Us History 9 Weeks Test

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dictator of Germany

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Hitler

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dictator of Italy

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Mussolini

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military leader of Japan

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Tojo

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British prime minister for most of the war

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Churchill

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British prime minister at the end of the war

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Attlee

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King of England during war

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George 6th

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leader of the Soviet Union

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Stalin

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President of the US during most of the war

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FDR

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president at the end of the war

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Truman

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leader of the Chinese nationalist government

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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German minister of propaganda

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Goebbles

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German leader of the North African campaign

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Rommel

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British commander in North Africa

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Montgomery

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German commander of the luftwaffe

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Goering

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head of the German secret police

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Himmler

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2US admirals of the pacific fleet

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Nimitz and Halsey

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American commander who left the Philippines and later returned

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McArthur

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American leader of the flying tigers

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Chennault

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Allied leader at Normandy

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Eisenhower

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what does the term Blitzkierg mean?

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lightning strik

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first nation to fall to the blitzkierg

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Poland

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nation that fell to Grmany in June 1940

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France

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site where US fleet was largely destroyed in 1941

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Pearl Harbor

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country that attacked the US at Pearl Harbor

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Japan

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military commander who received the Japanese surrender

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McArthur

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site of the famous death march in the Philippines

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Bataan

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site where the US navy stopped teh Japanese attack aimed at Australia

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Coral Sea

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battle that stopped teh German advance in Egypt

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El Alamein

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country invaded on D-Day

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France

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Japanese city where 1st atomic bomb was dropped

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Hiroshima

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Japanese city where 2nd atomic bomb was dropped

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Nagasaki

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battleship on which Japan surrendered to Americans

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Missouri

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term that describes the alliance between Germany and Italy

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Axis

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which battles did Mrs. Shelton's dad fight in

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa in marines
father in law was in D-Day invasion and had 2 purple hearts

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AAA

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Agricultural Adjustment Act:
protects farmers from price drops
reduces production
prevents soil erosion

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Core
1. target audience: young, unmarried men from the cities
2. reforestation and conservation projects
3. get paid; keep some money which benefits local economy; send some back home to families which helps the economy there

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Glass Stegall Act

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1. federally ensures bank deposits
2. FDIC

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National Industrial Recovery Act

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1. fair competition
2. minimum wage
3. maximum hours

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Public Works Administration

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1. give money to state and local governments
2. build schools, dams, improve the highway systems

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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protection against fraud, deception, and insider trading

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Social Security Act

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1. retirement
2. disability
3. survivors insurance
4. unemployment insurance

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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1. prevent flooding
2. provide electricity to rural areas

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Wagner Act

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1. encourage people to bargain collectively
2. gives the right to participate in a labor union
3. result: CIO (unskilled labor)
4. AFL (skilled labor)
5. eventually combine

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Works Progress Administration

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1. US post office mural, built the magnolia bowl, history of Columbus was written