United States History II Study Guide – Mr. Huesken Intro to Cold War / 1950’S Exam – 80 Points

United States History II Study Guide – Mr. Huesken Intro to Cold War / 1950’S Exam – 80 Points

United States History II Study Guide – Mr. Huesken Intro to Cold War / 1950’s Exam – 80 points Test Breakdown: • 55 multiple choice questions @ 1 point each • 15 Map Questions (Cold War Europe) @ 1 point each • 3 essay question options @ 10 points each o Pick one (1) to complete • Bonus questions (max. of 3 points) Test Date: _________________________________ Exam Topics USII Review (1929-1933) o Tojo / Emperor Hirohito • Review of the New Deal / FDR • Joseph Stalin / USSR • Failures of the Treaty of Versailles o Russian Revolution / Civil War o League of Nations o Trotsky vs. Stalin • The Weimar Republic o Stalin’s “cult of personality” / o German Revolution of 1918 features of his state o Founding o 5-Year Plans / industrial o Issues / Problems development o “Buffer states” UNIT I: World War II (1933-1945) • Early Action in World War II • The Rise of Adolf Hitler o Rhineland Occupation o Early Life o Austria / CZechoslovakia o Service in WWI / Political career o Munich Pact o Mein Kampf o Invasion of Poland o Founding of NaZi Party / Promises o “blitzkrieg” • Nazi Society • Invasion of France o OrganiZation / Control o Maginot Line / failed Allied strategy o Education o Invasion of Norway o Arts / Entertainment o The Miracle at Dunkirk o Gender / People • US isolationism o Dealing with Critics o Isolationists vs. internationalists • Mussolini / Fascist Italy o Neutrality Acts o Early Life o Lend Lease Act o Political career o Preparations for war o Early conquests • Pearl Harbor • Imperial Japan o Planning / reasons o Feudal history (samurai, bushido, the o Warning signs? shogun etc.) o Results of the attack o Isolation / Commodore Perry (USA) • Early Japanese Successes o Meiji Revolt (1868) / Mutsuhito o Invasion of the Philippines / Bataan o Industrialization o Doolittle Raid o Early Conquests o Battle of Midway • “Island Hopping” Strategy UNIT II: Cold War / The 1950’s (1945-1960) • Guadalcanal • Post-War Europe o Significance o Division of Europe / “The Iron • Invasion of the USSR Curtain” o Reasons for… o Potsdam Conference / Issues o Historical examples between US & USSR o Stalin’s disadvantages o NATO / United Nations / Warsaw o “General Winter” Pact o Battle of Stalingrad o “Containment” & strategy • Invasion of North Africa / Italy o The Berlin Airlift o Reasons for… • 1950’s America o Montgomery / Rommel o Fear of Communism / o Patton / Eisenhower McCarthyism o Casablanca Conference o HUAC & “Hollywood Ten” / Alger o Invasion of Sicily / Italy Hiss & The Rosenbergs (“Red o Mussolini’s death Scare”) o Significance o 1950’s Culture (Fashion, social • D-Day norms, “baby boom”, etc.) o Tehran o Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll o Planning for… o The Presidency of Dwight o Historical examples Eisenhower (foreign & domestic o OrganiZation policy) o Significance • Intro to Civil Right Movement (1950’s) • Battle of the Bulge o Segregation / “Jim Crow” o Reasons for… o Early acts of defiance o Significance o Early Leaders / Events (Jackie o Effect on War in Europe Robinson, etc.) • Battle for Berlin / VE Day o NAACP / Brown v. Board of • The Holocaust Education o Historical background o Dr. King & The Montgomery Bus o Anti-Semitism Boycott o Stages of o Significance • End of the War in the Pacific / VJ Day o Return to the Philippines o “KamikaZes” o Iwo Jima o Okinawa o Manhattan Project / A-Bomb o Hiroshima / Nagasaki • War on the Home Front o War Powers Act o Japanese internment o Role of Woman o Fear of Sabotage / Espionage o Role of Hollywood o Rationing / Economic issues o Minorities during WWII .

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