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38 Cards in this Set
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President of U.S. during WW2
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The Turning point of WW2 in the pacific
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Battle of Midway
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This item brought families together
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The radio
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These trails targeted the Holocaust
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Nurnberg Trials
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The British prime minister was...
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Winston Churchill
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Who did Hilter sign a non-agression with?
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Soviet Union
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What Does Blitzreig mean?
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"Lightning War"
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Why was Yamamoto famous?
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He was the commander of the Japenese navy for most of WW2
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What group was targeted in the Nuremberg Trials?
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Nazi Group
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What were third world countries?
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A country that were not friendly with other countries
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Where were the atomic bombs dropped at?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Who were the Axis powers?
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Germany, Italy, Japan
A.k.A(Rome, Berlin, Tokyo) |
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Why did the stock market crash?
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Stocks were sold for more than they were worth
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Munich conference exposed what?
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The Idea of Appeasement
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Why did we develop the internet?
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Scientific Research
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The Gulf war was all about what?
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Fighting
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Nazism was the German form of...
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racism
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Who signed the Non-agression pact? When?
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Minister Molotov; August 23, 1939
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Who did Germany attack on Sept. 1 1939, which marked the beginning of WW2?
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Poland
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When did WW2 start?
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(September 1)in 1939
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
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To gain it's ore and coal
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Why did the British and French declare war on Germany.
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Hitler invaded Poland
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Who was the French general?
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Charles de Gualle
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The LAUNCHING of this caused the U.S. to emphasize science and math in high schools?
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Sputnik 1
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What country did Germany first use blitzrieg?
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France
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Who was the U.S. trying to overthrow in the Bay of pigs?
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growing communisim ( cuban's from the island)
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a system to protect the U.S. against enemy missiles was called....
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Cuban Missiles crisis
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Who had the advantage in the Battle of Britain?
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Britain
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Island hopping?
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We hopped to islands that were less defended
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What was the significance about the battle of Midway?
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It was the turning point
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What was the significance about the battle of Midway?
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It was the turning point
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What was the worst and biggest of the extermination camps?
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the gas chambers
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Germany's last offensive attack
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Spring of 1918
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Who was the supreme commander of the allies against Germany?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The allied invasion of France is called...
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D-day (operation overlord, etc)
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Which country had the most lives lost in WW2?
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Britain
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Perestroika means..
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economic reform in the soviet union
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What marked the beginning of the great depression?
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stock market crashed
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