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10th Grade
06/07/2007

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Term
F.D.R
Definition
Democrat 1933-1945

New Deal Coalition

(Sec)United States Securities and Exchange Commission

helped british in WWII
Term
Truman
Definition
1945-1953 (took over after F.D.R kicked the bucket) Democrat

tried to contain communism

Hiroshima

Marshall plan
Term
Ike
Definition
1953-1961 Republican XP

Supreme commander in allied forces in euro

ended korean war, fueled cold war (space race)
Term
J.F.K
Definition
1961-1963 Democrat :D

bay of pigs, cuban missle crisis

civil rights movement
Term
Johnson
Definition
1963-1967 Democrat, took over when perv-zilla croaked.

war on poverty, great society, medicare, medicade

sent a TON of guys in for vietnam
Term
Nixon
Definition
1969-1974 Republican XP

dentente, china :), vietminaztion, more bombing

watergate
Term
Ford

think ford first. 0_o
Definition
1974-1977 Republican took over when nixon resigned

economy sucked

pardoned nixon

war lost
Term
Carter
Definition
1977-1981 Democrat

Salt, David camp, Pananma canal
Term
Reagan
Definition
1981-1989 Republican

Reagonomics -huge tax cuts-

USSR evil empieror

Iran-contra affair
Term
Bush
Definition
1989-1993 Republican

very worldly

gulf war
Term
Hoover from the F.B.I
Definition
abused F.B.I authority and spied on Americans and crap
Term
George wallace
Definition
gov. alabama racist
Term
Douglas McArthur
Definition
famous u.s general, eventually got fired for wanting to neuk china.
Term
lee harvey oswald
Definition
hick that killed J.F.K, but he deserved it anyways.
Term
Joseph McCarthy
Definition
ChEeSy wisconsin senator. Anti-communist obsessed.
Term
Henry Kissinger
Definition
secretary of state for nixon
Term
bay of pigs
Definition
1961, U.S invasion of Cuba to kill Fidel Castro
Term
WWI Foreign Policy
Definition
"make the world safe for democracy" and to make it the war to end all wars.
Term
WWII Foreign Policy
Definition
gave money to help out europeans

appeased satan some czech.

relaxed neutrality act so he could ship Britian raw materials to help out.
Term
Causes of world war 1
Definition
Alliance systems
Competition
Militarism
Nationalistic Beliefs
Term
Causes of World War Dos
Definition
Versailles didn't solve anything too vague
League of nations failed to create peace
Appeasement
Hitler
Term
Why we went to war with Japan
Definition
PERAL HARBOR-duh
Invading China
Phillipines
Term
Aircraft in world war uno
Definition
Machine guns
strategic bombing (war ficilites, trans)
dog fights, wuff?
Term
Aircraft in world war 2
Definition
attack other aircraft
bombing
jet fighters
Term
WHY U.S used atomic bombs.
Definition
Truman decided
Estimated to lose 500,000 so guys overthere.
Term
U.S and Holocaust
Definition
U.S didn't help jews much ;(.
Term
Censorship
Definition
no mass dead bodies
no blown apart bodies
enemy always doing bad things
US doing good things
Term
Propaganda
Definition
Made Japanese seem like monkeys
U.S were "perfect" and didn't have many casualties
Term
Censorship
Definition
no mass dead bodies
no blown apart bodies
enemy always doing bad things
US doing good things
Term
First Detroit Riot
Definition
Happened at Belle Isle between a couple white ana black guys.
Term
2nd Detroit Riot
Definition
found ppl at a bar and arreseted them, and it turned into a 5 day riot.
Term
Japanese Americans and ww2
Definition
Send off to camps where they had to stay
Term
Ethnics and WW2
Definition
Germans descriminated agaist
American Jews were treated better in US afterwards
Japanese and asian descrimination
Term
world war 2 summaryzz
Definition
1. German invades Poland

2. Britian joins

3. We join
Term
Cold war
Definition
Stalin and Truman were no home boys.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
Chinese go commie
Russians helped north korea take over south, but they failed.
Term
Economy between 1945-1960
Definition
Grew up and up :D
Term
U.S Economy
Definition
slow growth till the 80's and then some relapse, growth, and more relapse.
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