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42 Cards in this Set
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a group of countries who joined together and promised not to make war on any other nation that was a member |
League of Nations |
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headquarters for the League of Nations |
Geneva, Switzerland |
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President of the US during WWI |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Who won WWI, when did it stop |
Allies, November 11, 1918 |
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what did the Germans use which made them victorious on the seas |
U Boats |
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the discovery of what letter angered Americans and helped them decide to enter WWI |
Zimmerman Note |
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first President to give his inaugural address over the radio |
Calvin Coolidge |
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why were many Americans able to own automobiles in the 1920s |
Henry Fords assembly line lowered prices |
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What was the nickname for the 1920's |
Roaring Twenties |
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Difficult years between 1929-1940 when many Americans had difficult time |
Great Depression |
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What President worked to end the Great Depression |
Franklin Roosevelt |
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How did Franklin Roosevelt help to end the Great Depression |
created jobs such as building highways, dams, and bridges |
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people who rule by force and allow their subjects little if any freedom |
Dictators |
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Just before the end of WWI Russia was taken over and became? |
Communist |
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Russia became known as what cruel empire |
Soviet Union |
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takes over a country, the government claims to own these things |
Communism |
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communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
Joseph Stalin |
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type of goverenment that allowed people to own property, but they could not do with it as they thought best |
Fascist Party |
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Who was the leader of the Fascist Party in Italy |
Benito Mussolini |
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form of government that makes the people give up their freedom and are under a cruel dictator |
Nazi, or National Socialist |
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Nazi leader in Germany |
Adolf Hitler |
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National Socialism or Nazi taught what? |
1. the leader and the government of a country are all powerful and are more important than the people of that country 2. all people are not equal in worth, but some groups of people are inferior 3. the leader can do no wrong |
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who ruled Japan during WWII |
Emperor Hirohito |
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what Japap miliatary leader was more powerful than the emporer |
Tojo |
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Enland and France warned Germany that if they attacked a certain country, that they would step in. What country? |
Poland |
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President of the US during WWII |
Franklin D Roosevelt |
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On what three continents did fighting take place |
Europe, Africa, and Asia |
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What countries were the Axis |
Germany, Italy, Japan |
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What countries were the Allies |
Great Britian, Soviet Union, US |
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The Japense bombed what US navy base |
Pearl Harbor |
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When did Pearl Harbor take place |
December 7, 1941 |
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When did the US declare war on Japan |
December 8, 1941 |
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What is the day called when Germany finally surrendered |
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) |
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What day did Germany Surrender |
May 7, 1945 |
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What made the Japense surrender |
The US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan |
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German prison camps where people were locked up |
concentration camp |
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President Franklin Roosevelt and other world leaders came up with an organization that would help the world work out problems. It was called? |
United Nations |
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Who was the president after Roosvelt |
Harry S Truman |
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What happened to Germany after the war? |
The Berlin Wall was built which divided the country |
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What happended to Korea after the war? |
The northern half was under Soviet Union control and the southern part was under the US control |
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What war was the result of North Korea invading South Korea |
Korean War |
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agreement to stop fighting |
truce |
