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World Wars
WWI, Great Depression, WWII, UN
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History
6th Grade
05/16/2010

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WWI ended with the signing of ___________
Definition
the Treaty of Versailles
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Before the Great Depression, people were buying things _____________________
Definition
with credit, with borrowed money they didn't pay back, they couldn't afford
Term
During the Great Depression, many factories and stores were forced to ___________
Definition
close
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Black Tuesday is the name given to the day when _____________________
Definition
the stock market crashed
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Germans voted for Adolf Hitler because_________________
Definition
he promised to make Germany strong. He promised to help Germans with the Great Depression.
Term
Adolf Hitler's political party was called the _____________________
Definition
Nazi party
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The Nazis imprisoned and killed millions of Jewish people, and others, during the ___________________________
Definition
Holocaust
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Posters during WWII tried to convince people in many countries to believe certain things. These posters can be called ________________________
Definition
propaganda
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The United States joined WWII when _______________________________
Definition
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
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Ordinary citizens helped with the war effort by ____________________________
Definition
planting gardens, carpooling, collecting scrap metal, working in factories, and blacking out their windows at night in Europe
Term
People in Britain and Germany sent their children away from the cities because ____________________________________
Definition
they would be safer since their opponents were bombing the major cities
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People in Britain and Germany were asked to black out their windows at night so _____________________________
Definition
enemy planes wouldn't have easy targets to bomb
Term
The Axis powers were ____________________
Definition
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Term
The Allied powers included _______________
Definition
Britain, France, Soviet Union, USA, Canada
Term
American and British troops began to take over the coast of France on this famous day.
Definition
D-Day
Term
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of _____________________
Definition
Hiroshima
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The second atomic bomb was dropped three days after the first on the city of ____________________________
Definition
Nagasaki
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UN stands for _________________________
Definition
United Nations
Term
The UN's goal is ________________________
Definition
to get all nations to work together for peace
Term
Germany didn't like the Versailles Treaty because ___________________________
Definition
it said Germany had to take responsibility for WWI, Germany had to pay a lot of money to its enemies, Germany lost land, and Germany could not build a big army.
Term
Sometimes countries stop trading with other countries because _______________
Definition
they want to force that country to do something or stop doing something
Term
Trade usually makes countries ___________
Definition
successful/prosper
Term
In WWI, Germany asked Mexico to join the war and promised to help Mexico take land back from the United States. The US read this message called the ________
Definition
Zimmerman telegram
Term
On the day after Germany's surrender in WWII, the Allied forces declared ________
Definition
VE-Day
Term
On the day after Japan's surrender, the Allies declared ________________
Definition
VJ-Day
Term
Britain's leader, _____________________, encouraged British citizens to fight and never give up.
Definition
Winston Churchill
Term
The places where Nazis sent Jewish prisoners were called __________________
Definition
concentration camps
Term
In WWI, Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary were called the ________________
Definition
Central powers
Term
On this day, Nazi soldiers arrested many Jewish people and destroyed their homes, stores, and synagogues.
Definition
Kristallnacht, Night of the Broken Glass
Term
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, many _________________ were sent to relocation camps.
Definition
Japanese Americans/Nisei
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