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What united many Germans behind Hitler?
his confession he had murdered those in his way because of his love for Germany
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Fascism
the belief the whole country is more important than individual
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What happened in Germany in Feb 1933?
many german civil rights were suspended
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Two ways Hitler defended Treaty of Versailles?
- rebuilt German military
- sent troops to Germany's Rhineland
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What was the August 1939 agreement between Russia and Germany?
both agreed not to attack eachother
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What event caused WWII to start?
Hitler invaded Poland
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What is the "China Incident"
term used by Japanese officials to downplay full scale war in China
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What were the Neutrality Acts in response to?
- Italy's invasion of Ethiopia
- Outbreak of Spanish Civil War
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Totalitarian
govt that takes complete control of all aspects of life
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Blitzfrieg
Intensive attack, means lightning war
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Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Where was a civil war fought in 1936?
Spain
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What was the Battle of Britain?
Sept to May 1941 Hitler incessantly bombed London
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What were two responses America had to the War in Europe? (define)
- Interventionalism- give support, dont enter war
- Isolationism- stay out of war
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How did the US support the war w/o joining it? (3)
- signed first peacetime draft
- Lend Lease act
- US navy defends supply ships to allies
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What was the Atlantic Charter? Who signed it origanally? What was the resulting organization?
- set of common principes establishing goals for post-war
- agreed on by Churchill and FDR
- UN was the result
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How did FDR retaliate to Japan seizing Indonesia?
cut off trade to Japan and froze Japanese assets
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Which city was handed to the Germans w/o incident in June 1940?
Paris, France
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Did the Luftwaffe or the RAF have better planes and more skilled pilots?
RAF= British Royal Air Force
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What were four reasons to sign up for the war?
- patriotism
- anger at axis
- desire for adventure
- joblessness
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True or False? African Americans were generally sent into combat and fully integrated.
false on both counts
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True or False? Hispanics were the most decorated race.
true
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What was the Casablanca Conference? Who wasn't present?
- Allies meet to determine strategy for war
- Stalin not present
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What two factors drove back the Germans when they invaded the Soviet Union in 1941?
- severe winter
- soviet troops and civilian determination
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Seige of this city lasted for almost 3years and resulted in over a million deaths.
Leningrad
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Battle in which the Russians experienced more causalities than US did in entire war
Battle of Stalingrad
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Turning point in Africa for Allies
British victory in El Alamein in 1943
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What major event for the Allies occured in June 1944?
Italy surrendered
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Largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history
D-Day
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What was the result of D-Day?
US acquired base in France
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Final german offensive, opened road to Germany
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Died on April 12, 1945
FDR
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Who took over for Roosevelt?
Harry Truman
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What happened April 30th 1945?
Hitler committed suicide
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What is the significance of May 8th, 1945?
declared victory in europe day
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What was the Battle of Midway?
first major Japanese defeat
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What were the four freedoms fought for?
- freedom of speech
- freedom of worship
- freedom from want
- freedom from fear
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What were gardens people grew to support war effort?
victory gardens
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What was an alternative to gardens that civilans did to support the war?
collected scrap metal, paper, rubber
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What were four ways media helped to support war?
- entertainment industry created war movies
- comic strip characters went to war
- patriotic songs
- ads urged Americans to buy less
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What was the War Production Board's job? (2)
- to control economy
- oversaw switch of manufacturing consumer goods to military materials
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True or False? National Unity was stimulating by ads on TV.
false
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True or False? Crop prices doubled between 1940 to 1945.
true
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The dollar value of all goods and services produced annually in a country
GNP
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To avoid this, FDR suggested a price freeze
inflation
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The OPA used this to keep prices down
rationing
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A statistic showing the change in prices of selected goods and services.
CPI: Consumer Price Index
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In 1942 Congress passed a Revenue Act requiring all citizens to pay this
income tax
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how did civilans help fund the war?
liberty bonds
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What did major labor unions promise not to do during the war?
strike
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Who went on strike in 1941?
coal miners
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job creation due to military mobilization led to this.
migration
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Cali city home to aircraft factory, naval base and shipping center
San diego
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Zoot suit riot city
Los angelos
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Did the US provide opportunities for children whose parents were at work or war?
no
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using borrowed money
deficit spending
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Who led the movvemtn for black equality in 1941?
Phillip Randolf
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Which movement was designed to draw attention to discrimination of blacks?
March on Washington Movement
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Executive order 8802, written by this president, required government agencies stop discrimination
FDR
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rights gaurenteed to all citizens
civil liberties
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foreign born Japanese Americans
issei
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children of foreign born Japanese Americans, born in US
nisei
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the policy of comprimising or giving-in to a hosilt nation to avoid war
appeasement
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the name for the alliance of germany, italy and japan
axis powers
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through this act, the US provided arms and supplies to allies before officially joining war
lend lease act
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invaded Ethiopis in 1935
italy
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country waged war in Nanjing and Shanghai
Japan
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City bombed intensely by Germans during sept 1940- may 1941.
London
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What request was made on dec 7 1941?
to declare war on japan
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Island hopping strategy was used to defeat whihc nation?
Japan
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
for raw materials and land
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The failure of the Maginot line resulted in...
the German takeover of France
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Why was the battle for Guadalcanal significant?
it stopped the japanese advance to Australia
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Operation overload enable the allied forces to...
establish a base from whihc to sweep the Germnas out of France
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The war in europe ended in may 1945, shortly after
soviet and american troops met in Berlin
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AN important reason for American alarm at the Japanese invasion of China was...
a fear of the end of the Open Door Policy with China
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower was commander of...
the D-Day invasion
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General Douglas MacArthur was commander of...
the US war effort in the Pacific
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The first major Japanese defeat, Hawaii is safe
MIdway
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The final major campaign and bloodiest battle of the Pacific
Okinawa
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Allied invasion of "fortress Europe"
D-Day
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Two locations taken over by the Japanese
Dutch East Indies, Guam
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Tens of thousands of Japanese were imprisioned in these
internment camps
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Leader of Soviet Union during WWII
Stalin
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