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10th Grade
02/14/2012

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Why was Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union mad after World War I?
Definition
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)
Term
What did Vladimir Lenin establish in Russia when they pulled out of World War I?
Definition
Communist state.
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When Lenin died, who was his successor? What was his nickname?
Definition
Stalin. Man of Steel.
Term
What were Stalin’s prime goals? Was he successful?
Definition
Agriculture and industrial growth.
Term
What did Stalin do to eliminate anyone who threatened his power?
Definition
Killed them.
Term
What did Stalin’s totalitarian government maintain? Describe.
Definition
Complete control over citizens. Industrys have no right & government supresses all opposition.
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What did Benito Mussolini establish in Italy?
Definition
Totalitarian government
Term
Why did people look to Mussolini? What qualities did he possess to “capture” people?
Definition
Italians facing supression, he knew how to appeal to the masses.
Term
What political party did Mussolini establish?
Definition
Fasict party.
Term
What are four characteristics of the Fascist Party?
Definition
-antidemocratic
-stressed extreme nationalism
-believed power must rest with sinate strong leader.
Term
What was Mussolini’s nickname?
Definition
11 Duce
Term
What did Mussolini crush?
Definition
Opposition
Term
List six characteristics of Mussolini’s totalitarian state:
Definition
-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.
Term
After World War I, the German Kaiser (king) was replaced with a what?
Definition
Proclaimed a republic, headed by Chancellor, or Prime Ministor. Weimar republic.
Term
Why did Germans blame this new government?
Definition
They had war guilt and reparations.
Term
Who did the Germans blame for their societal problems?
Definition
Jews
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What was Hitler’s nickname? What party did he join and rise to the top of?
Definition
Funher. Nazi party
Term
How did he rise to the top of this party?
Definition
Persuasive speaker & promised to bring Germany out of chaos, restore Germany to former greatness.
Term
What was Nazism and what was it based on?
Definition
German version of facism & based on extreme nationalism, racism & anti-semitism.
Term
What did Hitler want to enforce?
Definition
Racial purification.
Term
In order for Hitler’s “master race” to survive, what did it need more of?
Definition
Living space.
Term
When Hitler was appointed chancellor, what did he get rid of?
Definition
Republic
Term
What was the Third Reich? How long did he want it to last?
Definition
Third German empire, 1000 years
Term
How were the Japanese similar to Hitler?
Definition
More living space.
Term
What did the League of Nations do when Hitler defied the Versailles Treaty and built up arms?
Definition
Nothing
Term
What did Mussolini do in 1935?
Definition
Invaded Ethiopia
Term
How did the League respond?
Definition
Boycot (ineffective)
Term
Who was Haile Selassie and what did he want? Did he get it?
Definition
Cried out to league for help. No
Term
Who did Italy conquer as a result of the League’s lack of action?
Definition
Ethiopia.
Term
What happened in Spain in 1936?
Definition
Civil War in Spain.
Term
What did Stalin do? What did Hitler and Mussolini do? What did Western democracies do?
Definition
Western democracies remained neutral, Hitler and Mousalinni backed Francos's forces with troops,weapons, tanks, and fighter planes.
Term
What was the result of this event?
Definition
nearly 1 million people died in Spain, franco had triumph, Spain war now fascist too.
Term
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?
Definition
Absorb Austria & Czechoslovakia into 3rd reich.
Term
What was Hitler’s second target?
Definition
Czechoslovakia.
Term
Who did Hitler invite to meet with him in Munich?
Definition
French premier Edward Daiodier & British prime minister Neville Chamberiain to meet in Munich
Term
What was the result of the meeting?
Definition
They signed the Munich agreenment which turned suden land over to Germany.
Term
How did Churchill feel about this result?
Definition
Britain & France had to choose between war or dishoner, they chose dishoner, they will have war.
Term
Did hitler upload his promise to daladier and chamberlin? who did hiler conquer directly after the meeting?
Definition
No. Poland.
Term
What was Hitlers next target?
Definition
Poland.
Term
Why did Britain and France think that that Hitler wouldn't go through with it?
Definition
They said they'd help them earlier on.
Term
In August 1939 how did Stalin suprse everyone?
Definition
Signed an non aggressive pact with Hitler stating that Fascist Germany & communist Russia would never attack each other.
Term
what was their plan involving Poland?
Definition
Divide Poland between them.
Term
When did Britain and France enter the war? Why did they enter the war?
Definition
Biltzkrieg, surprise attack & quickly crushed all opposition. They honered their commitment with Poland.
Term
What 4 lands did Stalin annex after Poland was conquered?
Definition
-Estonia
-Lativa
-Lithuania
-Poland
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What 2 countries was Hitler after next? Why?
Definition
-Denmark
-Norway
Term
What 3 countries did hitler conquer next?
Definition
-Netherlands
-Belgium
-Lurembourg
Term
Did France ever fall under Hitler control?
Definition
Yes.
Term
What 2 countries did Mussolini then conquer? Why did this make them happy?
Definition
-Greece
-Yugoslavia
Term
Who now stood alone in Western Europe?
Definition
Great Britain
Term
Who was the new Prime Minister of England?
Definition
Winston Churchill
Term
What was Operation Sea Lion? Was it successful?
Definition
German invasion of GO. Faliure.
Term
What move did Hitler make that helped save Britain?
Definition
Decision to invade Russia.
Term
At first, were the Japenese successful in gaining more "living space'?
Definition
No.
Term
What did the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island do to Japan?
Definition
Weakoned Japenese naval power & stopped Japanese advance into Austria.
Term
After the Allies liberated France, where did they head next?
Definition
Germany
Term
During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany was experiencing round-the-clock what?
Definition
Bombing
Term
As the Allies headed towards Berlin from the West, who headed towards Berlin from the East?
Definition
Soviet troops.
Term
What was Mussolini’s fate?
Definition
Captured and executed.
Term
What was Hitler’s fate?
Definition
Commited suicide.
Term
What and when is V-E Day?
Definition
Victory in Europe. May 8,1945
Term
Once the war in Europe was won, who did the Allies turn to defeat next?
Definition
Defeating Japan.
Term
What did some American officials estimate an invasion of Japan would “cost?”
Definition
1 million or more casualties.
Term
What are kamikaze pilots?
Definition
Young Japaniese who undertook suicide missions.
Term
What was the Manhattan Project?
Definition
First atomic bomb was successfully developed and tested in New Mexico.
Term
What did the U.S. do on August 6, 1945? What was the result?
Definition
Dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. killed more than 70,000 people.
Term
What did the U.S. do on August 9, 1945? What was the result?
Definition
Term
What happened on August 10, 1945? When was the formal peace treaty signed?
Definition
Term
How many people died worldwide? What country had the most casualties?
Definition
75 million. Soviet Union.
Term
What did the Nuremberg War Trials show?
Definition
Political & military leaders could be held accountable for actions in war time.
Term
What was the name of the international organization that was formed to ensure peace?
Definition
NATO
Term
Why did the US and USSR clash after World War II?
Definition
Uncharter
Term
When the war started in 1939, what did the US declare?
Definition
Neutrality
Term
What was the Lend-Lease act?
Definition
Allowed him to send or lend war materials to "any country" whos defense the president deems vital to the defense of the US.
Term
Why was Americda the "arsenal of democracy"?
Definition
Supplied arms to those who were fighting for freedom.
Term
What 2 leaders issued the Atlantic Charter?
Definition
Roosevelt & Churchill
Term
What 3 things did the Atlantic Charter do?
Definition
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.
Term
What did the 2 leaders pledge to support?
Definition
Right of all peoples to choose the form of gov undre which they will live.
Term
What suddenly pitched the US into war? When did this occur?
Definition
Allies gained a vital boost when a surprise action by Japan pitched the US into war.
Term
What did General Tojo order?
Definition
Surprise attack on the american fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Term
What 3 things happened on December 7,1941?
Definition
Japanese airplanes damaged 19 ships,smashed US planes on the ground, killed more than 2,400 people
Term
What did President Roosevelt ask congress to do on December 8?
Definition
Declare war on Japan.
Term
What did Germany and Italy do on December 11?
Definition
Declare war on the US
Term
What was the most savage of Hitler's policies?
Definition
His program to kill all people he judged "racially inferior" partially Jews.
Term
At first, where did the Nazi's force the Jews in Poland to live?
Definition
Ghettos & concentration camps.
Term
What was Hitlers "final solution"?
Definition
Genocide- deliberate murder of all European Jews.
Term
What were built to accomplish his goals?
Definition
Death camps.
Term
What happened at concentration camps?
Definition
Nazi engineers designed the most effective means of killing millions of men, women, and children.
Term
How many jews were killed in the Holocaust?
Definition
6 million Jews.
Term
What were the Big Three
Definition
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
Term
What did they agree to do ?
Definition
Finish the war in Europe before turning their attention to Asia.
Term
Why did Stalin switch from being an axis power to being on the side of the Allies?
Definition
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Term
What did the war end?
Definition
Unemployment of the depression era
Term
Reparations
Definition
Payment for damages caused by the imprisonment.
Term
After their victorys in North Africa, where did the allies turn next?
Definition
Allies leaped across the Mediteranean into Italy.
Term
Who over threw Mussolini? Why?
Definition
Italians, fed up w/ Mussolinioverthrew II Duce
Term
Who won the battle of Stalinguard?
Definition
Soviet Union
Term
Who was the supreme Allied commander?
Definition
Eisenhower
Term
When & what was D-day?
Definition
June 6, 1944
Term
Were the Allies successful in their mission?
Definition
Yes
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