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24 Cards in this Set
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Yalta Conference |
Stallin, FDR, Churchill |
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League of Nations response to Japan's invasion |
No response |
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Warsaw Ghetto- 1943 |
City revolted against Nazis |
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Axis War Leaders |
Tried at the Nuremburg War Tribunal. Many were executed or imprisioned- crimes against humanity |
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Codename for the invasion of France |
D-Day/ Opperation Over Lord |
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Aid plan? Did it work? |
Rebuild Europe. Marshall Plan-Prevent Europe from going communist. |
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Disturbances 1943 |
Spread over 50 US cities. 1943 race riots- all races involved. |
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Axis powers |
Germany- Austria Italy- Albania Japan-China |
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Korematsu vs. US |
Japanese could be relocated to internment camps due to military emergency during times of war. |
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Japanese Pilots are called? |
Kamikazes |
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Hitler turned back |
Stalingrad-1943 |
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Germany and Russia signed what pact? |
Non-agression pact |
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The start of WW2? |
Germany invades Poland in 1939 |
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Hitler's Final Solution? How many Jews were killed? |
Holocaust, 6 million jews |
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Manhattan Project |
Secret scientists who developed the Atomic Bombs |
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Who became president after FDR died in 1945 |
Truman |
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What action forced Japan to surrender? |
Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima (avoided 1 million American deaths) |
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When did WW2 end? |
September 1945- VJ day |
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What policy did Neville Chamberlain and Hitler sign? |
Munich Agreement- Appeasement |
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Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? |
The battle of Midway |
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What is Rationing |
Conservation of resources- strategic items (gas, sugars, tires, etc.) |
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Treaty of Versailles- Rise of Hitler |
Reduced Germany's military, divided Germany, and debts of war |
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Neutrality Acts 1935-37 |
Limited the ability of the US to sell weapons |
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Turning point of the war on the Pacific, Eastern, and Western front? |
Pacific- The Battle of Midway Eastern- Stalingrad Western- D-Day/Invasion of Normandy |
