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21 Cards in this Set
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Who were the Axis Powers?
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Germany
Japan Italy |
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Who were the "Big Three" on the Allied Forces?
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Stalin
Churchill Roosevelt |
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What two cities were the Atomic bomb dropped on?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What was Hitler's political / military group called?
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National Socialism
(The Nazis) |
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_______ was attacked by the empire of Japan.
This marked the first attack on U.S. soil in World War II and prompted the U.S. to join the war on the side of the Allies. |
Pearl Harbor?
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June 1944: This opened the western front
The Allies won this battle and began to free all of France. It was code-named Operation Overlord. |
D-Day
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Who was the leader of Italy
during the time of World War II? |
Benito Mussolini
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What is totalitarianism?
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Totalitarianism describes modern regimes in which the state regulates every aspect of public and private behavior.
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A system of government that puts the nation
above the individual, and uses violence, propaganda and censorship to suppress political opposition; very racist leaders |
Fascism
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These were camps in which people were
detained or confined usually under harsh conditions. The Nazi's argeted the Jews and other ethnic groups and forced them into these camps. |
Concentration camps?
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Who was the president of the United States
when the US entered WWII? |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Who was the leader of the
Soviet Union during WWII? |
Joseph Stalin
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What was it called when the world leaders
gave in to Hitler by granting him power and control in hopes of maintaining the peace? |
appeasement
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Who was the top military dictator
of Japan during WWII? |
Hideki Tojo (Hirohito was emperor)
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Since Germany was forced to accept the
blame for World War I, the Allies demanded that Germany pay ____ for the damages suffered in the war. |
Reparations
($ to cover the high costs of the war) |
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Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?
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Winston Churchill
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Causes of WWII
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League of Nations was too weak
Treaty of Versailles was too hard on Germany Worldwide Depression caused unrest Hitler and the Nazis gained power in Germany demand for Reparations fueled hatred |
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How could the Treaty of Versailles be
considered a major cause of WWII? |
It left the Germans bitter towards Europe
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What are the typical components
of a Fascist government? |
Dictator, Seek more Power, Brutal
enforcement of allegiance, racist |
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Whom did Hitler blame for Germany’s economic problems as well as for her loss in WWI?
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the Wiemar government and Jews
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Communist dictator of Soviet Union, forged an alliance with Hitler via the nonaggression pact. Went splitsies with Hitler on Poland, controlling the eastern half, as well as gaining the baltic countries (lithuania, estonia, latvia).
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Joseph Stalin
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