Term
How did World War 2 impact Mexicans?
Definition
put in all Mexican-Military divisions. Used in combat, most often in Europe. Migrated from Texas, New Mexico and California to take jobs in factories in cities. Improved economically but faced discrimination in housing
Term
How did World War 2 impact Asian-Americans?
Definition
over 50,000 fought in the US military, usually segregated in all-Asian units.
Term
How did World War 2 impact African Americans?
Definition
1 million served in US military. Segregated under white officers. Given field promotions. Most used for service and construction. Civilian blacks were paid well. Threatened strikes if discrimination didn’t stop. Black/White relations became national issue when they moved out of the south.
Term
How did World War 2 impact marriage/families?
Definition
More marriages, higher divorce rate. Because many women were working children were unsupervised after school.
Term
What was the Manhattan Project?
Definition
(secret project by Britain and USA to make an Atomic Bomb)
Term
Which countries led the Manhattan Project?
Definition
USA and Britain
Term
As WWII was ending in Europe, the Allies raced to do what? (3 things)
Definition

capture Hitler and the German records

- capture the scientists and their labs where German scientists were trying to make jet propelled rockets to carry bombs

- capture the scientists and their labs where German scientists, some of whom were Jews, were trying to make a Hydrogen bomb

Term
When was World War 2 fought in Europe?
Definition
1939-1945
Term
When did the US fight in World War 2?
Definition
1941-1945
Term
When did China fight in World War 2?
Definition
1931-1945
Term
What 2 ways did the US finance its involvement in WW2?
Definition

a)½ the cost of war was financed by borrowing; much was borrowed from Americans through the sale of US Savings Bonds.

b) The other ½ was financed through tax increases

Term
Which Allied power suffered the most in World War 2?
Definition
Russia
Term
Which medical advance saved lives in World War 2?
Definition

Antibiotics- Penicillin/DDT

Blood Plasma

Term
When they went to Yalta, what did Churchill and Roosevelt want? (5 parts)
Definition
  1. a) self determination

b) help from other nations to defeat Japan

c) no war reparations

d) no land or colonies kept by any nation

 

e) creating the United Nations

Term
What did Stalin want when he went to Yalta? (3 parts)
Definition
a)War reparations from Axis powers
b) control of land given to the troops/country that liberated it
c) divided Germany
 
Term
At Yalta, what did the Allies agree to do to Germany after Hitler was defeated?
Definition
agreed to partition Germany into 4 spheres to supervise Germany’s return to peace.
Term
What was the relationship of the Big 3 at Potsdam? Why?
Definition

Stalin=USSR, Truman=USA, Atlee=Britain 

Stalin believed he could dominate the inexperienced Atlee and Truman.

Truman believed that Stalin was a liar and that Roosevelt had been too soft with Stalin.

Term

 

What agreement was reached at Potsdam? (3 parts)

Definition

a) issue an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed

b) dissolve Nazi institutions in Germany and restart Democracy

c) Each country could take reparations (in the form of equipment and supplies) from its own occupation zone in Germany

Term
What 8 groups did Hitler/Nazis put in concentration camps and exterminate them?
Definition

Jews

Gypsies

Homosexuals

Handicapped

Jeovahs Witness

Serbs

Russians

Polish

others considered enemies

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