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American History
Ch. 24 Study Guide
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History
10th Grade
04/28/2011

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Nationalism is an intense loyalty to one's ____.
Definition
country
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Throughout the 1930's, dictators seized control in many countries, but not in ____
Definition
France
Term
Benito Mussolini began building his new "Roman Empire" by seizing____
Definition
Ethiopia
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On the eve of World War 2, Italy and Germany helped fascist forces win a civil war in ____
Definition
Spain
Term
President Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy applied to ____
Definition
Latin America
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America's Neutrality Acts outlawed arms sales to ____
Definition
all countries at war
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On the eve of the outbreak of war, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a ____, in which they vowed never to attack each other.
Definition
nonaggression pact
Term
The first country conquered in Hilter's "lighting war" was ____.
Definition
Poland
Term
The months-long lull in the war almost right after it began as referred to by newspapers as the ____.
Definition
Phony war
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Hitler sought to annex Czechoslovakia to provide more living space for Germans and countrol the region's important ____.
Definition
natural resources
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Britian repelled Germany's attack due mainly to the heroic effort by its ____.
Definition
Air force
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Why were the Jews especially targeted by the Nazis?
Definition
Hitler wanted to rid the world of Communism.
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What was the Kristallnacht?
Definition
The night of November 9, 1938, on which the Nazis coordinated an attack on Jewish people and their property in Germany and German-controlled lands.
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How did Jews in the ghettos challenge the Nazis?
Definition
Jews in ghettos tried to organize resistance against the Germans and to arm themselves with smuggled and homemade weapons
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Why was the U.S. willing to accept only a limited number of Jewish refugees?
Definition
They were afraid of people from other countries invading their country.
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What was the "Final Solution" and why was it implemented?
Definition
Final Solution was the genocide (mass killing of the jews)
It was implemented to stop communism.
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What methods did the Nazis use to kill the occupants of the concentration camp?
Definition
gases, extermination camps, starvation, death marches, and they burned them.
Term
Lend-Lease Act
Definition
lent or leased arms to any country whos defense was vital to the U.S.
Term
Atlantic Charter
Definition
Collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of seas
Term
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Definition
Started war between Italy, Japan, Germany, and the U.S.
Term
How did the U.S. react to the early Nazi victories in Europe?
Definition
they boosted defense spending
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How did the U.S. respond to Japanese aggression in Asia?
Definition
broke into their codes and waited for Japan to act on war.
Term
Why did Japan launch an attack on U.S. naval forces at Pearl Harbor?
Definition
U.S. had put an embargo on their oil.
Term
Neville Chamberlain
Definition
agreed to Hitler's Sudetenland ivasion
Term
Hideki Tojo
Definition
Japanese prime minister
Term
Benito Mussolini
Definition
called himself Il Duce
Term
Francisco Franco
Definition
led fascis rebellion in Spain
Term
Joseph Stalin
Definition
totalitarian ruler of Soviet Union
Term
Winston Churchill
Definition
British prime minister during World War 2
Term
Charles de Gaulle
Definition
ruler of French government in exile
Term
Adolf Hitler
Definition
leader of Nazi Party
Term
____ government is one that maintains complete control over its citizens.
Definition
Totalitarian
Term
____ is a form of gov. that stresses nationalismand places the interests of the state above those of the individual.
Definition
fascism
Term
Germany's military srategy, known as ____, relied on quick strikes with the use of advanced weaponry.
Definition
blitzkreg
Term
Germany, Italy, and Japan comprised a coalition known as the ____.
Definition
Axis Powers
Term
The measure that enabled the U.S. to provide arms and other supplies to Great Britian and its allies was known as the ____.
Definition
Lend-Lease Act
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