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63 Cards in this Set
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What event led to worldwide depression in the 1930's?
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Stock Market Crash
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What was an effect of the high protective tariffs in the US?
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less imports into country
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Germany had high inflation after WWI because?
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They had to pay huge reparations.
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During the Depression, what political changes occurred?
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Rise of Totalitarian Dictators
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What was not a part of Germany during the interwar?
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Communism
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What was a goal of Stalin's 5 year plan?
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government control of the economy |
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Pursued collectivization
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Stalin
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Responsible for the Great Purge
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Stalin
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Responsible for the Killing of Armenians
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Ottoman Turks
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Under the leadership of this individual from Japan, the attempt was made to control all of???
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Tojo and Eastern Asia
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What ended the policy of appeasement for the Allies
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Invasion of Poland
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What caused the US to enter WWII?
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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D Day occurred in what country?
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France
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Who was the leader of DDay?
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Eisenhower
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Who was the president of the US for most of WWII?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Who was the prime minister of Britain during its bombing?
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Winston Churchill
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What US President ordered the dropping of bombs on Japan?
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Harry Truman
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When Russia did not pull out of the Eastern block countries, we call this...
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iron curtain
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Who developed a plan for reconstruction of the economies of the axis powers? Where was he from?
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George Marshall-- US
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Who was the emperor of Japan?
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Hirohito
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What General led the reconstruction of Japan?
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McArthur
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Who provided security for Japan after the war?
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United States
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What were the outcomes of WWII?
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loss of European empires
war crime trials at Nuremberg US/USSR two super powers Iron Curtain and Germany divided/Berlin divided |
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In the Marshall Plan who gave financial aid to Europe?
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United States
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What government was set up in West Germany?
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Democratic
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What replaced the League of Nations and was an international peacekeeping organization?
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United Nations
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What was the difference from the League of Nations and United Nations?
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UN had a military to enforce while League did not.
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Who was blamed for the depression/inflation in Germany?
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Jews
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Nazi Anti-Semitism included ???
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blame of depression on Jews'
Kristallnacht(burning of synagogues/ghettoes) the "Final Solution" gas chambers in concentration camp |
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The systematic destrution that is purposeful based on a group's cultural, political, race or religion differences is called?
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genocide
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Where was the Pol Pot committed?
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Cambodia 1976 Communism
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Where did the Hutus murder the Tutsis?
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Rwanda/Africa in 1992
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The Ottoman Turks after WWI murdered the...
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Armenian Christians
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Nazis murdered more than Jews. Who else was targeted?
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homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, Africans and middleeasterners, handicapped both physically and mentally
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What were the Nuremberg laws?
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Laws passed by Hitler to label every undersirable by a symbol i.e. Star of David for Jews.
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What was the turning point of WWII?
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When Hitler invaded Russia--
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Who committed agricultural collectivization? |
Stalin |
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Which dictator invaded Ethiopia? |
Mussolini |
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When people in the Great Depression could not pay back their loans, this led to... |
bank failures |
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Anti-Semitism means |
hatred of Jews |
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Which country invaded Japan, Manchuria and Korea looking for raw materials and resources? |
Japan |
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Fascist leader of Italy... |
Mussolini |
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Emperor of Japan? |
Hirohito |
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What were the causes of WWII? |
1. German War Reparations 2. League of Nations of war guilt clauses and no enforcement 3. appeasement-- ignoring Hitler's aggression into Rhineland and others 4. Depression 5. Isolationist policies by US and others |
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Britain and France were __________ toward Germany after WWI which led to the war guilt clause and reparations. |
aggressive |
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WWII began due to invasion by Germany of ___________. |
Poland |
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This Battle was in the air for 57 days over Britain but Churchill did not surrender. |
Battle of Britain |
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This country fell in 1940 which sealed Germany's invasion of continental Europe. |
France |
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Which event in June 6, 1944 marked the turning point of the war in western Europe? |
D Day |
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What event brought US into WWII? |
Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese |
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What was the final act that brought an end to all of WWII? |
US Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan |
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Who was the leader of WWII for US who said a date which will live in infamy? |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces? |
Dwight D. Eisenhower US |
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Who was in charge of reconstruction of Europe? |
General George Marshall US |
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Who was the bulldog and British Prime Minister during the war? |
Winston Churchill |
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What was the event where Germany ignored the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression against Russia? |
Operation Barbarossa |
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What was the turning point Battle in Eastern Europe? |
Battle of Stalingrad |
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Leader of Reconstruction in Japan after the war? |
General Douglas McArthur US |
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What did the Yalta Conference do at the end of WWII? |
Divided Germany into 4 zones of occupation |
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What happened to the highest ranking Nazis after WWII? |
Put on trial at Nuremberg |
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Which two countries became superpowers after WWII? |
US and USSR |
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What kind of government was installed in Wester Germany by the Americans, British and French after WW2? |
Democratic |
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After WW2, Japan could not have a military force and what did the US guarantee? |
US became the military to protect Japan and guarantee its security |
