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1
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This man’s name means man of steel

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Joseph Stalin

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How did Russian communism work?

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Industrial and agricultural sectors were places under state management and the state owns the property

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This is a government that has complete control over citizens… They have no rights

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Totalitarian

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This man made an Italian totalitarian regime on fears of communism and economy

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Benito Mussolini

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This is a centralized nationalistic government led by a dictator

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Fascism

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What was mussolini’s party?

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Fascist party ‘21

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What is common of fascist governments?

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Military expansion, extreme nationalism, and private property with strong controls

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What did Mussolini call himself?

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Il Duce (the leader)

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This man led the nazi party

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Adolf Hitler

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10
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What did hitler call himself?

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Der fuher (the leader)

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This book outlined the beliefs of nazisim

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Mein kampf (my struggle)

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12
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Who came to power in Japan?

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Nationalistic military leaders overthrowing the imperial government

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13
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This is facism with extreme racism

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Nazism

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14
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This man led a rebellion against the Spanish republic

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Francisco Franco

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15
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How did Franco become Spain’s fascist dictator?

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The 1939 civil war

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16
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This outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war, eventually included civil wars

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1935 neutrality acts

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17
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When was Austria taken over by Germany?

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March 1938

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18
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How was Austria taken over?

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Unopposed

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19
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What did hitler move to after Austria?

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The German speaking parts of Czechoslovakia

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This man thought that the Munich agreement was a shameful policy of appeasement

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Winston Churchill

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21
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This is giving up principles to pacify an aggressor

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Appeasement

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22
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When was all of Czechoslovakia taken?

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March 1939

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23
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This was signed by Stalin to prevent Russian/German war

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Nonaggression pact

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24
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When did WWII begin officially?

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September 1, 1939

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What started the war?
Germany invaded Poland
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This is a massive air and ground attack that meant a quick victory. It means lightning war
Blitzkrieg
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This is when the British and French prime ministers signed the Munich agreement annexing Sudetenland to Germany
Naville chamberlain
28
This is a term for the standstill between German and French lines
Phony war/sitting war
29
When were Denmark and Norway invaded?
April 1940
30
When were Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg taken over?
May 1940
31
How did Italy enter the war?
They invaded France from the south
32
When did France fall?
June 1940.. Fought from 10 may to 22 June
33
This French general fled to Great Britain and set up a government in exile
Charles de Gaulle
34
This was when hitler had 2000 planes bomb Britain every night for 2 months in the summer of 1940
Battle of Britain
35
What was the German Air Force called in the Battle of Britain?
Luftwaffe
36
When did hitler call of the English invasion?
6 weeks later
37
How did Britain react to the German bombings?
They counter bombed German cities
38
What was the first defeat oh hitlers forces in WWII?
Battle of Britain
39
What was the first action taken against non-Aryans?
Removal from government positions
40
This is the systematic murdering of 11 million people across Europe, more than half were jews
Holocaust
41
Jews became the ____ for economic problems and defeat in WWI
scapegoat
42
What did the Nuremberg laws do?
Strip jews of citizenship, property, and force them to wear stars
43
This is the "night of broken glass"
Kristallnacht-Nov 9, 1938
44
What happened on Kristallnacht?
Storm troopers attacked Jew businesses and synagogues in Berlin
45
Why did Jews have difficulty moving to America?
We did not want to deny people jobs during the depression
46
Who did the US accept?
People of exceptional merit-Albert Einstein
47
This is the policy of genocide and belief that aryans were a master race
Final Solution
48
This is the deliberate killing of an entire population
Genocide
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Where did the final solution begin?
Poland with nazi death squads
50
These are segregated Jewish living areas sealed off by the nazis
Ghettos
51
These are labor and slave camps
Concentration camps
52
What were people subjected to at the concentration camps?
Starvation and murdering while doing slave labor
53
This is a new phase to mass murder Jews by poison gas
The Final Stage
54
How many death camps were built?
6, in Poland, Auschwitz was the largest
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How many Jews died?
6 Mil
56
What did Cash and Carry do?
It allowed a nation to buy US goods as long they payed cash and covered the transport
57
When was the tripartite pact signed, and what did this mean?
September 1940, formation of the Axis
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Who composed the Axis Powers
Italy, Japan, and Germany
59
This is when congress passed the first peacetime military draft
The selective training and service act
60
How did FDR win a third term in 1940?
He campaigned against war
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This was an act made to lend arms out because it was vital to the US
Lend Lease Act (1941)
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When was the USSR invaded?
June 1941
63
What did Hitler do to prevent lend-lease in 1941?
He sent out the U boats to attack military and merchant ships
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When did FDR give permission to attack U boats?
September 1941
65
This was a 1941 declaration of principles in which US/GB set forth goals of opposing axis powers
Atlantic Charter (1941)
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What did the Atlantic Charter become a basis of?
"A Declaration of United Nations"
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This is the set of nations that fought the axis powers
Allies
68
This man was Japan's chief of staff of the army and prime minister
Hideki Tojo
69
What did Tojo sieze and invade?
Dutch, French, and British colonial lands
70
What did we know of the attack?
We broke the codes to know it was happening, but not when or where
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When was the Pearl Harbor attack?
Dec 7, 1941
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When did the US declare war against Japan?
Dec 8, 1941; Germany and Italy declared war on Dec 10

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