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39 Cards in this Set
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What action caused France and Britain to declare war on Germany? |
Hitlers Invasion |
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What action by Hitler was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles? |
Hitler began to re-build the German military. |
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Why was Hitler against Intellectuals, Communists, and Jews? |
Blamed them for causing Germany's defeat in WWII and its economic problems after the war. |
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What is a policy of avoiding war by giving into demands? |
Appeasment |
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Who was Mussolini? |
Leader who gained full control of Italy in 1922, rule was based on fascism(political system in which the "state" or government is seen as more important than individuals.) |
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What kind of government controls all aspects of life? |
Totalitarianism. |
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? |
The US froze Japanese funds in it's banks and cut off exports to Japan. |
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What actions did the WPB (War Production Board) take? |
(oversee the conversion of factories to war production) banned the production of cars so auto plants could produce military equipment. |
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What event occurred when Mexican-Americans were attacked by white mobs? |
Zoot Suit Riots-Los Angeles, June 1943 |
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What allowed the US to send supplies to Britain, France, and USSR? |
Lend Lease Act |
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How did WWII affect the American Economy? |
Roles of Women, Jobs (women started working in factories), Women's rights. |
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What was Unique about the Selective Training and Service act of 1940? |
First Peacetime conscription in United States. |
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What was the immediate reaction to the events of Dec. 7, 1941? |
Congress declared war on Japan. |
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What did Stalin want the US to do when they entered the war? |
Stalin wanted the Allies to attack in Europe. |
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Where did the US focus on building up troops when they entered the war? |
North Africa |
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What roles did women have in the military? |
WAAC (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and WASP (Women's Air-force Service Pilots) |
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Who was Benjamin O. Davis? |
Tuskegee Airman and first black general. |
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What happened to Mussolini? |
Executed by Freedom Fighters-Germans fled Italy. |
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Why was sonar important to the the Allies? |
Showed when there was movement. |
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What was the result of D-Day? |
The allies began driving east toward Germany. |
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Where did MacArthur flee early in the war? |
Philippines. |
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What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad? |
Germans surrendered because they ran out of supplies. |
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Why did German's plant mines and barbed wire along the French Coastline? |
Expected an Invasion |
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What was the importance of D-Day? |
Largest invasion fleet. |
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What battle is the turning point for the war in Eastern Europe?
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Stalingrad. |
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What battle was the turning point in the war in the Pacific? |
Midway. |
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What code did Americans use and why couldn't it be broken? |
Navajo and because it wasn't a written language & it was based off sounds. |
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Who intentionally crashed planes into enemy ships? |
Kamikaze. |
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What plan allowed allies to isolate Japanese forces on certain islands? |
Island Hopping. |
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What and where was the Bataan Death March? |
65 mile march to prison camps from on Luzon. |
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Why couldn't the US stop the Bataan Death March? |
Too weak from Pearl Harbor. |
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When and why did Truman become president? |
April 12, and because Roosevelt had a stroke. |
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What did the German's hope to do at the Battle of the Bulge? |
Break through weak spots and capture Ant-warp Belgium. |
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What is an attempt to exterminate an entire group of people? |
Genocide |
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What happened to most children at Nazi Death Camps? |
They were immediately executed. |
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What and when is V-E day? |
The day Germany surrendered and May 8, 1945. |
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What was the Nazi attempt to exterminate all Jews from Europe? |
The final solution- kill all Jews in death camps by gas chambers and furnaces for cremation. |
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Why was the US responsible for re-building after the war? |
They were the strongest country left in the world. |
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What finally forces the Japanese to surrender? |
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima |
