Allies Vs. Axis Powers

Allies Vs. Axis Powers • The Allies ( France, Great Britain, and Russia) were at war with the Axis Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire)

European Theater • A front the Allies attacked in order to drive the Axis Powers from the west and driven out of North Africa .

Pacific Theater • The front where the Battle of Midway occurred, this marked the turning point of the war. • After the victory, the U.S. proceeded to move Japanese forces back.

Western Front • This front mainly consisted of air war.

D-Day Invasion • June 6, 1944 • The massive invasion on France by the Allies. • This invasion helped the Allies push Germans back .

D-Day Invasion • Shortly after the invasion, Germany surrender to the Allies on May 8, 1945.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki • The United States were very angered after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by Japan. • In order to retaliate, the U.S. attacked Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs.

Rosie The Riveter • Women began to prove their ability to accommodate “manly jobs”, therefore the female icon Rosie The Riveter was created.

Rationing • Fixed amounts of goods deemed as essential for military-meat, shoes, gasoline and sugar were regulated.

Battle of Midway • The turning point of World War II. • The Allies began to make victories.

V-E Day • May 8, 1945 • The day of Germany’s surrender to the Allies.

The Cold War • A silent war of politics between the United States and the Soviet Union. • No one was attacked or harmed physically in this war.

Iron Curtin • Great Britain and the United States feared the Soviet Union’s beliefs would be spread into their territory. • Therefore they created a wall to protect their land.

Red Scare • The built up of social and political tension.

Communism • When a territory forces everyone to be alike. • Creating a truly equal nation .

Democracy • Gives all citizens a voice in governing their country.

NATO • Otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. • A military alliance which bought together the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy, and 8 other noncommunist nations.

Warsaw • One of the largest Ghetto’s in Nazi-occupied Europe.

McCarthyism • 1950-1954 • Senator Joseph McCarthy, claimed to own a list of communist who worked for the U.S State Department. • Even though he could not prove his accusations, the people suspected lost their jobs and experienced public humiliation.

SPUTNK • The first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union. • Led to the creation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by the United Stated.

GI Bill • This bill provided education to World War II veterans .

Berlin Airlift • 1948-1949 • The Soviet Union blocked land access to the U.S., British, and French zones in Berlin. • The U.S. sent an airlift of fuel and food into Berlin.

U-2 • An aircraft used by the U.S. to take pictures of the missile bases in Cuba.

Truman Doctrine • Issued by President Harry Truman, which said the U.S. would try to prevent the overthrow of democratic government.

Marshall Plan • A plan created by the Secretary of State George Marshall to direct money and supplies to European countries.

Containment • The U.S.’s strategy to stall the spread of communism.

Berlin Wall • The division of West Germany and East Germany.

Korean War • Korea had gained it’s independence from Japan and split into two parts. • North Korea set a communist government and South Korea set a noncommunist government. • In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Then the U.S. came to it’s aid, hence the Korean War.

38th Parallel • The dividing line for Korea in 1896.

Bay of Pigs • An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba on April 1961.

Cuban Missile Crisis • On September 1962, Cuban and Soviet Union forces launch nuclear missiles on the U.S.

Berlin Wall • A barrier created by Germany to divide Berlin.

Stock Market Crash in 1929 • A crash in the stock market which led to the Great Depression.

Great Depression • A great decline in the worlds economic status. • Caused many losses of jobs.

New Deal • A plan made by FDR, to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression.

Security and Exchange Commission • An agency which enforces the federal security laws .

FDIC • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation- a government corporation created in 1933, that guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks .

Social Security • A federal insurance program.

NASA • National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created by the U.S. to create newer technology.

NAFTA • North American Free Trade Agreement an agreement signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico for better trade in North America.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • A decision that declared segregated public schools unconstitutional.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Laws that outlawed discrimination on race and gender.

Little Rock Nine • A group of black students that were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School.

Ernest Greene • A member of the group Little Rock Nine. • He was the first African-American to graduate from the high school.

Watergate • Scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempt to cover up the 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters.

19th Amendment • Gave women the right to vote.

24th amendment • This amendment prohibited poll tax in elections.

26th amendment • This amendment lowered to voting age to 18.

Reaganomics • Economic policies promoted by president Ronald Reagan.

Allies Vs. Axis Powers