US History II Final Exam Study Guide 2010
WWII
Rationing
Rosie the Riveter
Great Migration
Bracero Program
Korematsu vs. US
Nuremberg Laws
Ghetto
Final Solution
Auschwitz
Match the nation with Allies or Axis Powers
Big Three
Most casualties
First Coordinated attack
- Stalins Reaction and why
Know the leaders of the following nations:
- United States
- Britain
- Soviet Union
- Japan
- Germany
- Italy
Highest ranking US commander in Europe
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Type of warfare in Europe
Type of warfare in Pacific
Manhattan Project
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Reason US used the atomic bomb
Cold War
Communism
Capitalism
United Nations
Containment
Iron curtain
Marshall Plan
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthyism
Blacklist
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Red Scare
Bomb Shelter
What happened with the following nations during the Cold War:
- China
- Korea
- Cuba
- Vietnam
Consumerism
Population that benefited most from 1950s
Baby Boomers
Elvis
Suburbs
- Effects
Television
- Effects
Popular music during the 1950s
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
“sex symbol” of the 1950’s
Socially ideal role for women in 1950s
Civil Rights
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
Emmitt Till
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Disobedience
Sit-ins
Freedom Rides
Freedom Summer
Birmingham Alabama
John F. Kennedy (important action for the movement)
March on Washington
- Purpose
Watts Riot
- Effects
Martin Luther King Jr.
- Goal
- Method
- Influenced by:
- Quote identification
Malcolm X
- Goal
- Method
- Quote identification
NAACP
SCLC
SNCC
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
1960s and 70s
Domino Theory
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Escalation
Type of war fought in Vietnam
Hearts and Minds
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization
Height Ashbury
Woodstock
Effects of Vietnam War on America
Watergate
Major actions by each of the following Presidents
- Harry Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Nixon
Essay Questions (complete paragraph)
- Analyze effects did the Cold War have on America?
- Compare and contrast the goals and methods of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Then explain which one you most agree with and why.
- Analyze why the Civil Rights movement might have gained momentum just after WWII. How are the two events connected?
- What effect did the Vietnam War have on the youngest generations (high school-college)? Why?
- Choose one event, movement, or person that you have studied this semester and explain their actions and significance. You must include how this relates to the present time and what lessons we may take form it.