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WWII and Cold War Overview
Unit 6 Test Review
How did the Great Depression Affect the World?
O People began to distrust DemocracyO Led to rise of totalitarianism (all aspects of society are controlled by the
government) O Soviet Union
O Became Communist after Russian Revolution O Stalin came to power and worked to strengthen Communist style government
O Italy O Fascism – Glorify state over individual O Mussolini promised to end corruption and upheld government by use of terror
O Germany O Hated Treaty of Versailles and economy was devastated by treaty and then
Depression in US O Hitler founded the Nazi party and promised to better the economic situation
O Japan O Became an industrial power after WWI and continued to expand by practicing
imperialism
Weaknesses of the League of
NationsFour Freedoms
SpeechO Never recovered from
America’s refusal to joinO No standing armyO Short on action.
O Roosevelt argued that the US and Britain were natural allies because they both stood for:O Freedom of speechO Freedom of worshipO Freedom from wantO Freedom from fear
O Purpose Encourage support for Britain
O Created in 1945 after WWII to prevent future conflicts
O A place for countries to resolve problems peacefully
O America did join
United Nations
Effect of WWII on US Economy
Lend-Lease Act
O Economy improved after WWII due to increase in production
O US declared that it would lend or lease weapons to nations considered “vital to the defense of the US”
Neutrality Act of 1939O Cash & Carry TermsO Allowed purchase of
arms from US under 2 conditionsO Must pay in cash O Must transport
materials themselves to their country
Potsdam Conference
O Big Three (US, USSR, Britain) divide Germany into 4 zones of occupation.
American Enters WWII O Japan is practicing imperialism
O U.S. places an embargo on Japan for oil and steel to stop expansion
O Japan declares war and bombs Pearl Harbor
O America declares war and enters WWII
D-Day Invasion (June 1944)
O Turning point in European Front
O German front broken and they would never again attack the Allies
Atomic BombO Japanese were
warned to surrender or face consequences
O US dropped Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki O Claimed it was the
best way to force surrender of Japan with the least loss of life
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
O Turning point in Pacific Front
O Japanese attack US, but lose and are no longer able to mount any offensive attacks for the remainder of the war
Truman DoctrineEisenhower
DoctrineO Declaration of war
on spread of Communism
O US would use force to help any Middle East nation threatened by Communism. Marshall Plan
O Provide financial aid to European countries to help rebuild them
O Financial stability will help them fight the threat of communism
Berlin Airlift O Soviet Union placed
blockade around West Berlin
O UK and US fly in supplies to West Berlin
O Airlift is successful, so Soviet Union lifts blockade
Korean WarKhrushchev
O Korea was split at the 38th parallelO North – Communist O South – Democratic
O North invaded South in order to reunite into a completely Communist country
O US ally with South Korea
O China ally with North Korea
O Stalin’s successor O Not as suspicious or
cruel as Stalin O Wanted to establish
a “peaceful co-existence” between Communism and Democracy
Super PowersO US and USSR (Soviet
Union) O Emerged after WWII
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
O Couple charged with passing secret information about nuclear science to Soviet agents.
O Sentenced to death.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
O Defense alliance O If one member is
attacked, all other members are expected to respond
Trace how the US went from practicing
Isolationism after WWI to emerging as a world Super Power during the
Cold War