HIST-1233-102 Final Study Guide Questions And
Answers 2024 Update
Pearl Harbor, 1941 ANS✔✔ The Japanese wanted to continue their expansion within Asia in the late
1930s and early 40s but the US had placed an extremely restrictive embargo on Japan in the hopes of
curbing Japan's aggression. The Japanese decided to launch a surprise attack against the United States at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 (a "day that will live in infamy" according to the famous words of
FDR). The United States abandoned its policy of isolationism and entered WWII by declaring war on
Japan the following day.
D-Day (June 6, 1944) ANS✔✔ Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in
history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point
of World War II.
Japanese Internment ANS✔✔ Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United
States during WWII. While approximately 10,000 were able to relocate to other parts of the country of
their own choosing, the remainder-roughly 110,000 me, women and children-were sent to hastly
constructed camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior.
Double- V ANS✔✔
Battle of the Bulge (1944) ANS✔✔ On December 16, 1944, Hitler ordered the last of his reserves,
250,000 troops to attack the American position in the Forest of Ardennes. The Germans drove a bulge
deep into the Allied line; however, the Allies stopped the Germans last ditch counterattack and
advanced to the Rhine.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki ANS✔✔ Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to
end World War II.
Containment ANS✔✔ American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
, Marshall Plan (1947) ANS✔✔ A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe.
This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe on condition they wouldn't go
communist. Helped contain communism in Europe and helped our economy as Europe bought from US
businesses to rebuild.
Truman Doctrine ANS✔✔ 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any
country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
The Iron Curtain ANS✔✔ A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII,
restricting their ability to travel outside the region
Korean War ANS✔✔ The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.
The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Mao Zedong ANS✔✔ (1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi
and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
Operation Wetback ANS✔✔ A government program to roundup and deport as many as one million
illegal Mexican migrant workers in the United States. The program was promoted in part by the Mexican
government and reflected burgeoning concerns about non-European immigration to America.
American National Exhibition in Moscow ANS✔✔
Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1955) ANS✔✔
Martin Luther King Jr. ANS✔✔ U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed
discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He
was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
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