Shared Flashcard Set

Details

History 1302 Final Exam Study Guide
Based off of Karen Yancy's Final Review.
51
History
Post-Graduate
12/01/2011

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
What was a result of the cuban missile crisis?
Definition
Hot-Line
Term
Why did kennedy support the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Definition
to stop goals of soviet union
Term
LBJ and health care
Definition
Medicare - Healthcare for elderly
Term
S.A.L.T treaties
Definition
reduce number of ballistic missiles
Term
Social security and deficits
Definition
growing deficit with Social Security
Term
Iranian hostage crisis
Definition
showed decreasing power of the US
Term
Sandra Day O'Connor
Definition
1st Woman appopinted to supreme court
Term
Korean War
Definition
Caused large US rearmament
Term
Political consequence of the Cold War
Definition
Republican power incresed
Term
Containment policy and Kennan
Definition
Kennan developed the containment policy
Term
Truman docterine
Definition
Designed to give aid to Greece and Turkey to fight communism.
Term
Marshall plan
Definition
Gave money to western Europe for economic recovery.
Term
Berlin Blockade
Definition
Airlifted A TON of supplies to berlin.
Term
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Definition
Mutual defense alliance
Term
Mao and Chiang Kai-shek
Definition
Mao's communist forces defeated Kai-shek's nationalist forces who fled to taiwan.
Term
Korea after WWII
Definition
Divided into US and Soviet sectors
Term
McCarthyism
Definition
fear of communism
Term
Brown v. Board of Education
Definition
Desegregated and integrated public schools
Term
Montgomery bus boycott
Definition
Brought MLK into forfront as as leader of boycott
Term
Geneva Accords
Definition
provided for French withdrawl from Vietnam
Term
Civil rights act of 1964
Definition
Protected voting rights, and stopped racial segregation in public accomodations.
Term
Viet Cong
Definition
South Vietnamese communists
Term
Gulf of Tonkin resoloution
Definition
result of north vietnamese attack on US ships
Term
Saturday night massacre
Definition
Attorney General E. Richeson quit forcing Nixon to find a new special prosecuter. The House investigated impeachment.
Term
US v. Nixon
Definition
Nixon had to turn over tape recordings
Term
AFL - American Federation of Labor
Definition
Better wages, fewer hours, and better working conditions.
Term
Homestead strike and Pullman strike
Definition
Began when management lowered wages
Term
"New immigration"
Definition
Came from southern and eastern Europe.
Term
Polotics and Guilded Age
Definition
Fairly equal support for Democrats AND Republicans
Term
Granger laws
Definition
Regulate railroad and warehouse rates
Term
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Definition
Rebates and drawbacks prohibited - Raialroads had to publish "just and reasonable" prices - Long-Short haul technique was prohibited.
Term
Open Door Policy
Definition

Protect American intersests in China.

Keep China open to trade.

Dont divide China politically.

Term
WWI
Definition

Serbian assasinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Frans Ferdinand.

US entered after germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.

Term
Palmer raids and Sacco-Vanzetti case
Definition
Both illustrated fear of communist-radicals in the US
Term
Washington Naval Conference
Definition

Limited naval ships

Confirmed Open Door policy

Peace in pacific - respect for each other's territories

Term
Effects of the Great Depression
Definition

Drop in farm prices

Widespread urban unemployment

Decline in foreign trade

Term
Causes of the Great Depression
Definition

Uneven distibution of prosperty benefits in the 20's

Purchasing power was unequal

Term
Manhattan Project
Definition
Einstein developed Atomic bomb
Term
Battles of Coral Sea and Midway
Definition

The turning point of WWII in the pacific

Halted Japanese advancement

Term
WWII
Definition
Began when Hitler invaded Poland
Term
Factors leading to Imperialism
Definition

-US economy

- Overseas military bases

-Victory in Span-American war

Term
What was the result of US aquiring territories outside the continental US?
Definition
Interests in Pacific and Carribean prompted increase in naval spending, economic ventures abroad, and aquisition of islands.
Term
US's role after WWII
Definition

Soviet Union's communism vs. US Democracy and Free enterprize.

Win influence in developing countries.

Term
1950's demographic shifts
Definition

Cities move to suburbs

North moves East

South moves West

Rural African-Americans move to cities

Term
Baby Boom generation
Definition
Cause consumer goods like manufactured goods,  electronic goods, etc. to increase in order to satisfy the Baby Boom generation.
Term
Counterculture
Definition

Wanted to change society.

Disillusioned with materialism of society.

Distrust of government and business world.

 

Term
Massive retaliation
Definition

The threat to carry out Nuclear war to protect US interests abroad.

-Presedent Eisenhower

-Sec. of State Dulles

Term
Nationwide RailRoad (RR)
Definition
Connected West and East which helped business and the connected economic system grow.
Term
Westward migration
Definition
Made Western territory fully apart of the United States
Term
Cities
Definition
Reshaped politics and culture
Term
Post WWII role
Definition

US freemarket and democratic republic became role model.

Cold War (US v. USSR) increased resentment in parts of the world

Supporting users have an ad free experience!