Study Guide, second Mid-term Exam, HIST 17C, W15

Mary Jo Ignoffo
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Study Guide #2, HIST 17C W15
Study Guide, second Mid-term Exam, HIST 17C, W15
Fireside Chats
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Father Charles Coughlin
Dr. Francis Townsend
FDIC
CCC
WPA
Court packing
Social Security Act
Nye Report
Cash and Carry
Lend-Lease
Tripartite Pact
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Executive Order 9066
Korematsu Decision
Bataan Death March
Double V Campaign
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler
“final solution”
Yalta
Manhattan Project
Enola Gay
NATO
Nuremberg Trials
Containment
Domino Effect
Deterrence
General Douglas MacArthur
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
United Nations
McCarthyism
Military industrial complex
Sunbelt
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brown v. Board of Education
Little Rock Nine
SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating
Committee)
1. What was the New Deal and how did it evolve throughout the 1930s? Include in your answer
how it changed over the decade. (5 points). Identify two supporters of the New Deal and
explain what role they played in the Roosevelt Administration (10 points). Identify two
opponents of the New Deal, and explain how they influenced New Deal policies (10 points).
2. One of the most important strategic questions confronting the Allies was when and where to
open a second front against the Nazis. Explain the point of view of Winston Churchill, Franklin
Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. (10 points). Describe the 1943 Italian campaign, and identify the
military regiment most associated with the invasion of Italy (5 points). What was D-Day, when
did it occur, and who was its commander? (10 points)
3. Containment shaped American foreign policy for almost half a century. What was it, and why
did it become the dominant feature of American foreign policy after World War II? (10 points)
Who coined the term “iron curtain” and what does it mean?” (5 points) Explain how President
Harry Truman felt about the concepts of “deterrence” and the “domino theory.” (10 points).