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34 Cards in this Set
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Name the three causes of WWII
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Dictators, Racism, & Violations of the Treaty of Versailles
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Name the leader of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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Name the leader of Germany
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Adolf Hitler
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Name the leader of Japan
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Emperor Hirohiti
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Adolf Hitler established...
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the National Socialist or Nazis
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Name three of the possible 5 Nuremburg Laws
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He woudnt alow jews to
Vote Go to German Schools Parks Movies and Theaters Marry non-Jews |
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Name two countries Hitler annexed
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Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia
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France and Great Britain agreed to let him keep it if he would take no more territory in Europe.
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True
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Appeasement
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Giving in to avoid larger conflict
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When did Germany invade Poland
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1939
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Blitzkrig
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Lightening War
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After the invasion of Poland, France and Great Britain declared war on the U.S.
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False
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Where were thousands of Allied troops trapped
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on the beach in Dunkirk, France
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Name all of the countries Germant took over
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Austria(annexed
Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium France Denmark, Sweden, Norway(Neutral) |
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Why didnt America immediatley enter the war
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They were in Isolationism
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What did the U.S. do to give weapons to other countries and get around the Neutrility acts
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They loaned or traded the war weapons
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When was Pearl Harbor attacked
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December 7, 1941
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What was Roosevelts famous comment on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed
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" a date which will live in infamy
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When was the first peacetime draft
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1940
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Name four rationed things
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steel, aluminum, rubber, meat, sugar, silk,& butter
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What were women who worked in factories during the war called
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Rosie the Riviter
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Japanese Americans were sent to...
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Internment Camps
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What Was the Allies strategy
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To first defeat Germany and the Japan
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Who was in command of the U.S. troops in Europe
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The major attack in North Africa was led by
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British general monty montgomery
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The german general in Africa was
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Rommel
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What was Rommel's nickname
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Desert Fox
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France was retaken by U.S and England and Canada on June 6, 1944
True or False |
True
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Who got to Paris first
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Gen. patton
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When did germany surrender
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May, 8 1945
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Who invaded the Phillipines
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Mcaurthur
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Who was the commander of the pacific fleet
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Nimitz
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When did the plane Enola Gay drop the bomb in Hirshima
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August 6, 1945
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What was the second bombed city
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Nagaski
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