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who controlled the soviet union after 1924?
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Stalin
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treaty that ended ww2?
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treaty of versailles
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what kind of gov. maintains complete control over its citizens.
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communist
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founder of facism
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Mussilini
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fascism
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strong central government with powerful dictator
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mussulini called himself
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Il Duce "the cheif"
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mussilini made this run on thime
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trains
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nazi
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nationalist socialist German party
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leader of nazis
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hitler
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wrote Mein Kompf
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Hitler
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hitler thought Germany needed this to survive
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living space
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year hitler came to power
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1933
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Japanese took this over in 1933
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Manchuria china
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what did the league of nations do about Japanese aggression in 1931
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condemed them
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what did germany do in 1933
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left the L.of N.
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what did germany do in 1935
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began building up military
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what did hitler do in 1936
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signed the Rome Berlin axis pact
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what did mussilini take over in 1935
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ethiopia
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how did league of nations react to Mussilinis aggression
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they ignored him
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what did the nations who signed the kellog-briand pact agree on
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no war to solve problems
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isolationism
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not involving in other countries affairs
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why were americans isolated in the 30s
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they did not want another war
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what did the neutrality act of 1935 say
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the us could not sale arms to countries in war
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why did hitler and mussolini get involved in the spanish civil war
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to test their powers
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europes three facsist dictators
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mussolini, hitler and stalin
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german word for union with austria
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anluss
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who was neviil chamerlain
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prime minister of great britain
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what did chamberlain believe he had achieved during his meeting with hitler in Munich
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hitler would not expand anymore
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what did hitler promise chamberlain at munich
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he would not expand anymore
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appeasement
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doing something to relieve pressure from someone
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how did western countries appease hitler
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they did not try to stop him
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soviet german nonaggression pact
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they aggreed to divide poland and not fight eachother
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bliztkrieg
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lightning war
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why did hitler and stalin sign the nonaggression pact
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so they would not have to fight eachother
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what was the vichy gov.
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the puppet gov in italy
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french resistance leader
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charles de gaulle
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neutrality act of 1939
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it was the cash and carry act
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what did the cash and carry act say
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any country could buy arms from the us
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axis powers
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germany
italy
japan
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selective training and service act
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a peace time draft
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"great arsenal of democracy"
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the us should save democracy
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what was the lend lease act
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we could lend aide to countries that were beneficial to us
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how did the soviet union become americas ally?
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they needed eachother to defeat germany
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what was the atlantic charter
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an aggreement between great britain and the us
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who signed the atlantic charter
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winston churchill and roosevelt
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what did the german u boats do to american ships in the atlantic
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sank them
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japanese aggression in 1941
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they began taking over pieces of land
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what was the us reaction the the japanese aggression
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they sent arms to china
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who became prime minister of japan in 1941
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hideki tojo
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where is pearl harbor
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hawaii
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why was pearl harbor important the the us
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it was the largest naval base in the pacific
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date of attack on pearl harbor
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dec 7, 1941
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results of attack on p.h.
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us enters war
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fdr said ph was
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a day that would live in infamy
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who did the us think was our main enemy
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germany
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what was the allied strategy of ww2
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defeat germany and accept only unconditional surrender
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what did churchill describe as the soft underbelly of europe
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italy
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battle of midway
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japanese lost midway island to the us
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battle of anzio
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allies invade italy and it looses its imortance within the axis powers
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where did d-day happen
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england
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when was d-day
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june 1944
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what was the significance of d-day
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we begin to push germans back to germany
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what was the significance of the battle of the bulge
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it was germanys last offense
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strategy to reach japan
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island hopping
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describe iwo jima and okinawa
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these battles put us closer to japan
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what does g.i mean?
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government issued
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black piolets of ww2
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tuskegee airmen
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442nd regiment combat team
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they were japanese american volunteer soldiers
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what role did navajo codetalkers play?
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their language was used to throw off the japanese in the pacific
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four freedoms of FDR
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freedom from want, fear, speech, worship
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four freedoms became the basis of
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the reason america is fighting
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what happened to japanese americans in ww2
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they were shipped off to interrnment camps
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supreme court case us vs. korematsu
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the us won
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rosie the riviter represented
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the women working during ww2
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role that women played in ww2
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they were working
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how were americans asked to sacrific during ww2
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they were rationed
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how did american businesses change during ww2
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they produced only things essential to the war
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how did the american population shift during ww2
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there was 80% women
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what was the manhattan project
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the building of the a- bomb
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who was robert j oppenheimer
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he lead the a bomb project in new mexico
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what cities were bombed with atomic bombs
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hiroshima and nagasaki
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what were the code names of the atomic bombs
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fat boy and little man
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what was the date of the attack on japan
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aug 6, 1945
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name of plane that dropped the bombs
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enola gay
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why did truman think we should bomb japan?
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japan would not have surrendered otherwise
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when did roosevelt diE
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april 12, 1945
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who did the marshall plan help
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europe
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who paid for the marshall plan
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the us
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two positive outcomes of the marshall plan
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us would have a trade partner later and communism would be halted
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who was George marshall
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secretary of the us
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dwight eisenhower?
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war general
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who was harry truman
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president after roosevelt died
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who was douglass mcarthur
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an allied general
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what is v-e day
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victory in europe
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