Chapter 32

Question 1

Joseph Stalin

Answer 1

Communist Dictator of the Soviet Union who killed 20-60 million of his own people for various reasons such as being political opponents. -Communist leader of the Soviet Union. Member of the Allies during WWII

Question 2

Benito Mussolini

Answer 2

Fascist Dictator of Italy who was strongly Anti-Communists. Linked with Hitler during WWII. known as Il Duce- aka the leader

Question 3

Adolf Hitler

Answer 3

known as the The Fuhrer- who rose to power during Germany’s Great Depression. As leader of the Nazi Party Hitler previous wrote Mein Kampf which outlined his plan to blame the Jews for the loss of WWI and create an Aryan Race of blonde hair and blue eyes

Question 4

Francisco Franco

Answer 4

dictator of Spain who quietly assisted Hitler and Mussolini throughout the war.

Question 5

Winston Churchill

Answer 5

British Prime Minister during WWII.

Question 6

Charles Lindbergh, America First Committee

Answer 6

Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic Ocean by himself now leads this isolationist Committee that did not want to enter the war because he wanted to put America first.

Question 7

Totalitarianism

Answer 7

when the government has total control over every aspect of a person’s life

Question 8

Isolationism

Answer 8

when a country keeps to itself like the U.S. during the first two years of WWII

Question 9

Appeasement

Answer 9

to give in—like when Hitler was given the Sudetenland during the Munich Conference because other leaders of Europe feared another war

Question 10

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 10

Hoover and now FDR’s policy of allowing Latin America to rule themselves and the U.S. would become more friendly.

Question 11

Nazi Party

Answer 11

German Socialist Party led by Hitler. Major dislike of Communism and the Soviets

Question 12

Rome Berlin Axis

Answer 12

alliance between Italy and Germany before and during WWII.

Question 13

Neutrality Acts

Answer 13

series of acts that kept America in a state of isolationism. Eventually the U.S. would add the cash and carry provision

Question 14

Nonaggression Pacts

Answer 14

shocking agreement made by rivals Germany and the Soviet Union where they both agreed to divide Poland which led to the immediate start of WWII.

Question 15

cash and carry

Answer 15

as part of the Neutrality Acts the U.S. would allow allies to purchase goods if they paid in cash and carried it away on their own ships which allowed America to remain isolated

Question 16

phony war

Answer 16

6 month period of anticipating German invasions, but no fighting occurred. Also, Known as Sitzkrieg

Question 17

destroyers for bases deal

Answer 17

GB was desperate for ships so the U.S. traded 50 old destroyers for Naval Bases.

Question 18

lend lease

Answer 18

The U.S. vowed to lend or lease anything to anyone as long it was vital to the defense of the United States.

Question 19

Panay

Answer 19

U.S. gunboat that was sunk by the Japanese. Later the Japanese apologized and paid reparations in order to prevent war

Question 20

Munich Conference

Answer 20

Hitler requested a German speaking area of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland. The European leaders appeased Hitler and thought is would lead to “peace in our time.”

Question 21

Atlantic Charter

Answer 21

agreement off the coast of Newfoundland between Churchill and FDR to promote a post war world without Hitler.

Question 22

Jiang Jieshi, Chiang Kia- Shek

Answer 22

pro-U.S. leader of China during WWII that lost China to Mao Zedong as it fell to Communism because the U.S. (FDR)-sold him down the river meaning the U.S. did not properly aid his fight against the communists