Final Exam 2

Question 1

1933 January 30 - Adolf ____ becomes Chancellor of Germany. His ___ Party, or the Third ____, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

Answer 1

Hitler
Nazi
Reich

Question 2

1936 November 25 - Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact This was a pact against communism and _____.

Answer 2

Russia

Question 3

1938 March 12 - Hitler annexes the country of _____ into Germany. This is also called the ______.

Answer 3

Austria
Anschluss

Question 4

1939 September 1 - Germany invades ____. World War II begins.

Answer 4

Poland

Question 5

1939 September 3 - _____ and Great ____ declare war on Germany.

Answer 5

France
Britain

Question 6

1940 May 10 to June 22 - Germany uses quick strikes called _____, meaning ____ war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.

Answer 6

blitzkrieg
lightning

Question 7

1940 June 10 - ____ enters the war as a member of the ____ powers.

Answer 7

Italy
Axis

Question 8

1941 June 22 - Germany and the Axis Powers attack _____ with a huge force of over four million troops.

Answer 8

Russia

Question 9

1941 December 7 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in _____Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the ____

Answer 9

Pearl
Allies

Question 10

1943 September 3 - ____ surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps _____ to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.

Answer 10

Italy
Mussolini

Question 11

1944 June 6 - ____ and the ____ invasion. Allied forces invade ____ and push back the Germans.

Answer 11

D-day
Normandy
France

Question 12

1944 December 16 - The Germans launch a large attack in the ____ of the ____. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

Answer 12

Battle
Bludge

Question 13

1945 February 19 - US ____ invade the island of ___ ____. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

Answer 13

Marines
Iwo Jima

Question 14

1945 April 12 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry ____.

Answer 14

Truman

Question 15

1945 April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits ____ as he knows Germany has lost the war.

Answer 15

Suicide

Question 16

1945 May 7 - Germany ____ to the Allies.

Answer 16

surrenders

Question 17

1945 August 6 - The United States drops the ____ Bomb on _____, Japan. The city is devastated.

Answer 17

Atomic
Hiroshima

Question 18

1945 August 9 - Another atomic bomb is dropped on _____, Japan.

Answer 18

Nagasaki

Question 19

1945 September 2 - Japan ____ to US General Douglass ______ and the Allies.

Answer 19

Surrenders
MacArthur

Question 20

How was Germany and Berlin divided?

Answer 20

Germany was divided into the French sector, British sector, and American sector. Berlin was divided into the Soviet sector. Berlin and Germany were divided by the Iron Curtain

Question 21

What was the Berlin Wall?

Answer 21

The Berlin Wall was a physical wall that divided East and West Berlin that prevented residents of East Berlin from going to West Berlin

Question 22

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 22

The Berlin airlift was an allied task that moved food, coal, gas, and machinery to keep West Berlin fed

Question 23

What was the Nuclear Race?

Answer 23

Every side wanted to withstand attacks by another, so the US first developed the atomic bomb then the Soviet’s did. Both sides eventually developed hydrogen bomb.

Question 24

July 7- ____ invades ____

Answer 24

Japan
China

Question 25

Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the ___ of _____

Answer 25

Battle Britain

Question 26

Truman doctrine

Answer 26

US should support democratic nation at risk of communism unveiled in Truman speech

Question 27

Domino theory

Answer 27

Belief that communism would spread from one nation to its neighbors which was based on the falling dominos analogy

Question 28

The Marshall plan

Answer 28

Name for European Recovery Plan that involves $12 billion of aid that helped in post war reconstruction and avoid communism

Question 29

What was the space race?

Answer 29

US and Soviet Union tried to outdo each other in rocket technology and space exploration

Question 30

SPACE RACE 2 events

Answer 30

1. Soviets launched Sputnik 2. US created NASA, Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs

Question 31

2 nuclear arms race events

Answer 31

1. Soviet atomic tests in 1950s 2. MUTUALLY Assured Destruction (MAD)

Question 32

How did the Korean War start? How did the Vietnam War start?

Answer 32

Korean: North Koreans invaded South Korea at 38th parallel Vietnam: the collapse of French info Gina and rise of Ho Chi Minh, north Vietnam was communist and south Vietnam wasnt

Question 33

Why did the US join the Korean war Why did the US join the Vietnam war

Answer 33

1. To halt communist advance and to draw a line using domino theory 2. The US wanted to give control of Vietnam to france to avoid communism

Question 34

Who did the US fight with and against in the Korean War? Vietnam war?

Answer 34

1. With: South Korea & UK against China, Soviets, North Korea 2. With south Vietnamese against north Vietnam

Question 35

What was the outcome of the Korean War? Vietnam War?

Answer 35

Korean: 3 million delights and no significant change in border or gov Vietnam: South surrendered to north reunified

Question 36

What were the goals of Hitler? Mussolini?

Answer 36

Hitler: end German labor problems which he blamed on Jews and to regain all “lost territory” Mussolini: build pro intervention newspaper and gain desired territory for Italy, conquer new Roman Empire to restore glory

Question 37

Tactics of Mussolini and Hitler

Answer 37

Hitler: he decided to gradually win over voters. Eventually, he took on the position of the office of chancellor. Hitler was given the authority to create laws because of the Enabling Act. Mussolini: led a march on Rome and received dictatorial power. visited Libya to encourage Moslems to fight in Arab countries