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Benito Mussolini

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Strong Italian leader who became the Leader of Italy in 1922

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Totalitarianism

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A political system in which the government controls every aspect on citizens’ lives

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Fascism

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A political system in which the state/gov’t is more important than the individual citizen

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Adolf Hitler

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Chancellor (Leader) of Germany who started WW2

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Nazi

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National Socialist Party of Germany

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Joseph Stalin

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Dictator of the Soviet Union in 1928

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Japan

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Ruled by a group of military leaders

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Hideki Tojo

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Prime Minister of Japan

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Who was the emperor of Japan in 1942?

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Hirohito

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Axis Powers

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Japan
Italy
Germany

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Appeasement

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A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving into its demands

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Winston Churchill

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British Admiral

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Allied Powers

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Great Britain

France

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  1. Germans used Blitzkrieg, which means what?
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Lightening War

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  1. In the spring of 1940, after conquering Poland, Hitler conquered which countries?
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Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

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  1. _______ surrendered to Germany on June 22, 1940.
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France

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Luftwaffe is _________________.

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The German Air Force

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The RAF is ______________.

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The British Royal Air Force

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How was the Battle of Britain won?

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Using radar, the RAF was able to detect and destroy some 2,300 of the Luftwaffe’s aircraft

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What EVENT sparked WWII?

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Hitler’s men conquered Poland

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Lend-Lease Act

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  1. Was extended to the Soviet Union
  2. The U.S. sent supplies such as weapons, tanks, airplanes, and food to the Great Britain
  3. Allowed the President to aid any nation believed vital to U.S. defense
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Pearl Harbor

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  1. Was bombed by Japan

2. U.S. Naval Fleet

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What was the War Production Board (WPB)

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Oversaw the change of factories to war production

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Selective Service and Training Act 1940:

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The first peacetime draft in the country’s history

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Name two ways African Americans were treated unfairly when looking for a job

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They got lower pay and a smaller range of jobs to be employed in.

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_ _______ _______ was a labor leader who fought against the unfair treatment of African American workers

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A. Phillip Randolf

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What was unusual about Dorie Miller manning a machine gun?

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African Americans in the navy during WWII were not allowed the right to participate in combat

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The _________________ were African American pilots who trained at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama

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Tuskegee Airmen

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What were the advantages promised workers in the bracero program?

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Food, clean living conditions, shelter, and minimum wage

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What were the zoot suit riots in Los Angeles in 1943?

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Groups of sailors attacking Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits

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What was executive order 9066?

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forced relocation and imprisonment of Japanese Americans

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Internment

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Forced relocation and imprisonment

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What did Japanese people lose when they were interned

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Jobs, homes, belongings, and freedom

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Nisei

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American citizens born in the United States the Japanese immigrant parents

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Battle of El Alamein

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The British stopping the Afrika Korps in July

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American General

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Battle of Stralingrad

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Hitler surrendered to save his troops

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D-Day

Designated Day

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American, British, and Canadian troops invaded France on June 6, 1944

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What does Sonar stand for?

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Sound
sOund
Navigation
And
Ranging
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Convoy System

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Many ships traveling together at once

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General Erwin Rommel

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German general in charge of troops in Africa (Afrika Korps)

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Suez Canal

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Canal located in Egypt
Connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
Completed November 17, 1869

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__________, the leader of Italy, was executed by Italian Freedom Fighters

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Benito Mussolini

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In the battle of Stalingrad, how did many German soldiers die?

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Hitler didn’t supply them with enough food or warmth

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In 1943, the German commander disobeyed Hitler and surrendered to the Soviets at the Battle of _________

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Stalingrad

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The American General in charge of the D-Day invasion was ____________

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The D in D-Day means _________

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Designated

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______________, _______________, and ______________ troops invaded France on June 6, 1944

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American
British
Canadian

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Who was Douglas MacArthur

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American General who fought Japanese

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What was the Bataan Death March?

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600 American and Filipino soldiers marched 63 miles to Japanese prisoner camp

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Who was Chester Nimitz?

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Admiral who led the U.S. Pacific Fleet

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American and Japanese aircraft carriers and fighter planes fought in the battle of what?

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the Coral Sea

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In the Battle of Midway, the Americans bombed the Japanese while they were refueling their airplanes.
True or False?

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Island Hopping

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A strategy using one conquered island as a base in order to attack the next important island

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

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The largest naval battle in history

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What made Iwo Jima such a difficult island for the U.S. Soldiers to take?

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Japanese defenders hid in caves

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Kamikaze Mission

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Purposely crashing planes into an enemies ship

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In what way did the Japanese contribute to their staggering losses?

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They were ordered to fight till death

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Battle of the Bulge

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Counter attack launched by Germans after D-Day invasion

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V-E Day

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Victory in Europe Day

May 8, 1945

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Harry S Truman

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33rd President after FDR died, had to decide to drop an atomic bomb

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Holocaust

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When Hitlwr tried to exterminate the whole race of Jews

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Genocide

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Extermination of an entire group of people

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Manhattan Project

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Secret program scientists used to build the atomic bomb

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Atomic Bomb

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Weapon that produces tremendous energy by splitting atoms

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