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| Why was Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union mad after World War I? |
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Italy-Hoped to gain territory as one of the victorious allies and wanted some of the adriatic sea but the lands became apart of the new yugoslavia.
Germany-Blamed for causing war and stripped of all over seas colonies.
Soviet Union-New nations were carved out of Russia (lost land) |
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| What did Vladimir Lenin establish in Russia when they pulled out of World War I? |
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| When Lenin died, who was his successor? What was his nickname? |
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| What were Stalin’s prime goals? Was he successful? |
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| Agriculture and industrial growth. |
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| What did Stalin do to eliminate anyone who threatened his power? |
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| What did Stalin’s totalitarian government maintain? Describe. |
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| Complete control over citizens. Industrys have no right & government supresses all opposition. |
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| What did Benito Mussolini establish in Italy? |
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| Why did people look to Mussolini? What qualities did he possess to “capture” people? |
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| Italians facing supression, he knew how to appeal to the masses. |
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| What political party did Mussolini establish? |
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| What are four characteristics of the Fascist Party? |
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-antidemocratic
-stressed extreme nationalism
-believed power must rest with sinate strong leader. |
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| What was Mussolini’s nickname? |
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| What did Mussolini crush? |
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| List six characteristics of Mussolini’s totalitarian state: |
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-Sigle power dicatorship
-State control over economy
-Use of policies and terror to enforce the will of the people.
-Strict censorship and government monoply of the
-Use of schools & media to indoct citizens.
-Unqustioning obedience to single leader. |
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| After World War I, the German Kaiser (king) was replaced with a what? |
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| Proclaimed a republic, headed by Chancellor, or Prime Ministor. Weimar republic. |
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| Why did Germans blame this new government? |
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| They had war guilt and reparations. |
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| Who did the Germans blame for their societal problems? |
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| What was Hitler’s nickname? What party did he join and rise to the top of? |
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| How did he rise to the top of this party? |
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| Persuasive speaker & promised to bring Germany out of chaos, restore Germany to former greatness. |
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| What was Nazism and what was it based on? |
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| German version of facism & based on extreme nationalism, racism & anti-semitism. |
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| What did Hitler want to enforce? |
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| In order for Hitler’s “master race” to survive, what did it need more of? |
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| When Hitler was appointed chancellor, what did he get rid of? |
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| What was the Third Reich? How long did he want it to last? |
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| Third German empire, 1000 years |
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| How were the Japanese similar to Hitler? |
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| What did the League of Nations do when Hitler defied the Versailles Treaty and built up arms? |
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| What did Mussolini do in 1935? |
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| How did the League respond? |
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| Who was Haile Selassie and what did he want? Did he get it? |
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| Cried out to league for help. No |
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| Who did Italy conquer as a result of the League’s lack of action? |
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| What happened in Spain in 1936? |
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| What did Stalin do? What did Hitler and Mussolini do? What did Western democracies do? |
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| Western democracies remained neutral, Hitler and Mousalinni backed Francos's forces with troops,weapons, tanks, and fighter planes. |
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| What was the result of this event? |
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| nearly 1 million people died in Spain, franco had triumph, Spain war now fascist too. |
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| In order to gain more “living space” for his “master race,” what was Hitler’s first target in 1938? Was he successful? What did the rest of the world do? |
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| Absorb Austria & Czechoslovakia into 3rd reich. |
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| What was Hitler’s second target? |
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| Who did Hitler invite to meet with him in Munich? |
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| French premier Edward Daiodier & British prime minister Neville Chamberiain to meet in Munich |
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| What was the result of the meeting? |
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| They signed the Munich agreenment which turned suden land over to Germany. |
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| How did Churchill feel about this result? |
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| Britain & France had to choose between war or dishoner, they chose dishoner, they will have war. |
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| Did hitler upload his promise to daladier and chamberlin? who did hiler conquer directly after the meeting? |
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| What was Hitlers next target? |
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| Why did Britain and France think that that Hitler wouldn't go through with it? |
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| They said they'd help them earlier on. |
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| In August 1939 how did Stalin suprse everyone? |
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| Signed an non aggressive pact with Hitler stating that Fascist Germany & communist Russia would never attack each other. |
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| what was their plan involving Poland? |
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| Divide Poland between them. |
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| When did Britain and France enter the war? Why did they enter the war? |
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| Biltzkrieg, surprise attack & quickly crushed all opposition. They honered their commitment with Poland. |
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| What 4 lands did Stalin annex after Poland was conquered? |
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-Estonia
-Lativa
-Lithuania
-Poland |
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| What 2 countries was Hitler after next? Why? |
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| What 3 countries did hitler conquer next? |
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-Netherlands
-Belgium
-Lurembourg |
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| Did France ever fall under Hitler control? |
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| What 2 countries did Mussolini then conquer? Why did this make them happy? |
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| Who now stood alone in Western Europe? |
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| Who was the new Prime Minister of England? |
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| What was Operation Sea Lion? Was it successful? |
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| German invasion of GO. Faliure. |
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| What move did Hitler make that helped save Britain? |
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| Decision to invade Russia. |
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| At first, were the Japenese successful in gaining more "living space'? |
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| What did the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island do to Japan? |
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| Weakoned Japenese naval power & stopped Japanese advance into Austria. |
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| After the Allies liberated France, where did they head next? |
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| During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany was experiencing round-the-clock what? |
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| As the Allies headed towards Berlin from the West, who headed towards Berlin from the East? |
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| What was Mussolini’s fate? |
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| What and when is V-E Day? |
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| Victory in Europe. May 8,1945 |
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| Once the war in Europe was won, who did the Allies turn to defeat next? |
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| What did some American officials estimate an invasion of Japan would “cost?” |
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| 1 million or more casualties. |
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| What are kamikaze pilots? |
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| Young Japaniese who undertook suicide missions. |
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| What was the Manhattan Project? |
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| First atomic bomb was successfully developed and tested in New Mexico. |
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| What did the U.S. do on August 6, 1945? What was the result? |
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| Dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. killed more than 70,000 people. |
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| What did the U.S. do on August 9, 1945? What was the result? |
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| What happened on August 10, 1945? When was the formal peace treaty signed? |
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| How many people died worldwide? What country had the most casualties? |
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| 75 million. Soviet Union. |
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| What did the Nuremberg War Trials show? |
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| Political & military leaders could be held accountable for actions in war time. |
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| What was the name of the international organization that was formed to ensure peace? |
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| Why did the US and USSR clash after World War II? |
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| When the war started in 1939, what did the US declare? |
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| What was the Lend-Lease act? |
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| Allowed him to send or lend war materials to "any country" whos defense the president deems vital to the defense of the US. |
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| Why was Americda the "arsenal of democracy"? |
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| Supplied arms to those who were fighting for freedom. |
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| What 2 leaders issued the Atlantic Charter? |
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| What 3 things did the Atlantic Charter do? |
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The rights of all peoples to choose the form of government underwhich they will live.
-Permanant system of general security.
-Final destruction of the Nazi tyranny. |
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| What did the 2 leaders pledge to support? |
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| Right of all peoples to choose the form of gov undre which they will live. |
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| What suddenly pitched the US into war? When did this occur? |
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| Allies gained a vital boost when a surprise action by Japan pitched the US into war. |
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| What did General Tojo order? |
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| Surprise attack on the american fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
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| What 3 things happened on December 7,1941? |
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| Japanese airplanes damaged 19 ships,smashed US planes on the ground, killed more than 2,400 people |
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| What did President Roosevelt ask congress to do on December 8? |
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| What did Germany and Italy do on December 11? |
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| What was the most savage of Hitler's policies? |
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| His program to kill all people he judged "racially inferior" partially Jews. |
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| At first, where did the Nazi's force the Jews in Poland to live? |
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| Ghettos & concentration camps. |
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| What was Hitlers "final solution"? |
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| Genocide- deliberate murder of all European Jews. |
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| What were built to accomplish his goals? |
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| What happened at concentration camps? |
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| Nazi engineers designed the most effective means of killing millions of men, women, and children. |
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| How many jews were killed in the Holocaust? |
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| Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin |
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| What did they agree to do ? |
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| Finish the war in Europe before turning their attention to Asia. |
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| Why did Stalin switch from being an axis power to being on the side of the Allies? |
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| Germany invaded the Soviet Union. |
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| Unemployment of the depression era |
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| Payment for damages caused by the imprisonment. |
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| After their victorys in North Africa, where did the allies turn next? |
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| Allies leaped across the Mediteranean into Italy. |
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| Who over threw Mussolini? Why? |
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| Italians, fed up w/ Mussolinioverthrew II Duce |
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| Who won the battle of Stalinguard? |
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| Who was the supreme Allied commander? |
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| Were the Allies successful in their mission? |
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