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2014 Midterm Review

2014 Midterm Review. US II College Prep Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Knorr. Part I World War II. US II College Prep Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Knorr. Stalin. Transformed the Soviet union from a rural nation into an industrial power. 2. genocide.

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2014 Midterm Review

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  1. 2014 Midterm Review US II College Prep Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Knorr

  2. Part IWorld War II US II College Prep Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Knorr

  3. Stalin Transformed the Soviet union from a rural nation into an industrial power

  4. 2. genocide Deliberate extermination of a specific group of people

  5. 3. Holocaust Genocide of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before and during WW II

  6. 4. nonagression pact an agreement in which the Soviet Union and Germany agreed not to attack each other

  7. 5. appeasement and what Hitler was given Britain and France submitted to Hitler’s demands and gave him Sudetenland

  8. 6. reason US entered WW II Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

  9. 7. What crimes were Nazis charged with at Nuremberg? crimes against humanity

  10. 8. Who were the WAACs and what were their jobs? Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps nurses, radio operators, ambulance drivers

  11. 9. How did the US fight inflation during the war raised and extended the income tax imposed wage and price controls encouraged the purchase of war bonds

  12. 10. Battle of the Bulge last German offensive Germans retreated

  13. 11. V-E Day…May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered

  14. 12. Battle of the Atlantic Germany’s goal was to keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union

  15. 13. GI Bill of Rights Veterans could attend college and technical schools Buy homes, farms and businesses

  16. 14. Truman’s main reason for dropping the atomic bomb save lives and end the war

  17. 15. Korematsu v US Supreme Court upheld the government’s practice of placing Japanese Americans in internment camps

  18. 16. Which country did the Allies decide to go after first? Germany

  19. 17. General who fought at Bataan and Leyte Gulf Douglas MacArthur

  20. 18.Manhattan Project plan to develop the atomic bomb

  21. 19. Two cities where the atomic bomb was dropped Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  22. 20. “Big Three” at Yalta Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

  23. 21. Who was put on trial at Nuremberg? Nazi leaders

  24. 22. Operation Torch code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa

  25. 23. President who served two terms Roosevelt

  26. 24. Where did Japan face its first defeat on land during the war in the Pacific? Guadalcanal

  27. 25. American admiral at the battle of Midway Chester Nimitz

  28. 26. Battle in the Pacific where Japan’s navy was essentially knocked out Leyte Gulf

  29. 27. Importance of the Battle of Stalingrad ended with a Soviet victory marked a turning point Soviets could now move towards Germany

  30. 28. How did the federal government influence civilians during the war? citizens rationed and recycled bought war bonds joined the workforce and military

  31. 29. How did minorities participate in the military? women volunteered for the WAACs Tuskegee Airmen---African American Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans served in the army

  32. 30. Importance of winning control of the Atlantic Ocean needed to get supplies to Great Britain and the Soviet Union to fight the war used convoys to protect the supply ships from the wolf packs

  33. 31. Importance of the battle of the Bulge Germany lost many men, weapons and tanks Last offensive for Germany and they retreated

  34. 32. Who rebuilt Japan after WW II? United States and General MacArthur

  35. Part II Federal Government US II College Prep Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Knorr

  36. 33. Amendment 10 any rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the states

  37. 34. Amendment 22 no person can be elected to the office of president more than twice

  38. 35. separation of powers powers of the government are divided into three branches

  39. 36. checks and balances a president’s veto of a bill passed by Congress

  40. 37. special session meeting of Congress called by the president when Congress is not meeting

  41. 38. impeachment power of Congress to charge an official with misbehaviors bring that person to trial and removal from office

  42. 39. revenue bills money bills and much start in the House of Representatives

  43. 40. electoral votes needed to become president 270

  44. 41. job of the Executive Branch enforce the laws

  45. 42. total number of amendments to the Constitution 27

  46. 43. number of members in the House of Representatives 435

  47. 44. number of members in the Senate 100

  48. 45. job of the Legislative Branch make the laws

  49. 46. number of amendments to the Bill of Rights 10

  50. 47. name three powers that Congress has coin money regulate the armed forces establish post offices more powers on pages 88-89

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