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28 Cards in this Set
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Where was the first major European dictatorship?
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Italy
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Who was the new dictator, and what did he believe was needed?
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What were the elements of fascism?
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Why did many Italians welcome Mussolini's leadership?
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- Mussolini would protect them from communism and protect the working class with full employment and social security
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Who supported Mussolini in his rise to power?
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How did the Communists establish control in the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
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What were the characteristics of the Nazi party?
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What did Japanese military leaders and civilian nationalists believe was the only way for Japan to get the resources it needed?
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Why were Americans discouraged by the rise of dictatorships in Europe and Asia?
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What was isolationism?
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Why did isolationist ideas become even stronger in the United States in the 1930's
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What were the purposes of the neutrality acts passed by Congress between 1935 and 1937?
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What was internationalism?
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Hitler sent troops into Austria in March 1938, and announced the _________ or ___________, of Austria and Germany.
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_____________ is the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace.
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At the _________, Czechoslovakia's leaders were informed that they must give up the __________ or fight Germany on their own
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Hitler demands on Poland convinced the _________ and ________ that appeasement had failed.
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The Germans used a new type of warfare called __________, or lightening war.
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- blitzkrieg
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When German officials proposed a ___________ to the Soviets, Stalin agreed
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- nonaggression treaty
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After World War I, the French had built a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called the ____________ along the German border
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- Maginot Line
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After the fall of Poland, Hitler and his general decided to attack _________ and _________ before attacking France
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- Norway
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To get around the Maginot Line, the Germans would have to invade the _________, _________, and __________ first which is what they did.
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- Netherlands
- Belguim - Luxembourg |
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When the evacuation at Dunkirk ended, and estimated _________ British and French troops had been saved
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- 338,000
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Even though thousands of troops were saved from Dunkirk, almost all of the British army's __________ remained there.
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- equipment
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Hitler fully expected the British to negotiate peace after France surrendered, but he had not anticipated the bravery of the British people or the spirit of their new leader, ______________
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- Winston Churchill
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When Hitler decided to invade Britain, he found getting across the _________ a major challenge
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- channel
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In order to invade Britain, Germany first had to defeat the _____________
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- British airforce
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Although the Royal Air Force was greatly outnumbered, the British had one major advantage: they had developed a new technology called _________.
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- radar
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