front 1 Magnus Hirschfield- Early 20th c | back 1 a polish sexologist and gay rights activist that founded the first gay rights movement in the world |
front 2 Magnus Hirschfield- Early 20th c | back 2 **1st target for Nazi book burnings |
front 3 Magnus Hirschfield- Early 20th c | back 3 ** can't overestimate his contributions to the history of sexuality/queer studies |
front 4 Marie Curie- Early 20th c | back 4 polish woman that discovers polonium & radium |
front 5 Marie Curie - Early 20th c | back 5 ** developed x-ray tech that was set up in WWI |
front 6 Marie Curie- Early 20th century | back 6 ** won 2 Nobel prizes (physics and chemistry) |
front 7 Fascism- 1930s-1940s | back 7 a political ideology that seeks to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on a heightened sense of national belonging or ethnic identity |
front 8 Fascism- 1930s-1940s | back 8 ** revival of ethnic past |
front 9 Nazism- 1930s-1940s | back 9 the philosophy of the German National Socialist Party under the leadership of Adolf Hitler |
front 10 Nazism- 1930s-1940s | back 10 **Nazi party and consequences of their ideologies |
front 11 Kristallnacht- Nov. 9&10 1938 | back 11 "night of broken glass" |
front 12 Kristallnacht- Nov. 9&10 1938 | back 12 mobs killed > 90 Jews, beat hundreds, broke windows, set fire/destroyed 267 synagogues |
front 13 Kristallnacht- Nov. 9&10 1938 | back 13 **turning point in Nazi-antisemitic policy |
front 14 Kristallnacht- Nov. 9&10 1938 | back 14 ** passivity of German civilians |
front 15 Night Witches 1942-1945 | back 15 all- female group of soviet fighter pilots in WWII |
front 16 Night Witches 1942-1945 | back 16 "night witches: because they flew in darkness w/ a fainting whoosing sound |
front 17 Night Witches 1942-1945 | back 17 ** skilled and committed |
front 18 Night Witches 1942-1945 | back 18 **3000 mission; renowned success rate |
front 19 D-Day June 6th, 1944 | back 19 largest amphibious assault in world history launched by President Eisenhower |
front 20 D-Day June 6th, 1944 | back 20 ** Normandy invasion marked the beginning of the end of War in Europe |
front 21 Manhattan Project 1942-1945 | back 21 a top secret atomic bomb that developed in 1942 and was tested by 1945 |
front 22 Manhattan Project 1942-1945 | back 22 Hiroshima was launched Aug 6, 1945; killed 100,000 people Nagasaki launched Aug 9, 1945; killed 100,000 people |
front 23 Manhattan Project 1942-1945 | back 23 Japan surrendered Aug 14, 1945 ending WWII |
front 24 Manhattan Project 1942-1945 | back 24 ** the reason Japan didn't surrender earlier was because they didn't want to give up their emperor |
front 25 NATO 1949 | back 25 North Atlantic Treaty Organization peacetime military alliance w/ Canada & Western European Nations |
front 26 NATO 1949 | back 26 ** the first time in history: the U.S pledged to go to war if one its allies were attacked (U.S, Canada, 10 European nations) |
front 27 Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 | back 27 Kennedy increases ICBM's in Europe= intense arms race |
front 28 Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 | back 28 Oct 22, Kennedy warned any attack from Cuba would trigger a full nuclear assault against the Soviet Union |
front 29 Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 | back 29 ** US, Soviet Union & Great Britain signed a limited nuclear test ban treaty, reducing the threat of a nuclear fallout |