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Who aligned with who in WW2? |
Axis powers- Germany Italy and japan Allied powers- GB , France, China , US, USSR later on |
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After wwi poverty instability and dissatisfaction in Europe led to the rise of ________ |
Totalitarianism dictators |
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What did these totalitarianism dictators believe? |
They could create change if only they had complete control of everything in |
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In Italy who took control and what movement was he a part of? |
Benito Mussolini - he was the leader of the facist movement. |
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What is fascism? |
A form of totalitarianism emphasizing nationalism and conformity |
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Mussolini named himself dictator under the title ? |
Il Duce (the leader) |
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In the USSR or Soviet Union who became leader and what did he do? |
Stalin and he began to exterminate any soviet citizen he thought was an enemy |
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Who and what group took over Germany? |
Hitter and Nazis |
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Hitler promoted the idea of _____superiority and blamed Jews for their problems |
Aryan- of Northern European heritage; non Jewish |
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Hitler named himself _____ |
Fuhrer (German for leader) |
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What did the totalitarianism leaders believe |
That his country was superior to all others and had the right to conquer |
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What did Japan do/what countries did they invade? |
Japan invaded Manchuria and then China |
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In China, Japan perpetrated the ____ which was a violent attack on the city |
Nanjing massacre |
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What countries did Italy conquer? |
Ethiopia and Albania |
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In1935 what did Italy do after they conquered Ethiopia? |
They left League of Nations |
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What countries did Germany take control of? |
They annexed the Rhineland and conquered Austria |
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What was the Rhineland? |
A coal rich area that the treaty of Versailles had declared a neutral buffer zone |
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After Hitler conquers Austria and Rhineland what was his next target? |
Sudetenland (an area of Czechoslovakia) |
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What did Czechoslovakia do when Germany was going to invade them? |
They turned to France and England for help |
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What did the prime minister of Britain propose to Hitler? |
Hitler could have Sudetenland if he promised not to invade anywhere else |
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After Hitler conquered Czechoslovakia where did he set his sights next and what did France and England do? |
Next up was Poland and England and France said they would defend Poland |
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On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany. Who became allies? |
The Axis- Italy and Germany (Hitler and Mussolini formed the Rome-Berlin axis) and Japan joined later on |
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Did ussr join axis? |
They signed a non aggression pact with Germany and agreed not to attack each other but secretly they agreed to conquer Poland and split it |
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What type of war did Hitler use to conquer Poland? |
Blitzkrieg - lightning war- used speed and surprise to conquer Poland in only a few weeks |
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What did ussr and Germany do next? |
Ussr also attacked Poland and then moved to the Baltic peninsula and Finland Hitler conquered Denmark and Norway then Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg |
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What happened with France? What name of line they set up along the German border? |
They set up the maginot line on Germany border but they were forced to retreat. Germany invaded from north and Italy attacked from south and France surrendered |
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What did thousands of French and British soldiers do to escape and where did they go and who did they join? |
They escaped on fishing boats and went to England where they joined General DeGaulle |
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In the summer of 1940, butler began his air attack on _____ during what battles? |
England- Battle of Britain |
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What happened during the Battle of Britain? |
The luftwaffe (Germany Air Force) heavily bombed London but prime minister Winston Churchill refused to surrender. The Royal Air Force (RAF) attacked the Luftwaffe until they retreated |
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What happened between Russia and Germany? |
Hitler wanted the manpower of Russia but he was worried about competition from Stalin so he decided to attack Russia. This broke the pact. Thousands of soviet troops were captured or killed. |
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What did Stalin do after he was attacked? |
He joined the Allies and ordered his people to destroy their own resources and burn their own cities before the Germans could get them. Scorched earth tactic. |
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What act did US pass to stay neutral in war and what did it state? |
Neutrality act- made it illegal to sell weapons or loan money to foreign nations |
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What act did congress pass when it knew it was on the brink of war and the significance? |
Selective training and service act- first peacetime draft in American history |
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What act did congress pass when it knew it was on the brink of war and the significance? |
Selective training and service act- first peacetime draft in American history |
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Then in March 1941, the ____ act made it legal to sell or lend weapons and supplies to the allies |
Lend lease act |
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July 1941 FDR and Churchill issues this after German attacks on US destroyers. What did it state? |
Atlantic charter- neither country had any territorial ambitions in the war and that all people had a right to determine and live under a government of their own choosing |
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Meanwhile in Japan, who took over and became dictator of Japan? |
Hideki tojo |
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On this day japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. |
December 7, 1941 |
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What were the results of the Attack on Pearl Harbor? |
8 US battleships and 3 cruisers destroyed and 2403 American lives lost |
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Who declared war on whom after Pearl Harbor? |
US declared on Japan Germany and Italy declare on US US declares on Germany and Italy |
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How did war actually end the Great Depression? |
Workers were needed in the industries to produce tanks, ammunition and other war related products |
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What did war do for women? |
Provided more opportunities. For women Rosie riveter posters encouraged women to work in factories |
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What did war do for women? |
Provided more opportunities. For women Rosie riveter posters encouraged women to work in factories |
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What did war do for AA and what name of famous unit? |
AA worked in factories. The army’s were segregated at the beginning of the war but there was integration later on and the Tuskegee airmen were a famous black unit |
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How did Native American and Mexican Americans assist during war? |
Native Americans provided unbeatable Navajo codes and Mexican Americans were laborers called braceros who worked in agriculture |
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On the flip side women and minorities were still treated unfairly bc they? |
Still paid much less |
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The rise of AA and Mexican Americans in the city did what? Most famous? |
Caused riots - most famous zoot suit riots |
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How were Japanese Americans treated during war? What did Roosevelt do? |
They were suspected of being spies. Roosevelt issues executive order forcing Japanese into internment camps |
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The case of ____ upheld the internment camps as necessary |
Korematsu v US |
