Rise of Dictators/ WWII

Question 1

Totalitarianism

Answer 1

Form of government that aims to control all aspects of society including the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens
Most big leaders after WWI worked under a Totalitarianism Government

Question 2

Fascism

Answer 2

Type of totalitarianism government, to gain total control of that race
Used fear, brutality, etc. to get rid of any political enemies
Used by Italy and Germany but Hitler was much more harsh than Mussolini

Question 3

Nazis

Answer 3

Fixed things in their economy that the people liked
Caused them to rise to power

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

Identification with ones own nation and support for its interests

Question 5

Militarism

Answer 5

The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability

Question 6

Tojo

Answer 6

Leader of Tokyo during WWII

Question 7

Hitler

Answer 7

German dictator
Anti-Semitic
Holocaust

Question 8

Mussolini

Answer 8

Italian Dictator
Fascist

Question 9

Franco

Answer 9

Military general of the Spanish-American war
Nationalist who reaches out to Hitler and Mussolini who give him weapons and troops to help him become the dictator of Spain
Remains neutral

Question 10

Churchhill

Answer 10

Leader of Britain during WWII

Question 11

FDR

Answer 11

President of US during WWII

Question 12

Stalin

Answer 12

Leader of Russia during WWII

Question 13

Rommel, Patton, Eisenhower

Answer 13

Commander and generals in WWII

Question 14

Appeasement

Answer 14

British policy that allowed Germany to expand

Question 15

Antisemitic

Answer 15

Anti-Jewish

Question 16

Allies

Answer 16

Britain, US, France, Soviets

Question 17

Axis Powers

Answer 17

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 18

Role of the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 18

started after WWI, put WWII into place because it hurt Germany which made Hitler able to rise to power

Question 19

Blitzkrieg

Answer 19

Germanys idea of making war as short as possible
Destroying their enemies fastly

Question 20

Neutrality Act

Answer 20

Forbid the US and businesses to warring countries

Question 21

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 21

A way to continue to supply the allies w/o breaking the Neutrality Act
Attempt to keep us out of WWII

Question 22

Atlantic Charter

Answer 22

A statement issued on 14 August 1941 set out American and British goals for the world after the end of WWII
Major points
-A nations right to choose its own government
-The easing of trade restrictions
-A plea for postwar disarment

Question 23

What year was the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Answer 23

1941

Question 24

Bataan Death March

Answer 24

forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of between 60,000 and 80,000 American and Filipino POW’s

Question 25

European Theatre

Answer 25

Britain, Germany, France, Soviet, Italy, Etc.????

Question 26

Pacific Theatre

Answer 26

US and Japan

Question 27

Doolittle’s raid

Answer 27

An air raid on Tokyo, Japan by the US

Question 28

Battle of Britain

Answer 28

Air battle where Britain defended themselves from Germany

Question 29

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 29

Germany fought the Soviets and had to retreat

Question 30

Battle of the Atlantic

Answer 30

Naval battle on the Atlantic ocean
(longest battle in WWII)

Question 31

Dunkirk

Answer 31

Germans break around the Maginot line and split the French Troops, pushing them to the beaches of Dunkirk (think of the movie), they were heating through the English Channel and British Troops came into France to provide backup
-British troops should have been taken out because Hitler thought his air force would take them out, so he held the tanks back

Question 32

Dunkirk Pt.2

Answer 32

Winston Churchhill calls for Operation Dynamo, hundreds of any type of boats (civilian, fishing, charter, etc.) sailed to the beaches of Dunkirk to save them
If the troops were taken out in the first place, Germany could have walked right into Great Britain
The RAF (Royal Air Force) defending the British troops had dogfights over the English Channel with the German Air Force
The French took major losses of about 40,000 men

Question 33

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 33

First African American fighter pilots
Called the redtails

Question 34

Battle of Midway

Answer 34

Japan tries to take Midway island from the US
It was near Hawaii
Japan wanted control of the waters when the US had control
Although both sides had many casualties, the US won

Question 35

Rosie The Riveter

Answer 35

Inspired many women to push for their independence

Question 36

Manhattan Project

Answer 36

research and development undertaking during WWI that produced the first nuclear weapons

Question 37

Nagasaki

Answer 37

Fat man bomb dropped here first

Question 38

Hiroshima

Answer 38

Little boy bomb dropped here after

Question 39

Causes of WWII

Answer 39

WWI
Treaty of Versailles
Worldwide economic depression

Question 40

Island hopping

Answer 40

the strategy where the US took Japanese islands with strong military bases, they didn’t waste any time on the islands that wouldn’t help them out

Question 41

Okinawa

Answer 41

The most casualties occurred when island hopping on Okinawa

Question 42

Iwo Jima

Answer 42

When the US fought and climbed Mt. Suribachi to place the flag on top

Question 43

Mt. Suribachi

Answer 43

The US climbed and fought a bloody battle on Iwo Jima
Placed an American flag at the top

Question 44

POWs

Answer 44

More than 120,000 Americans were held prisoner in Europe
Many were shot down when flying missions over Germany

Question 45

Internment camps

Answer 45

Established bf FDR, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps

Question 46

Military Advancements of WWII

Answer 46

Naval radar
The jeep
Atomic bomb