Wwii

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Totalitarianism

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government that take total control over every aspect of public and private life

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Treaty of Versailles caused in Germany...

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runaway inflation-printed more money to pay for expenses.

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Adolf Hitler

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1.fought in WWI
2.extreme nationalist
3.bitter over loss of war and the treaty

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Nazi stands for...

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German Socialist Workers Party

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Scapegoat

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someone who is made to take the blame for others.

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Hitler used ___ to spread his message

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propaganda

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Hitler promised ___ to ___.

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1.benefits
2.peasants, workers, and middle class

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Reichstag Fire

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1.Hitler blames foreigners
2.Hitler uses incident to declare a "state of emergency"
3.Historians believe the Nazis may have started fire.

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Fascist Government

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1.believed in extreme nationalism
2.believed in extreme militarism
3.pledged loyalty to dictator
4.no individual rights, ban books, control press
5.wore uniforms of certain color, used special salutes, held mass rallies

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Mussolini

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1.set up fascist government in Italy
2.believed in returning Italy to the glory of Ancient Rome

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Fascism in Japan

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1.Great Depression hurt Japan-military leader took control
2.Emperor Hiroshito- symbolic head of government

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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

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1.1936
2.Germany, Italy, and Japan form an alliance

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Appeasement

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to give in or make another happy so they will not start a war

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Appeasement in WWII

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1.Hitler rearmed army
2.Hitler took Austria

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Tides of war

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1.Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia

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Munich Conference

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Hitler promised not to invade any more countries- appeased

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Hitler broke Munich Conference agreement and invaded the country of ___

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Poland

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___ and ___ declare war after Hitler's invasion of Poland

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Britain and France

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Hitler created a non-aggression pact between Germany and ___

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Russia

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Blitzkrieg

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1.Means "lightning war"
2.break enemy into small groups and overwhelm them

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The country of ___ fell under Germany rule in ___ days

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1.France
2. twenty-two (22)

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Tools of Blitzkrieg

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1. tiger tank
2. paratrooper

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Battle of Britain

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Germany starts bombing British cities

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Radar

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new invention aided Britain

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Enigma

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Britain de-coded German messages with it

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Operation Barbarossa

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1.Germany attacks Russia
2.Russia unprepared-suffers huge losses

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Leningrad

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1.Germany surrounds city- attempts to starve them out
2.Russians hold out

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Winter of 1941 and 1942

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1.stops Hitler's army
2.oil froze
3.frost-bite
4.transportation stopped

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Russia counter attacked

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fresh divisions from Serbia

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Isolationism...

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doesn't work

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Pearl Harbor

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1.Dec. 7th, 1941
2.2,300 Americans die
3.Japan thought US would join the war eventually

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D-Day

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1.American troops land in France-push Germany back
2.Russia pushing from east

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Germany surrendered...

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May 7th, 1945

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Battle of Midway

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U.S. cripples Japan's navy

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Island Hopping

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U.S. conquers island around Japan

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The Atomic Bomb was dropped in___ and ___

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1.Hiroshima-Aug 6th,1945
2.Nagasaki-Aug 9th,1945

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Unconditional Surrender

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a term used by victors in war where the loser can make no demands

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Total War

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a conflict in which nations mobilize all available

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Albert Einstein

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1.scientist
2.German Jew
3.immigrated to US

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Albert Einstein wrote to Pres.___

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Roosevelt

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Arguments against building the bomb

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1.billions of dollars in research
2.idea transfusion-it won't be long till another country builds one
3.moral implications

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Arguments for building the bomb

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1.What if Germany builds it first
2.We will have a weapon to deter future attacks

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Hiroshima

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1.80,000 civilians killed
2.survivors suffered from radiation poisoning
3.62,000 buildings destroyed
4. only waited three days till dropping 2nd bomb

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Arguments for dropping bomb

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1.ended war quickly
2.saved American lives by making invasion of Japan unnecessary
3.no more cruel than fire bombing raids over Tokyo and Germany
4.deter future attacks
5.scare Soviet Union

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Arguments against dropping bomb

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1.introduce world to dangerous weapon
2.should have dropped bomb on uninhabited island
3.should have waited longer than 3 days

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Ladder of Prejudice: Speech

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talking about or making fun of a group of people

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Ladder of Prejudice:Stereo-typing

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eliminates individual differences

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Ladder of Prejudice:Avoidance

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avoid the group of people that have been stereo-typed

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Ladder of Prejudice:Discrimination

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treating someone differently...unequally

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Ladder of Prejudice:Physical Attack

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Physically hurting a person or several people of a group.

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Ladder of Prejudice:Extermination

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physical attacks sometimes turn deadly

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Nuremberg Laws

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1.passed by Nazis that stripped Jews of citizenship, jobs and property.
2.Jews forced to register
3.Jews forced to wear star of David
4.Jews not allowed to teach,write books,hold office,or own a business

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Kristallnacht

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1. "Night of Broken Glass"
2.17 yr. old Jewish boy killed Nazi soldier
3.Riots broke out
4.Nazis destroyed 7,500 Jewish owned businesses
5.275 synagogues were burned
6.hundreds of Jew beaten to death

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Deportation (of Jews)

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1.Germany encouraged Jews to leave Germany
2.Countries shut their doors
*France-25,000
*Britain-80,000
*USA-100,000

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Jewish Segregation

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Jews sent to live in ghettos which were unsanitary and over-crowded

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Wannsee Conference

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1.Meeting to discuss "Jewish problem"

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Internment Camps

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1.Jews,Poles,Homosexuals,Russians,Disables
2.11 million murdered
3.6 million Jews

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Nuremberg Trials

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1. 22 Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity
2. 12 sentenced to death
3.bodies burned in ovens of concentration camps.