Chapter 25 (ww2)

Question 1

How did conditions in Germany set the stage for ww2?

Answer 1

Because Germany grew bitter and humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles and burdened by heavy reparations set on him. they resented the allies treatment and longed for revenge. their economy was struggling because of the great depression and they were in need of a strong leader.

Question 2

Who organized the fascist party/became dictator in Italy in 1922?

Answer 2

Benito Mussolini

Question 3

When did hitler come to power?

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

What is the National Socialist German Worker’s party?

Answer 4

The Nazis

Question 5

What did Hitler claim himself?

Answer 5

Der Führer

Question 6

What was Hitler’s most nefarious scheme?

Answer 6

The annihilation of the Jewish people and other groups he considered inferior

Question 7

How/ in what way was Hitler’s most nefarious scheme put into action?

Answer 7

He told the Germans that the Jews were out to destroy the Germans. He told them that they were Capitalists who manipulated Germany for their own benefit. Hitler then used the fear and distrust that he created to turn the Germans against their Jewish neighbors.

First, the Jews were removed from positions of political and cultural leadership. Then in 1935 they were stripped of their civil rights. After 1939, Jews were forbidden to emigrate from Germany. They, and other groups Hitler didn’t like, were sent off to concentration camps, and we all know what happened there

Question 8

Who led the militarists in Japan?

Answer 8

Hediki Tojo

Question 9

What was Hediki Tojo’s motivation for expansion?

Answer 9

“Hakko Ichin” - bringing the 8 corners of the world under one roof. They dreamed of a “Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere”

Question 10

Who was the NATIONALIST Chinese leader?

Answer 10

Chaing Kai Shek

Question 11

Who was the COMMUNIST leader in China?

Answer 11

Mao Tse-tung

Question 12

Who was the group of volunteer American squadrons that helped the Chinese against the Japanese, and who were they led by?

Answer 12

“Flying Tigers”

Led by Claire Chennault

Question 13

Where did Mussolini invade in 1935?

Answer 13

Ethiopia

Question 14

What did the League of Nations do when Mussolini invaded Ethiopia? Then when they conquered it?

Answer 14

The LoN voted economic sanctions against Italy.

Then they removed the sanctions, basically encouraging Mussolini’s dumb actions

Question 15

Who violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1935?

Answer 15

HITLER OF COURSE

Question 16

What did Hitler do that violated the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 16

Adopted military conscription for all German men, developed an Air Force, started building submarines and more crap

They were only supposed to have an army of 100,000 men but they exceeded it and had 600,000 men. He sent these men to Rhineland, which violated the treaty. WHAT A MEL

Question 17

Who was the Axis alliance formed between? (1940 get lit)

What were they called?

Answer 17

Germany, Italy, and Japan,
(Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo)
Axis Powers

Question 18

What pact dismembered Czechoslovakia and gave Sudetenland to Germany?

Answer 18

The Munich Pact.

Question 19

Who flew in a plane to sign the pact?

Answer 19

Brit Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

French Premier Edouard Daladier

Question 20

Who did Italy invade in 1939?

Answer 20

Albania

Question 21

When did Mussolini invade Ethiopia?

Answer 21

1935

Question 22

Who did the Nazis invade in 1939?

Answer 22

Poland

Question 23

What happened with France and England when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939?

Answer 23

England and France demanded that Hitler remove his troops.
He refused. So they declared war on Germany.

WW2 HAS BEGUN Y’ALL BUCKLE UP

Question 24

Fascism

Answer 24

A form of socialism relying on terrorist aggression, fanatical fascism, and anti democratic nationalism.

Question 25

Mein Kamph

Answer 25

“My Struggle” an autobiography and exposition written by Hitler about his struggle XD

Question 26

Third Reich

Answer 26

Hitler’s new empire

Question 27

Emperor Hirohito

Answer 27

Official head of Japanese government (no real authorities lol)

Question 28

Manchuria

Answer 28

Invaded by Japan

Has abundant natural resources, great strategic location for a base

Renamed Manchukuo by Japan in 1933

Question 29

General Fransisco Franco

Answer 29

Fought to keep Spain from communist forces, turned to Germany and Italy for weapons

Question 30

Anschluss

Answer 30

The forced union of Germany with Austria

Question 31

Sudetenland

Answer 31

A mountainous region among the Czech-German border, negotiated by Germany, France, and Britain.

Question 32

Appeasement

Answer 32

Giving in to demands of aggressor nations / taking no action when smaller weaker countries are attacked by aggressors

Question 33

Siegfried line

Answer 33

Opposed Maginot line, Nazis worked hard to complete fortifications in the west

Question 34

Maginot line

Answer 34

Opposed Siegfried line

Question 35

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 35

Signed by Hitler with Joseph Stalin. It was a non agression pact to avoid opposition with Russia.

Question 36

The First World War explains the

Answer 36

Second World War.

Caused by 1st world war

Question 37

Why did Germany fight in ww2?

Answer 37

To reverse the verdict of the first

Question 38

Colonialism

Answer 38

The policies of European nations to colonize places around the worker that gave a nation increased resources wealth and militarily strategic holdings.

Question 39

Isolationism

Answer 39

The American policy that strive to keep the US isolated from conflicts in other parts of the world and to only focus on domestic issues