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Road to WWII Test Flashcards

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1
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What was Hitler’s autobiography called?

A

Mein Kampf

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2
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What was the Beer Hall Putsch?

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The failed Nazi attempt to overthrow the Weimar Government

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3
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Mussolini formed modern Europe’s first ___ government.

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Fascist

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Fascist governments are often led by what kind of leaders? Often called dictators.

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Totalitarian

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5
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Where did Joseph Stalin use the threat of forced labor against his opposition?

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Gulags

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6
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He carried out murderous ___ of suspected rivals within the Communist Party.

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Purges

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What group did the Nazi’s use to beat up opposition? ___ shirts

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Brown shirts

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8
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What group was used in Italy to help Mussolini take over control of the government? ___ shirts

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Black shirts

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9
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At what event did King Victor Emmanuel III fear that the Black shirts would riot in 1922?

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March on Rome

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10
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Who was the leader of the USSR that forcibly pushed for 5 Year Plans?

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Joseph Stalin

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11
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What pushed for increased agricultural and industrial production?

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5 Year Plans

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12
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What were the huge, government controlled farms that thousands of peasants were forced to work on called?

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Collectives

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Who took the title of IL Duce after receiving the blessings from the Pope in 1928?

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Mussolini

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14
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What does IL Duce mean?

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Leader

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15
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Who was Japan’s leader that was treated like a god and had little influence over the Japanese government?

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Hirohito

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16
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What were the military leaders and officials that made decisions regarding expansion and acquiring of raw materials called?

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Ultranationalists

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17
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What is propaganda?

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Information used to influence people’s opinions

18
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Which leader heavily used Propaganda in order to promote his racial views?

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Hitler

19
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What was the master race that Hitler believed Germans belonged to called?

A

Aryans

20
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What does Anti-Semitic mean?

A

Hostile or prejudiced against Jews

21
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Describe Fascism

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Had a sense of nationalism, dictators, and centralized power

22
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Describe a totalitarian state

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Dictator controls every aspect of life, centralized government, and a sense of nationalism.

23
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What did Hitler promise?

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End of reparations, create jobs, re-arm Germany

24
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How did the Soviet Union’s Communist party force people to obey under Stalin?

A

KGB, torture, and purges

25
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Who controlled the government in Japan?

A

Military

26
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Which country invaded Manchuria?

A

Japan

27
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Which country invaded Ethiopia?

A

Italy

28
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Anschluss was the Union of Austria and ___

A

Germany

29
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Which country invaded Albania?

A

Italy

30
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Which country violated the Treaty of Versailles by invading the Rhineland?

A

Germany

31
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Which country demanded the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia?

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Germany

32
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Which countries participated in the Spanish Civil War?

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Italy, Germany, USSR

33
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The Rape of Nanjing (Nanking?) was carried out by what country?

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Japan

34
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What policy prevented FDR and the United States from entering the war?

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Isolationism

35
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What policy did not allow weapon sales to any nation at war?

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1st Neutrality Act

36
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What policy allowed non-military items to be sold to nations at war, including fuels?

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2nd Neutrality Act

37
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What had the Cash and Carry Policy- US would sell weapons only if the country paid in cash and picked up the weapons?

A

Amendment to 2nd Neutrality Act

38
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What were 3 issues that created a perfect storm for the total aggression?

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The US Isolationist Policy, they had just fought WWI about 20 years prior, and economic hardships from the Great Depression.

39
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What are 5 anti Semitic laws/decrees that Nazis placed on Jews in Nazi rule?

A

They were fired from jobs, banned from intermarriage, couldn’t be actors, couldn’t go to school, and Jewish businesses were boycotted

40
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What are 3 reasons that Antisemitism existed?

A

Religious differences, economic jealousy, and political differences.

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