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Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
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U.S. President during WW II (Allied side)
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Who was Winston Churchill?
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW II (Allied side)
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Who was Joseph Stalin?
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leader of communist Russia (USSR) during WW II (Allied side)
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Who was Adolph Hitler?
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leader of Nazi Germany during WW II (Axis side)
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Who was Benito Mussolini?
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leader of Italy during WW II (Axis side)
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Who was Emperor M. Hirohito?
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leader of Japan during WW II (Axis side)
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Who was Hideki Tojo?
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head of Japanese military during WW II (Axis side)
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What were the main Axis
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Germany
Japan Italy |
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What were the main Allied Powers?
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Great Britain
France USSA (Russia) U.S. |
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What was the Holocaust?
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mass murder by the Nazis of 12 million people - six million Jews.
name given to Hitler's plan to rid the world of Jewish people |
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What happened at Pearl Harbor Hawaii on December 7, 1941?
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Japan bombed our naval base there sinking most of our navy and killing many people
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What does appeasement mean?
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giving something to someone in order to get something else. We let tiler keep some countries he took over if he promised to stop.
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What does mobilize mean?
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to get troops ready to go to war
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What is a newsreel?
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people saw the news in movie theaters before the main movie. There was no television news then.
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What were internment camps?
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The U.S.ronded up Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and put the in camps until the war was over because they might be spies for Japan.
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What was the atomic bomb?
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a new powerful bomb which can destroy city and was dropped on 2 cities in Japan to end WW II
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What is racism?
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The belief that you are better than people of another race or religion.
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What is a dictator?
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A leader who has total control over the people in his country.
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What is facism?
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similar to a dictator,the leader has total control over the people in his country and the economy
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What is an alliance?
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an agreement nations make to to support and defend each other
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What is a democracy?
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a type of government with the people having the power through their eletedofficials
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What is imperialism?
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When nations build empires by adding colonies
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What is propaganda?
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information that is used to shape people's thinking
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What is isolationism?
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when people want to stay out of world events
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What is totalitarianism
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a leader who controls the county and its government
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Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
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The American army leader. Leader of all Allied forces in Europe
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Who was Harry Truman?
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He as the Vice President who became President when Roosevelt died right before the war ended.
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What started WW II?
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German and Japanese aggression (attacking countries)
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What event caused the United States to enter the war in Europe?
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii where our navy was based.
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What hard decision did President Truman have to make?
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to drop the atom bomb on2 cities in Japan
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Who developed the atom bomb?
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both German and U.S. scientists
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What ended WW II?
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the surrender of the Axis powers
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Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
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highly respected African American bomber escort pilots
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Where were the battles of the Bulge,Normandy, Stalingrad,and Midway?
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Bulge- France
Normandy - France Stalingrad - Russia Midway - Pacific |
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How did women and African Americans benefit during the war?
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They got good jobs working in factories making war supplies.
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How did Birmingham and Mobile benefit from the war?
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There was an increased demand for steel and from Birmingham shipping from Mobile.
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Who developed the atomic bomb?
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both American and German scientist
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What ended World War II?
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The surrender of the Axis Powers
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What was the home front?
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life in the U.S. during war time
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What did factories do when we entered the war?
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they shifted from production of consumer goods to military goods (from making cars to making airplanes for example)
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How did opportunities for women change during the war?
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They could get good jobs working in factories because men were in the military
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How was Birmingham affected by the war?
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There was an increased demand for steel.
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How was Mobile affected by the war?
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There was an increased in the shipping industry there.
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How did racism affect Japanese Americans and African Americans?
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Japanese Americans were put in internment camps.
African Americans were discriminated against and the military was segregated. Both groups volunteered to fight for America. |
