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War On Two Fronts==


 * Containing the Japanese
 * 1) !942 Japanese hold position in pacific taking out American airfields in Manila
 * 2) Americans make two offensive plans Genral MacArthur moves north and backs the philipeans/ Adrimal Chester would move from hawaii and come together with macArthur and invade japan.
 * 3) Battle of midway island june 3-6 1942 Americans destroy japanese aircraft carriers and gain control of central pacific.
 * 4) The island of Guadalcanal held a brutal battle betweeen the japanese and americans that went on for 6 months and eventually were force to retreet from the island and control of the central and now south pacific belonged to the americans
 * Holding off the German
 * 1) Americans went with Britans plan to mobilize soiliders in southern europe and northern Africa so that they could surround the nazi empire
 * 2) The Germans threw the full weight of their army on the inexperienced Americans posted there '


 * America and the Holocaust

Top Ten List - the importance of the midway battle was that it was first battle won by Americans during this war, took place in the pacific. - The war time technology of that time was the advancments of the inigma code which could change a spacific time. - Taking over Italy helped the americans during the war because it cut off the Germans and allowed americans to make advances on the Germans. - The war was ended by atomic bomb that were dropped on Nagasaki and Heroshema. - The Halocaust was a time period when the germans were killing millions of jews under the dictator Adof Hitler - Women during the war were able to get more jobs because all of the men were needed in war. Atomic Bombs Dropped in Jappanese Cities killed every living thing for miles



Chapter 29 - The Cold War Begins
 * Competition for top spot after WW2
 * Comopeting ideologies
 * USSR is upset at america for keep the atomic bomb a seccret when they were allies during WW2
 * The future of other countries like Germany and Poland and what will the political stand point be will they be communist or capitalist.
 * (1917 the soviet union becomes communist and drops out of WW1) Bolshevik Revvolution was the name giving for this political transition.

USA vs USSR Democracy - A political system in which the supreme power lies in the hands of the citizens who can elect people to represent them. ( constituitional ) Capitalism - An economic system based on private ownership of capital ( mixed system ) Dictatorship - An autocratic form of govt ruled by a single person rather then a person who is voted for and elected. ex ( Hitlers rule over Germany 1945 )

Communism - Is a social strutcure that abolishes classes and property is commonly controlled.

Chapter 30 KEY TERMS The 50s set the stage for the 60s although Americans were happy about their economic situation at the time they still feared communism


 * //Key Events in the 1950s-60s//**


 * //Eisenhower elected president 1952//
 * //Economic recession begins 1953//
 * //Supreme court//.

President Eisenhower Video
 * Over seen the signing that ended the war
 * Shortend the Military and put in the biggest public works
 * Federal Highway act
 * Supported Vietnam sending aid and support
 * won reelection in 56'
 * Was a president who used war as a very last resort
 * Lost cuba and lost space race with the USSR