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32 Cards in this Set
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Leaders of totalitarian governments before WWII:
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Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler |
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What did many of the democracies become after WWII?
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Dictatorships
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Where was the first facist government formed?
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Italy
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Britian and France were drawn into the war because...
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They promised to aide Poland
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What nation signed a Non-Aggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
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Soviet Union
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The Battle of Britian forced Germany to
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Put off the invasion of Britian
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The Nazi practiced genocide, which is the
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...deliberate extermination of a specific group of people.
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How many people died in the Holocaust?
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11 million
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The German blitzkrieg was military strategy that depended on
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surprise and overwhelming force
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Britian and France adopted a policy of appeasement toward Germany....
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before the war began.
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The United States entered WWII as a direct result of...
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the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers?
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Germany, Japan and Italy
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The Atlantic Charter, drafter by Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, was...
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a statement of war aims
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Which of the following allowed Britian, France and their allies to obtain US weapons without having to pay cash upfront?
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Lend-Lease Act
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Where was the Battle of Britian Fought?
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the skies over Britian
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December 7, 1941 is the date of...
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Pearl Harbor
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Which of the following did Germany agree to in order to avoid fighting a two-front war?
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A non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union
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Korematsu v. United States did...what?
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Forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps
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The constituitionality of relocating Japanese Americans during WWII was upheld by the US Supreme court because the Japanese Americans were...
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considered a threat to national security
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What was the initial reaction from the general public to reports of the Holocaust?
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denial that such reports could be true
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In response to early reports of the Holocause during WWII, the response by President Roosevelt and the US government was to...
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focus on winnin the war as quickly as possible
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The Holocaust is the name given to the the German Nazi program to...
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exterminate Jews, Gypsies, and other groups in Europe
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Which group of Americans was forced out of their homes and businesses and placed in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
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Japenese Americans
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FDR's "lend-lease" program allowed...
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Britian to borrow military equipment from the US
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The Atlantic Charter of 1941...
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provided a political framework for the possibility of American involvement in WWII
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Which group of Americans had 110,000 people imprisoned under Executive Order 9066?
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Japanese-Americans
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist
Totalitarian Entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936 |
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Benito Mussolini
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Fascist
Militaristic expansionist Launched an invasion of Ethiopia |
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Adolf Hitler
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Nationalist
Was elected into office Mitilaristic expansionist |
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Japan's Militarists
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Expansionists
Launched invasion into Manchuria Pulled Japan out of League of Nations |
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Identify and explain the governments and leaders that took power in Russia, Italy, Germany, and Japan after WWI.
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Russia: Stalin: Communist
Italy: Mussolini: Facist Germany: Hitler: Nazism Japan: Tojo: Militaristic |
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Identify and explain the causes of WWII
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Treaty of Versailles-based on revenge
US Isolationism-Ignored advances by Japan and Germany |
