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US History 20th Ce CP - WWII
WWII Study Cards
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9th Grade
04/03/2013

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Benito Mussolini
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Was the dictator of Italy in 1922. Made an agreement with Hitler.
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Joseph Stalin
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Was the dictator of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. Forced people to work.
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Hideki Tojo
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Was the Leader of the Japanese Army in the 1940s.
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Adolf Hitler
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Was the leader of the Nazi party and committed Genocide.
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Fascism
Definition
To control the country by a totalitarian state.
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Communism
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When a country owns a all politics and mass production and everything is shared equal.
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Militarism
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For a country to have a strong military at the top of the hierarchy and be ready to fight.
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Nazism
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To have one superior race, the Aryan's and to kill anyone who isn't/
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Mein Kampf
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A Book by Hitler to convince people to kill all Jews because of War Damages.
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Rhineland
Definition
Several Area's of Germany
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Sudetenland
Definition
Area's in north and west Czechoslovakia.
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Appeasement
Definition
To avoid war
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Neville Chamberlin
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Prime Minister of England in 1937-1940.
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Axis Powers
Definition
Countries fighting against the Allies.
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Non Aggression Pact
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To resolve disputes without war
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blitzrieg
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A Tactic on surprise attacks.
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Winston Churchill
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Leader of British Army in World War II
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Cash & Carry Policy
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To help other countries with war materials as long as they pay for it.
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Destroyers for Bases Deal
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Give destroyers to England to get military bases for 99 years.
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Arsenal of Democracy
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to help england without joining the war
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Pearl Harbor
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Bombed on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Leader of the US Army in WWII
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leapfrogging
Definition
To hop from island to island to push japan back into their home country.
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Battle of the Bulge
Definition
To push Germany into their own country
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Holocaust
Definition
Hitler tried to kill all Jews by setting them in labor camps or death camps
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
Hatred towards Jews
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Genocide
Definition
A killing of a race
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Yalta Conference
Definition
To discuss how to restore after WWII
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War Production Board
Definition
To make mass military items to prepare for war.
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Rosie the Riviter
Definition
An Icon to the woman that worked in factories while their husbands and boyfriends were at war.
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Operation Overlord
Definition
To attack Germany.
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D-Day
Definition
Attack on France Beaches
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VE Day
Definition
The day the war ends in Europe
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Harry S. Truman
Definition
The Vice President of FDR
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Kamikaze
Definition
To blow up the troops with plane crashes.
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Atomic Bomb
Definition
A bomb made in the 1930s as Project Manhattan.
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Albert Einstein
Definition
A Physicist in the 1930s and 40s.
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Potsdam Conference
Definition
To discuss how deal with war damages
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Hiroshima
Definition
Bombed on August 6, 1945 by the Atomic Bomb.
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Nagasaki
Definition
Bombed on August 9, 145 by the Atomic
Bomb.
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