USII Final Exam Review, Verified
Solution
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
Allied Powers WWII
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the US
Axis Powers WWII
Germany, Italy, Japan
Berlin Wall
Barrier set up by the Soviets in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and
beginning of the Great Depression.
Bonus Army
WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before
the 1945 due date.
Boston Police Strike
the Police Force in Boston, MA went on a strike, and in fear of communism, President
Coolidge (then governor at the time) fired them and called in the militia to be the police
force
Cold War
the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II,
intense threats and nuclear build up
communism
Economic and political system, classless society, no private property ownership,
examples - Soviet Union, China, and Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet
attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - 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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be President of
the USA
Eleanor Roosevelt
wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights - civil rights and
women's rights
Great Depression
the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing until
WWII - high unemployment and homelessness
Harlem Renaissance
Solution
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
Allied Powers WWII
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the US
Axis Powers WWII
Germany, Italy, Japan
Berlin Wall
Barrier set up by the Soviets in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and
beginning of the Great Depression.
Bonus Army
WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before
the 1945 due date.
Boston Police Strike
the Police Force in Boston, MA went on a strike, and in fear of communism, President
Coolidge (then governor at the time) fired them and called in the militia to be the police
force
Cold War
the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II,
intense threats and nuclear build up
communism
Economic and political system, classless society, no private property ownership,
examples - Soviet Union, China, and Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet
attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - 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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be President of
the USA
Eleanor Roosevelt
wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights - civil rights and
women's rights
Great Depression
the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing until
WWII - high unemployment and homelessness
Harlem Renaissance
