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Quick Exam Review. Key topics. Pre-Review Poll. I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew (5, 6, 8, 12) I want to take 2 nieces (5, 8) horseback riding as a XMAS present Do you think the other niece and nephew will be upset if I don’t take them?
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Quick Exam Review
Key topics
Pre-Review Poll
- I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew (5, 6, 8, 12)
- I want to take 2 nieces (5, 8) horseback riding as a XMAS present
- Do you think the other niece and nephew will be upset if I don’t take them?
- Would they like one of those giant blow up balls that you can get inside?
Morrill Tariff
- Protective tariff
- Designed to help industry in the North
- Opposed by Southerners
Pendleton Act
- Civil Service Reform
Marshall Plan
- After WWII: This was designed to help the economies in Europe which were devastated by war
Containment: U.S. foreign policy that wanted to contain communism (not let it spread)
- Why did U.S. get involved in Vietnam War? Contain communism!
Major outcome of Korean War
- Korea is still divided? Remember, North and South Korea.
WWII Info to know
- Rosie the Riveter: propaganda persona to encourage women to come to work in factories.
- Shows women as feminine yet strong
- Symbolizes women entering the workforce
- After WWII, women may have resisted a return to being a ‘homemaker’
- What do Berlin, Korea, Germany, and Vietnam have in common?
- All divided as a result of WWII
Battle of Britain: air battle over Britain b/w Germany and…Britain
- Battle of Coral Sea: cut off resources for Japan
- 1941: Germany invades Soviet Union
- D-Day: Omaha Beach 1944
- Why did U.S. want to join the United Nations at the end of WWII?
- If there was to be world peace—U.S had to be involved
Truman: president who made decision to drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Prior to dropping atomic bomb: there were many fire bombings in Japan by the U.S.
- Manhattan Project: plan to develop atomic bomb
- Rationing: used to keep resources available for military
- Controlled by Office of Price Admin.
- GI Bill: help soldiers get education and more career opportunities
