The Great American Story Course Notes Part 7

According to Dr. McClay, the Spanish Civil War was a precursor to the kind of conflicts that characterized the Second World War.

The "blitzkrieg" was a form of mechanized warfare that was more rapid in its progression and more deadly in its effects than any other previous form of land warfare.

According to Dr. McClay, critics of FDR’s "Lend-Lease Bill" argued that it allowed the President to carry on undeclared wars across the world.

The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

During a speech given at Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill declared that an Iron Curtain had descended across a great swath of Eastern Europe.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union possessed an imperialist or expansionist mindset.

The strategy adopted by President Truman and the United States during the Cold War was known as containment.

President Eisenhower was fiscally conservative and did not attempt to dismantle the New Deal.

Source: "The Great American Story: A Land of Hope"