Chapter 24-World War II, Part A Flashcards

1
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Dictator of Germany

A

Adolph Hitler

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2
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Hitler’s political party

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National Socialists (Nazis)

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3
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Hitler’s book

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Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

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4
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Lebensraum was the essence of Hitler’s desire for ______

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Living Space for his Aryan Race in Eastern Europe

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5
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He was an Anti-Communist German Dictator

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Adolph Hitler

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6
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These were Anti-Jewish Laws passed in Germany

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Nuremberg Laws

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7
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This was called the Night of Broken Glass that began the official persecution of the Jews in Germany in 1938.

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Kristallnacht

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8
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This German organization spread fear through Nazi occupied Europe.

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Gestapo

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9
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The victims of the Holocaust included

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Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Gypsies, and Slavs

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10
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This was a Concentration camp

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Buchenwald

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11
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This was an extermination (death) camp

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Auschwitz

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12
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This ship brought Jewish refugees to the US but was not allowed to unload the passengers because of anti-Jewish feelings in the US

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SS St. Louis

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13
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The Wannsee Conference was the official beginning for the _______ of the Jewish question by the Nazis.

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Final Solution

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14
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_____ was a young Jewish girl that hid and wrote a diary of her experience during the Holocaust in The Netherlands

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Anne Frank

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15
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Italian Fascist Dictator

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Benito Mussolini

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16
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Spanish Fascist Dictator

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Francisco Franco

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17
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Soviet Communist Dictator

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Joseph Stalin

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18
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Stalin used _______ for his industrialization and collective farms programs in the Soviet Union.

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Central Planning

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19
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This country’s military was in-fact its dictators and wanted expansion into China

20
Q

Which two countries assisted Francisco Franco efforts to control Spain.

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Germany and Italy

21
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This was supposed to protect France from an invasion by Germany.

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Maginot Line

22
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Anschluss was Hitler’s take over of this country.

23
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At Munich, British and French diplomats chose to _____ Hitler, selling out their own allies the Czechs.

A

appeasement

24
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This Polish city was demanded by Hitler that led to the beginning of World War II.

25
This secret pact allowed Hitler to attack Poland without fear of communist counter attack.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
26
This country was split by Hitler and Stalin in 1939.
Poland
27
What type of warfare did Germany use to defeat their enemies?
Blitzkrieg
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This was when Britain and France declared war but did not attack for 6 months.
Sitzkrieg or Phony War
29
What three Northern European countries did Hitler attack to get around the French Maginot Line.
Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands
30
This battle was a "Miracle of Deliverance" because the British and many French soldiers escape from the Nazis.
Dunkirk
31
What two military forces fight in the Battle of Britain?
Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe
32
What southern European nations did Hitler conquer?
Yugoslavia and Greece
33
On June 22, 1941, Hitler invades ______
Stalin's Soviet Union
34
Name three central European nations that join Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union?
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
35
What portion of Asia did the Japanese conquer in 1936?
Manchuria, China
36
What American territories were attacked by the Japanese in 1941?
Philippines, Aleutian Island (Alaska), and Hawaii
37
What African Territories were controlled by the Italians in the 1930s?
Ethiopia and Libya
38
This was a group of Americans who wanted to pursue a policy of Isolationism and to stay out of the war in Europe during the 1930s.
America First Committee
39
The _____ Act would only allow combatants to buy with cash and to only carry arms using their own boats.
Neutrality Act of 1939
40
The ______ for Bases Deal would help defend British shipping in the Atlantic Ocean.
Destroyers for Bases Deal
41
This weapon was Germany's most important weapon in the Atlantic Ocean
U-Boats or submarines
42
This US destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boats before US declares war.
Reuben James
43
The ____ purpose was to ally the US with the British and protect allied shipping and create a hemispheric defense zone.
Atlantic Charter
44
The ______ Act was to help the British (later other allied nations like the Soviets) with arms that they would only barrow.
Lend-Lease act
45
This strategic material was embargoed against Japan because of their invasions of China and Indochina in 1941.
Oil embargo
46
This was attacked the by Japanese on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii