Unit V Flashcards CHAPTERS 25 AND 26

Unit V Flashcards CHAPTERS 25 AND 26

#1 Review Atlantic Charter STATEMENT OF COMMON PRINCIPLES AND WAR AIMS DEVELOPED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AT A MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW MEETING IN AUGUST 1941.

#2 Review Axis powers THE OPPONENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES IN WORLD WAR II. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#3 Review Battle of the Bulge GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN DECEMBER 1944 THAT PENETRATED DEEP INTO BELGIUM. ALLIED FORCES, WHILE OUTNUMBERED, ATTACKED FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH. BY JANUARY, 1945, THE GERMAN MARK FORCES WERE DESTROYED OR SHOW NEXT REVIEW ROUTED, BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME

#4 Berlin blockade Review THREE-HUNDRED-DAY SOVIET BLOCKADE OF LAND ACCESS TO UNITED STATES, BRITISH, AND FRENCH OCCUPATION ZONES IN BERLIN, 1948 -1949. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#5 Review Blitzkrieg GERMAN WAR TACTIC IN WORLD WAR II (LIGHTNING WAR) INVOLVING THE CONCENTRATION OF AIR AND ARMORED FIREPOWER TO PUNCH AND EXPLOIT HOLES IN MARK FOR SHOW NEXT OPPOSING DEFENSIVEREVIEW LINES.

#6 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Review AGENCY ESTABLISHED IN 1947 THAT COORDINATES THE GATHERING AND EVALUATION OF MILITARY AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION ON OTHER NATIONS. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#7 Review Cold War THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES THAT DOMINATED WORLD AFFAIRS FROM 1946 TO MARK FOR 1989. SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#8 Council of Economic Advisers Review BOARD OF THREE PROFESSIONAL ECONOMISTS ESTABLISHED IN 1946 TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT ON ECONOMIC POLICY. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#9 D-Day Review JUNE 6, 1944, THE DAY OF THE FIRST PARATROOP DROPS AND AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS ON THE COAST OF NORMANDY, FRANCE, IN THE FIRST STAGE OF OPERATION OVERLORD DURING MARK FOR SHOW NEXT WORLD WAR II. REVIEW

#10 Review Dixiecrat STATES’ RIGHTS DEMOCRATS. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#11 Executive Order 9835 Review SIGNED BY HARRY TRUMAN IN 1947 TO ESTABLISH A LOYALTY PROGRAM REQUIRING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO SIGN LOYALTY OATHS AND UNDERGO SECURITY CHECKS. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#12 Review G. I. Bill LEGISLATION IN JUNE 1944 THAT EASED THE RETURN OF VETERANS INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#13 Holocaust Review THE SYSTEMATIC MURDER OF MILLIONS OF EUROPEAN JEWS AND OTHERS DEEMED UNDESIRABLE BY NAZI GERMANY. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#14 House Un-American Activities Committee Review ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO FERRET OUT PRO-FASCISTS, IT LATER INVESTIGATED “UNAMERICAN PROPAGANDA” THAT ATTACKED CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#15 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Review INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1945 TO ASSIST NATIONS IN MAINTAINING STABLE CURRENCIES. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#16 Review Island-hop THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS OF 1944 THAT WERE THE AMERICAN NAVAL VERSIONS OF THE BLITZKRIEG. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#17 Review Lend-Lease Act AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF WAR SUPPLIES, INCLUDING FOOD, MACHINERY, AND SERVICES TO NATIONS WHOSE DEFENSE WAS CONSIDERED VITAL TO THE MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES

#18 Manhattan Project Review SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT DURING WORLD WAR II SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED TO DEVELOPING THE ATOMIC BOMB. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#19 Marshall Plan Review SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE C. MARSHALL’S EUROPEAN RECOVERY PLAN OF JUNE 5, 1947, COMMITTING THE UNITED STATES TO HELP IN THE REBUILDING OF POST-WORLD MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW WAR II EUROPE.

#20 Mc. Carthyism Review ANTI-COMMUNIST ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY IN THE EARLY 1950 S, INCLUDING SMEAR TACTICS AND INNUENDO. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#21 National Security Council (NSC) Review THE FORMAL POLICYMAKING BODY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, CREATED IN 1947 AND CONSISTING OF THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE SECRETARY OF MARK FOR STATE, AND OTHERS APPOINTED BY SHOW NEXT REVIEW THE PRESIDENT.

#22 National Security Council Paper 68 (NSC-68) Review POLICY STATEMENT THAT COMMITTED THE UNITED STATES TO A MILITARY APPROACH TO THE COLD WAR. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#23 Neutrality Act of 1939 Review PERMITTED THE SALE OF ARMS TO BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND CHINA. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#24 Nisei Review U. S. CITIZENS BORN OF IMMIGRANT JAPANESE PARENTS. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#25 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Review ORGANIZATION OF 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES WHOM TOGETHER FORMED A MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT IN APRIL, 1949. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#26 Operation Overlord Review UNITED STATES AND BRITISH INVASION OF FRANCE IN JUNE 1944 DURING WORLD WAR II. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#27 Operation Torch Review THE ALLIED INVASION OF AXISHELD NORTH AFRICA IN 1942. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#28 Taft-Hartley Act Review FEDERAL LEGISLATION OF 1947 THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITED THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO LABOR UNIONS IN LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES. SHOW NEXT MARK FOR REVIEW

#29 Truman Doctrine Review PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN’S STATEMENT IN 1947 THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ASSIST OTHER NATIONS THAT WERE FACING EXTERNAL PRESSURE OR INTERNAL REVOLUTION. MARK FOR SHOW NEXT REVIEW

#30 War Powers Act Review GAVE THE U. S. PRESIDENT THE POWER TO REORGANIZE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CREATE NEW AGENCIES; TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS CENSORING NEWS, INFORMATION, AND ABRIDGING MARK FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES; TO SEIZE FOREIGN SHOW NEXT REVIEW -OWNED PROPERTY; AND AWARD

#31 Yalta Conference Review MEETING OF U. S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL, AND SOVIET PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN HELD IN FEBRUARY 1945 TO PLAN THE FINAL STAGES OF MARK FOR WORLD WAR II AND POSTWAR SHOW NEXT REVIEW ARRANGEMENTS.

Reference Faragher, J. M. , Buhle, M. J. , Czitrom, D. , & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out of many: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5 th ed. ). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. END REVIEW