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Ch 24 Flashcards

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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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9
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This man led the nazi party

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Adolf Hitler

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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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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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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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25
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What started the war?

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Germany invaded Poland

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This is a massive air and ground attack that meant a quick victory. It means lightning war

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Blitzkrieg

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This is when the British and French prime ministers signed the Munich agreement annexing Sudetenland to Germany

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Naville chamberlain

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28
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This is a term for the standstill between German and French lines

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Phony war/sitting war

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29
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When were Denmark and Norway invaded?

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April 1940

30
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When were Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg taken over?

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May 1940

31
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How did Italy enter the war?

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They invaded France from the south

32
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When did France fall?

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June 1940.. Fought from 10 may to 22 June

33
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This French general fled to Great Britain and set up a government in exile

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Charles de Gaulle

34
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This was when hitler had 2000 planes bomb Britain every night for 2 months in the summer of 1940

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Battle of Britain

35
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What was the German Air Force called in the Battle of Britain?

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Luftwaffe

36
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When did hitler call of the English invasion?

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6 weeks later

37
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How did Britain react to the German bombings?

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They counter bombed German cities

38
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What was the first defeat oh hitlers forces in WWII?

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Battle of Britain

39
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What was the first action taken against non-Aryans?

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Removal from government positions

40
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This is the systematic murdering of 11 million people across Europe, more than half were jews

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Holocaust

41
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Jews became the ____ for economic problems and defeat in WWI

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scapegoat

42
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What did the Nuremberg laws do?

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Strip jews of citizenship, property, and force them to wear stars

43
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This is the “night of broken glass”

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Kristallnacht-Nov 9, 1938

44
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What happened on Kristallnacht?

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Storm troopers attacked Jew businesses and synagogues in Berlin

45
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Why did Jews have difficulty moving to America?

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We did not want to deny people jobs during the depression

46
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Who did the US accept?

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People of exceptional merit-Albert Einstein

47
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This is the policy of genocide and belief that aryans were a master race

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Final Solution

48
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This is the deliberate killing of an entire population

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Genocide

49
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Where did the final solution begin?

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Poland with nazi death squads

50
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These are segregated Jewish living areas sealed off by the nazis

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Ghettos

51
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These are labor and slave camps

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Concentration camps

52
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What were people subjected to at the concentration camps?

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Starvation and murdering while doing slave labor

53
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This is a new phase to mass murder Jews by poison gas

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The Final Stage

54
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How many death camps were built?

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6, in Poland, Auschwitz was the largest

55
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How many Jews died?

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6 Mil

56
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What did Cash and Carry do?

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It allowed a nation to buy US goods as long they payed cash and covered the transport

57
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When was the tripartite pact signed, and what did this mean?

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September 1940, formation of the Axis

58
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Who composed the Axis Powers

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Italy, Japan, and Germany

59
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This is when congress passed the first peacetime military draft

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The selective training and service act

60
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How did FDR win a third term in 1940?

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He campaigned against war

61
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This was an act made to lend arms out because it was vital to the US

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Lend Lease Act (1941)

62
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When was the USSR invaded?

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June 1941

63
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What did Hitler do to prevent lend-lease in 1941?

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He sent out the U boats to attack military and merchant ships

64
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When did FDR give permission to attack U boats?

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September 1941

65
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This was a 1941 declaration of principles in which US/GB set forth goals of opposing axis powers

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Atlantic Charter (1941)

66
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What did the Atlantic Charter become a basis of?

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“A Declaration of United Nations”

67
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This is the set of nations that fought the axis powers

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Allies

68
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This man was Japan’s chief of staff of the army and prime minister

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Hideki Tojo

69
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What did Tojo sieze and invade?

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Dutch, French, and British colonial lands

70
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What did we know of the attack?

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We broke the codes to know it was happening, but not when or where

71
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When was the Pearl Harbor attack?

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Dec 7, 1941

72
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When did the US declare war against Japan?

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Dec 8, 1941; Germany and Italy declared war on Dec 10

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