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| 1938 meeting of the leaders of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany at which an agreement was signed giving part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. |
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| The practice of giving in to aggression to avoid war. |
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| Agreement signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 in which the two dictators agreed not to attack each other. |
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| Hitler launch a lightening war against Poland. The Poles soon surrendered. |
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World War II military alliance of Germany,
Japan,
Italy,
and 6 other nations. |
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World War II military alliance of Britain,
France,
Soviet Union,
United States,
China
and 45 other countries. |
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Germany's failed attempt to subdue
Britain in 1940 in preparation for invasion. |
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| During World War II, the law that allowed the United States to sell arms and equipment to Britain. |
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| In 1941 United States and Britain to set goals for the postwar world. |
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| Reasons the United States enters the war: |
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1. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
2. An Embargo which meant we refused to sell oil and scrap metal to Japan. ( that mad them very mad)
3. Japan refused to withdraw its armies from China and Southeast Asia.
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How did the United States respond to the outbreak of World War II:
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1. Aid to the allies
2. Prepared for War
3. Third term for FDR
4. Land lease Act |
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Whoi was Winston Churchill?
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Prime Minister of Britain during WW II.
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| He ran against FDR for his third term and lost. |
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| How did Britain respond to German Aggression at first? |
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| German planes dropped bombs. Britain fought back and Hitler gave up his plan to invade Britain. |
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| How did France respond to the agression of WW II? |
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| Six weeks after Germans marched on Paris they were overpowered and surrendered. |
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| Name two actions the United States took to support the Allies? |
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1. We gave Britain 50 old American destroyers.
2. We sold arms to the aaAllies under a "cash and carry" plan. They had to pay cash for the arms and carry them off with their hands. |
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