Finals Flashcards

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Q

In what ways did Hitler ignore the treaty of versailles?

A

He pulled out of the League of Nations, remilitarized Germany, and occupied the Rhineland

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At the Munich Conference…

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Hitler promised Britain and France he would not go after any other territory if they gave him Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia

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NOT a program for Hitler and the Nazi party?

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Collectivization of farms

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4
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How did the Japanese instill a militaristic society after ww1?

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Military personnel were located in schools

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The US policy of neutrality during the interwar years…

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refused to sell weapons or give loans to nations

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The response to Hitler’s acts of aggression in the 30s

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7
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NOT a clause of the TOV

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Germany could keep all of their colonial posessions

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Organization created after ww1 to secure world peace

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League of nations

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Description of Russian troops in ww1

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they suffered and were weak

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10
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This led to 2 revolutions in Russia

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Corruption in government, mass demonstrations, involvement in ww1

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Slogan for the Bolshevik Rev.

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“Peace, Land, and Bread.”

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Impact of the Bolshevik Party in the western front

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Russia withdraws from war

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13
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Economic changes for civilians caused by ww1

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14
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Political changes at home during ww1

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women took men’s jobs

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15
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Strategy made by Germany to avoid fighting on 2 fronts

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The Schlieffen Plan

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16
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Significance of the Battle of the Marne

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Started trench warfare

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17
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German leaders hoped to “Bleed France White” during a attack on this French Fortress

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Battle of Verdun

18
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WW2 began when Germany invaded…

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Q

Why did Hitler call off “Operation Sea Lion”

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The British stayed strong even after the German bombings

20
Q

Reasons the Germans failed their invasions of the Soviet Union

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The Russian winters were deadly, Russians had more weapons, supply lines were too stretched out

21
Q

Winston Churchill said, “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” Who are the “few”

A

RAF pilots

22
Q

The importance of Battle of Stalingrad

23
Q

Hitlers final offensive in the western front

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The Battle of the Bulge

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The Soviets and Nazis split…

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Argument FOR appeasement of Hitler before ww2
Helped to avoid war
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa were so intense because..
The islands geography
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Significance of the Nuremberg Laws
Stripped Jews of their rights/citizenship's
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Definition of the Cold War
Showing off between the US and Soviet Union regarding weapons and tech/ an era of hostility and tension
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Massive effort by Western leaders to supply West Berlin, which had been cut off from East Berlin, by air in 1948
Berlin Airlift
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How does the containment policy reflect in the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?
The US promised money and military aid to nations that faced communism
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Result of Vietnam War
US left leaving Vietnam to be controlled by communism
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The fall of the Soviets did NOT include
US invaded the soviets
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Purpose of NATO
Alliance that created security and protected countries from communism
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Significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Closest the Soviets and US came to war
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Result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
US removed missiles from Turkey and the USSR removed missiles from Cuba
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Outcome of the Korean Conflict
North Korea stayed communists and South Korea stayed Democratic
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Purpose of Bay of Pigs invasion
To overthrow the communist Cuban government
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Cuban Missile Crisis began when...
US spy planes sighted missiles in Cuba
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Purpose of the Berlin Wall for the Soviets
To keep the communist side strong communists
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Organization designed as a defense between the US and their Western European allies against Soviet Union
NATO
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What was Brinkmanship?
Pushed nations to the brink of nuclear war in effort to keep the peace
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