Global Conflict, WW II, Post War, Korean War

Question 1

Navajo

Answer 1

Navajo sheep herders( indians) worked as code talkers during WWII and helped get Iwo Jima but they were still racially discriminated against, they used the Navajo language because only Navajos knew that language

Question 2

casualties of WWII

Answer 2

at least 55 million died 25million in soviet union, 10 million chinese, 6 million polish

Question 3

US advantages in WWII

Answer 3

3000mile ocean barrier on the west and east coast and large natural resources

Question 4

Four Freedoms

Answer 4

freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, freedom form fear of armed aggression this symbolized the need to return to the “good life” ooh yum yum

Question 5

fascist leaders

Answer 5

promised economic recovery through strengthening the military and national expansion encouraged intense national sentiments urging people to identify strongly with the state

Question 6

free security

Answer 6

when you have natural boundaries between countries to shield war etc

Question 7

arsenal of democracy

Answer 7

provided armaments and supplies to other allied powers so that their armies would do most of the fighting

Question 8

fascist

Answer 8

antidemocratic, , and frequently anti-semitic, appealed to nationalistic and often racist sentiments, these governments generally ruled by coercion, terrorism and police surveillance

Question 9

Third Reich

Answer 9

the union of all german speaking countries also getting rid of all Jews, homosexuals etc any one who was un German he waned “aryan”/ “pure” anglo-saxon germans also got rid of anyone promoting communist ideals

Question 10

Axis pact

Answer 10

Hitler and Mussolini signed this basically united all fascist leaders in ored for them to help each other lated Japan got into and alliance with germany Hitler and Mussolini extend ais to Francisco Franco who was trying to overthrow spains republican govt.

Question 11

Spanish aid

Answer 11

soviet union was the only one to help agianst Francisco Franco from overthrowing the govermnetn the us stayed neutral many on the left side joined the soviet-organized international forces to fight against Franco including the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Question 12

atlantic charter

Answer 12

was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations. In the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, the Allies of World War II pledged adherence to the charter’s principles. it also presented the unity of britain and the US

Question 13

Kristallnacht

Answer 13

night of the broken glass, November 7, 1938 Hitler launched a massive assault against Jews throughout Germany for three days german mobs attacked synagogues, smashed windows, and vandalized jewish homes and busisnesses 35 jews killed / thousands arrested they destroyed 7500 shops and 119 synagogues

Question 14

munich pact

Answer 14

1938 hitler annexed austria to the third reich and then invaded the Sudetenland which was part of czechslovakia it was also key to hitler in order of uniting all german speaking people Stalin had offered france and Britain to rid hitler from the Sudetenland and halt his aggression but they didn’t do it so they met with hitler in september in munich where the agreed to let him keep the land if he stopped trying to gain more territory, becaue of this stalin feared that since britian and france were anticommunist they would try to get hitler to go against soviet union so he signed a nonaggression pact with hitler but hitler broke all his promises and this meeting became a symbol of “appeasement”

Question 15

after the munich pact in 1939(Polish Invasion)

Answer 15

fascist states expanded their power with the help of the soviet union and violation of the munich pact germany invaded poland when this happend france and britain declared war on germany also Madrid finally fell to franco’s forces and Britain, France, and the United States recognized Franco as victor of the Spanish CIvil war then the soviets sent troops to finland gaining finnish territory by 1940

Question 16

blitzkrieg

Answer 16

lightning war

Question 17

Battle fo Britain

Answer 17

by 1940 hitler had invaded denmark, norway, holland, belgium, luxembourg, and france they did this in 6 weeks then he turned to britain where he almost destroyed the (RAF) British Royal Air Force which were german raids on british air bases hitler then ordered the bombing of london+other english cities attacking civillians day and night

Question 18

Japanesse Vs. China 1931-1932

Answer 18

nationalistic militarists gained control of tokyo and began expansion they went full scale war on china the US then helped china and soped trading with japan 1940 japan joined germany, italy in the axis alliance +invaded french colony of indochina japan was trying to rid asia of white western imperialists and japan was seen as a model of strength but it was actually a ploy and japan just wanted to conquer all of asia and considered other Asians to be racially inferior to the japaness they treated them with great brutality the us helped china by creatively interpreting the neutrality acts and saying that technically no one declared war on the other

Question 19

Neutrality acts of 1935,36, 37

Answer 19

outlawing arms sales or loans to nations at war and forbiding americans from travelling on the ships of belligerent powers also people believed that they should have never entered ww1

Question 20

America First Committee

Answer 20

agaisnt roosevelt organization 450 chapters claimed several hundred thousand members centerd in the midwest included actives Nazi supporters, conservative busisness people , opposers of FDR and the New Deal, Charles lindbergh grops bigest spokesperson had great anti-semitism

Question 21

Lend-Lease agreement

Answer 21

lend rather than sell muitions to the allied countries it was then extended tot he soviets when hitler attacks soviet in june 1941

Question 22

Atlantic Charter

Answer 22

FRD and Winston CHurchill met on a ship on the coast of Newfoundland whch was a joint declaration it said that both didnt sek no new territories and recognized the right of all peoples to choose their form of govt. and to approve any territorial changes that might affect them it called for international trade and navigation too realizing the possibility of losing colonies churchill retreated fro the global implications it applied the charter mainly toward european antions under nazi rule

Question 23

election of 1940

Answer 23

FRD (democrat) V Wendell L Willkie FDR won japans attack on pearl harbor ended h neutrality debat and the depression

Question 24

General Hideki Tojo

Answer 24

japans premier

Question 25

Pearl Harbor

Answer 25

December 7 1941, American leaders were trying to contain japanese expansion in asia FDR thought having a strong military presence in the Pacific would persuade japan to avoid confrontation with the US but when japan continued agression FDR froze japanese assets in the US putting trade with japan under presidential control but then on Nov 25 the japanese dispatched aircraft carriers toward Hawaii and sent troops to the border of Malaya in the South Pacific american military officers had failed to warn us forces stationed at pearl harbor at 7:55 japanese planes swooped over Pearl Harbor and bombed the naval base destroyed most of the US Pacific fleet 2 hours after the attack the japanese also struck the main US base at Clark Field in the Philippines destroying half of the US far east air force after US declared war on Japan and then 3 days later Germany and Italy declared war on the US