History 10 (Review 6) – Flashcards
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________ were placed in relocation camps during the war.
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Japanese americans
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General _______ led the Allied defense against Japan in the Philippines.
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MacArthur
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British and American troops were led by _______ in the Battle of El Alamein.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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The prime minister of Japan beginning in 1941 was _______.
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Tojo
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Soviet troops captured 80,000 Germans in the Battle of _______.
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Stalingrad
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Over _______ nations joined the Allied Powers.
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40
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United States planes wrecked the Japanese invasion fleet at the Battle of ______, June 3 - 6, 1942.
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Midway
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By moving the U.S. naval fleet to the Hawaiian Islands, the United States showed _______.
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Military readiness
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The major Allied powers were the United States, Britain, and _______.
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The Soviet Union
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_______ accepted the surrender of the Japanese.
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General Douglas Macarthur
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The first atomic bomb leveled approximately _______ square miles.
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42
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Germany surrendered _______ after Hitler's death.
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One week
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The Allied campaign in the South Pacific involved _______.
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Island hopping
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The location of the Japanese surrender ceremony was _______.
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Aboard the battleship Missouri
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The first atomic bomb was dropped on _______.
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Hiroshima Japan
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At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed upon the occupied zones of ______.
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Germany
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The historic invasion by the allies of France on June 6, 1944, on the coast of Normandy is know as ______.
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D-Day
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Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in _______ to discuss plans to end the war.
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Yalta
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Japanese airplanes loaded with explosives and deliberately crashed into American ships were called _______.
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Kamikazes
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The German Federal Republic, or West Germany, was composed of the areas occupied by _______.
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Britian the US and France
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All of the following countries EXCEPT _______ were under Soviet control after the war.
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Turkey
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The _______ helped stimulate the economies and industrial growth of western Europe after the war.
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Marshall plan
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The Western powers did little to stop Soviet aggression in the world after the war because they _______.
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Were busy rebuilding their economies
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______ offered aid to countries threatened by communism in 1947.
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The Truman Doctrine
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After the war, East Germany was occupied by _______.
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The Soviets
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Under the _______, the world helped supply the immediate needs of European nations.
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Marshall Plan
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The new capital of West Germany was _______.
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Bonn
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The total cost of the war in terms of dollars was _______.
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Over 1 trillion
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The United States and the Soviet Union came very close to nuclear war during the _______.
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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The Soviet premier who wanted "peaceful coexistence" between democratic and communist powers was _______.
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Khrushchev
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In response to the blockade of Berlin, the United States and Great Britain _______.
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Began to airlift supplies to Berlin
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The Soviets blockaded Berlin in an effort to _______.
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Get the Western powers out of the city
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The only foothold of democracy behind the Iron Curtain was in _______.
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Berlin
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The Soviets experienced a severe shortage of food during their war recovery because _______.
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Too much emphasis was on industrialization
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Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union relaxed somewhat but increased again when _______.
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The Soviets shot down an American spy plane
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Another country that was divided after World War II and also a source of tension was _______.
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Korea
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The United Nations forces were commanded by _______.
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Douglas MacArthur
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The U.S. President who did not like having the communist government in Cuba was _______.
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Kennedy
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The U.S. President who succeeded in stopping the fighting between North and South Korea was _______.
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Eisenhower
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"Totalitarianism" means ______.
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One political party has complete power
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Agent Orange is _______.
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A defoliant that kills leaves
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000, The greatest number of U.S. military troops in Vietnam was _______.
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Over 500
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One of the fighting tactics used by the Viet Cong was _______.
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An elaborate network of tunnels
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Cambodian communists were called _______.
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Khmer Rouge
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Kampuchea was formerly known as _______.
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Cambodia
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When World War II began, Vietnam was a colony of _______.
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France
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The leader of communist forces in Cambodia was _______.
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Pol Pot
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The leader of the communist forces in North Vietnam was _______.
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Ho Chi Minh
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In Vietnam, Tet is _______.
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A holiday
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An important supply route between North and South Vietnam was the _______.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Communist guerrilla forces in Vietnam were called _______.
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Viet Cong
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Instead of declaring war on north Vietnam the united states did what?
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Adopted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Who was the commander of the Third US Army?
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General George Patton
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The United States began to send military advisors to South Vietnam in _______.
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1954
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A strong attack by the Germans near the Luxembourg border became known as the Battle of _______.
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The Bulge
