History Final Flashcards
1
Q
Leader of Fascist Italy during WW2
A
Benito Mussolini
2
Q
Leader of Soviet Union during WW2
A
Joseph Stalin
3
Q
Officially start of WW2
A
Invasion of Poland
4
Q
Brought US into WW2
A
Attack of Pearly Harbor
5
Q
President for most of WW2
A
FDR
6
Q
Laws that took Jews’ rights
A
Nuremberg Laws
7
Q
Navy Commander during WW2
A
Chester Nimitz
8
Q
Japanese cities that were bombed
A
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
9
Q
Treaty that ended WW2
A
Treaty of Paris
10
Q
Iron Curtain
A
the border between capitalist and communist Europe
11
Q
Main goal of Berlin airlifts
A
set a blockade and drop supplies
12
Q
Brinkmanship first used in. . .
A
Defending Taiwan (china)
13
Q
first satellite
A
sputnik
14
Q
Why was MacArthur fired
A
wanted to nuke anything and everything and insubordination
15
Q
Outcome of Korean war
A
Korea would stay spilt and war was pointless
