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Who said "I have freed Germany from the death sentence of versailles?" |
Hitler
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How did WWI lead to WWII? (2)
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Bad treaties, economic depression
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Why were the German people upset about the treaty of versailles? (4)
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reparations, war guilt, demilitarization, disarment
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Allies powers? (2) Axis Powers? (3)
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allies= England and France axis= Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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What does Blitzgrieg mean?
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lighting war
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Who used blitzgrieg first and what did it involve?
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Used by Poland, involved 3 forces: air, tanks, troops
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What were the new weapons of WWII? (9)
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improved tanks, improved planes, improved machines, aircraft carriers, atom bomb, V1 and V2 rockets, jet planes, radar
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What was the Enigma and what happened to its code?
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Polish intercepting agent, it was handed over to allies and Britts cracked its code
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What was the significance of Operation Barberosa regarding Russias involvement in the war?
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it foreced Russia to join allies, created 2 front war for germany
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What were japans imperialistic goals?
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to get the west out and build asian empire
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What was our involvement with Japan prior to their attack on pearl harbor? (2 things)
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to put an embargo against steel and oil, froze all their assets in USA
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What event caused the US to activly enter the war?
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Pearl Harbor, December 7th 1941
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What were the goals of the Anglo American Conference and who were the two main leaders? |
goal= to establish the Atlantic Charter main leaders= Chruchhill and FDR |
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What was Hitlers "scorched earth" policy?
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soldiars retreating were told to burn everything coming into Berlin so the allies could not get in
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Who became president when Roosavelt died in office?
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Harry S. Truman
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What was the Manhattan Project that began in 1942?
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creation of the atomic bomb
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After the surrender of germany, who were the "big three"?
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Truman, Stalin, Atlee
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What did Truman reveal to Russia at the Potsdam conference?
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the existance of the atomic bomb
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Why did the US use the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (2 real 1 unofficial)
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Real: to save american lives that would have been lost if it was a ground war, japan would not surrender without this Unofficial: revenge for Pearl Harbor |
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5 main results of WWII
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-Nuclear arms race leading to Cold War -Fascism collapsed -France now has 4th and 5th republic -US and USSR emerge as two new superpowers -United Nations (UN) formed |
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Underlining causes of WWII: (7)
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1. WWI 2. Failure of American Dawes Plan 3. Failure of Wiemar Republic 4. Failure of League of Nations 5. Hitlers Pre-War aggression 6. democracies were too passive 7. aggression of other powers |
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Immidiate Cause of WWII |
Hitlers Invasion of Poland
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What is a Cold War?
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escolation of nuclear equipment but not actually using it, ideological war between two opposing world views
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How did WWII lead to the Cold War? (3)
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1. clash of ideologies 2. Truman revealing existance of atomic bomb 3. disagreement over disposition of Germany between Stalin and allies |
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Who were the two superpowers during Cold War?
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USA and USSR
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What was the stance of the newly developing third world countries during the Cold War?
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agreed not to pick sides and not to be involved |
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When did the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe collapse?
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1989-1991 |
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Underlying Causes of WWI: (8)
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1. Pre-War Alliances 2. Imperialism 3. Rise of Radical Nationalist tenision in Balkans 4. Mandatory Militarization 5. Pre-War military war plans 6. Arms Race 7. Naval Race 8. Failed Diplomacy |
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Immediate Cause of WWI:
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Shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife Sophie
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Who were the members of the Triple Entente (3)? Triple Alliance (3)?
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Triple Entente: Britain, France, Russia Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary |
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What counrtry would change sides and why?
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Italy- only agreed to fight in defensive war; not offensive |
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How was the war in Western Europe developing differently from the war in Eastern Europe?
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Western Europe: stalemate, war of attrition Eastern Europe: more traditional war, moving fronts |
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What was the Trench Warfare?
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War of attrition; machine guns and long range artillary , no mans land
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What were the new weapons used in WWI? (4)
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flamethrowers, torpedoes, machine guns, chemical bonds |
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What was the Schleiffen Plan and why didnt it work?
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A german plan to avoid a two front war-go through Belgium- take France- then head back to tackle russia -didnt work because belgium resisted and Russia was all ready mobiligical |
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What made the US abandon its basic policy of isolation and enter the war? (3)
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-Germany had boost in shipping -Working of the __________ -__________ telogram |
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What was the significance of the Bolshevick Revolution 1917 regarding Russias involvement in WWI? (4)
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-Russia dropped out of War, signed _________ treaty with Germany, and Germany only had a ___ front war, Russia now under Bolshevick control
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What was President Wilsons 14-point plan? (5)
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-League of Nations -Open sea trade -open diplomacy -end imperialism -End arms race |
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When and how did WWI officially end?
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-November 11th, 1918 at 11:00 am -Germans surrender under first 4 of 14 point plan |
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Who were the big 3 at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919? What treaty was signed at this confernce?
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Wilson (US), David George (Brittain), Clemenceau (France) -Signed the Treaty of Versailles |
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Totalitarian Leaders during WWII: (3)
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-Stalin (Communist/USSR), Mussolini (Facism/Italy), Hitler (Nazism/Germany) |
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Stalins goals of USSR: (3)
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-make russia a world power -rapidly industrialize -complete state control of industry and agriculture |
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Hitlers goals of Germany: (3)
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-to build a greater germany by having all german people under one Reich -to purify the german race by exterminating all jews -to destroy communism and conquor soviet land |
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Mussolinis goals of Italy: (3)
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-to replace marxism with facism -to make Italy a united world power; create Roman Empire -to use corporativism (corporations supervised by the state) |
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Characteristics of Totaltarian Leaders: (4)
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-dictators with unlimited power -government dominated by 1 political power -use violence and terror against own people -control education systems and mass media; brainwash their youth |
