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Road to WWII Flashcards

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Causes of WWII

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  1. Mistreatment of Germany under the Versailles Treaty
  2. The Great Depression lead to the rise of dictators in Europe
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What are the four extreme forms of Government

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  1. Communism - Russia/USSR
  2. Fascism - Italy/Spain
  3. Nazism - Germany
  4. Militarism - Japan
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What are the shared beliefs of these Governments.

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  1. Demanded fanatic loyalty to leaders
  2. Totalitarians/Police States. Police/Government control everything
  3. Racism
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Soviet Union/Russia

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Communism
Joseph Stalin comes to power after Vladimir Lenin.
Abolished Democracy
Killed all Rivals

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Italy

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Fascists
Benito Mussolini
Abolished democracy
Put all enemies in prison

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Spain

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Fascists
Francisco Franco

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Germany

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Nazism
Democratic Government - Weimar Republic

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How does Hitler come to power?

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He joins the Nazi Party (National Socialist Germans Workers Party) and after 2 years becomes the party leader.
Beer Hall Putsch - Tries to overthrow government and goes to jail where he writes Main Kompf where he talks about the master race and the struggle of the Nazi people.
Runes for president but loses and then is appointed Chancellor of Germany. President dies and Hitler becomes the Dictator of Germany.

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What does Hitler promise the German people?

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He promised to get the German people of the depression
He promised revenge for the German mistreatment in the Versailles Treaty

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Brown Shirts

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Stormtroopers
Helped Hitler come to power/Nazis militia

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What does Hitler do when he becomes Leader

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Abolished Democracy
Outlaws all political parties
Puts all enemies in Prison
Begins the “Third Reich”

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What are the two groups that Hitler makes?

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Gestapo - German Secret Police
Black Shirts (SS) - Becomes Hitler’s personal army

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What was the symbol of the Nazis?

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Swastika/”Blood Flag”

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What was Hitler’s plan to Cleanse Germany?

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Master Race - Aryans - Blond, Blue Eyes, White
Lebensborn Program - Breeding program between SS men and Aryan Women
Hitler wanted to rid Germany of the undesirables (Untermensch - Sub Human).

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What were the Undesirable Groups?

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Polish Russians - Slavs
Roma (Gypsies)
Jehovah Witness
Homosexuals
Handicapped
Negroes
Jews (Blamed for the loss of Germany in WWI)

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What were Americans called by Hitler?

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Mongrels

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What was the only country that Hitler Respected?

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Great Britain

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Hitler Youth

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Girls were trained to produce strong children and Boys were trained to be good soldiers.
All were brainwashed
They were extremely loyal to Hitler

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Jews in WWII

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They were blamed for all the problems in Germany and was Hitler’s scapegoat.
They were marked and segregated with a “Star of David”
Could not go to public places
Restricted to manual labor jobs
It was Hitler’s attempt to get them to leave

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What was Kristallnacht

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“Night of Broken Glass”
A pogrom (organized massacre) against Jewish community in Germany

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Why couldn’t the Jewish people leave?

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They tried to leave but the other countries would not let them in because of the Great Depression

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Japan

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Militarism
Military leader Hideki Tojo takes over.
Emperor Hirohito becomes puppet to him.
They needed resources, so they conquered the places around them.
Pan-Asianism - Uniting of Asia.
Takes over Korea

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Japan and China

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China was in the middle of a civil war when Japan attacked Manchuria (China) - Puppet State
Goes to war w/China - 2nd Sino-Japanese War Rape of Nanking - Forgotten Holocaust of WWII

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Italy

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Their Goal was to restore the Roman Empire and create an African Empire
Ethiopia was invaded in 1933
League of Nations does nothing

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Germany’s Goal to Create an European Empire

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Rhineland - buffer zone between France and Germany
Spanish Civil War: dress rehearsal for WWII
Germany invades Austria - “Unschluss” (Unification w/Germany)
Germany invades the Sudetenland/Czechoslovakia

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What was the Munich Pact of 1938

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Neville Chamberlain gives up land to make Hitler stop being aggressive. Winston Churchill said that they have made a mistake by taking war and dishonor.

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What was a massive problem right before WWII

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The League of Nations did nothing to stop the aggressive acts of Japan, Germany, and Italy.
They feared another World War would begin.

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How does Hitler Begin WWII?

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Hitler threatens to invade Poland.
Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact - alliance between Germany and the USSR
WWII begins when Hitler invades Poland on Sept. 1939.

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