section 2

Question 1

in 1937, who did Japan begin an all out war against?

Answer 1

china

Question 2

what did Japanese planes do to chinas major cities?

Answer 2

bombed them

Question 3

why did the Japanese advance into china?

Answer 3

they thought it would undermine the Open Door Policy

Question 4

what feelings kept the US from taking a firm stand?

Answer 4

isolationist feelings

Question 5

what action done by Germany violated the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

Germany annexed Austria

Question 6

did Britain or France take action when Germany annexed Austria?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

why did hitler claim the Sudetenland?

Answer 7

he said there were many people of German heritage living there

Question 8

what did hitler promise at the Munich conference?

Answer 8

Germany would take no further territory once it had the Sudetenland

Question 9

what is the practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war?

Answer 9

appeasement

Question 10

who signed the nazi-soviet pact?

Answer 10

hitler and Stalin

Question 11

what did hitler and Stalin agree to do?

Answer 11

not to attack each other

Question 12

secretly, what did Stalin and hitler agree to divide?

Answer 12

Poland and parts of Eastern Europe

Question 13

what did Britain and France do two days after hitlers invasion of Poland? why was this important?

Answer 13

declared war on Germany. it was the start if WW2.

Question 14

who were the axis powers?

Answer 14

Germany, Italy, Japan, and six other countries

Question 15

who were the allies?

Answer 15

Britain, France, the US, the Soviet Union, china, and 45 other countries

Question 16

what happened when Britain tried to aid France when Germany overran France?

Answer 16

Germany forced them to retreat to dunkirk

Question 17

when did France surrender?

Answer 17

June 22 1940

Question 18

at the time Britain ___ ___ against Germany.

Answer 18

stood alone

Question 19

what battle?

German planes bombed London and other British cities. British fighter planes fought back

Answer 19

battle Of Britain

Question 20

after months of bombing Britain, what did hitler do?

Answer 20

gave up his plan to invade Britain

Question 21

what law did FDR ask congress to repeal? did the isolationists agree?

Answer 21

the law that banned the sale of arms to warring nations. no.

Question 22

what could the US sell under the “cash-and-carry” plan?

Answer 22

sell arms to allies

Question 23

what did FDR agree to give Britain when German submarines sank many British ships?

Answer 23

50 old American destroyers

Question 24

FDR was the first president to do what?

Answer 24

run for a third term

Question 25

what did the Lend-Lease act allow?

Answer 25

allowed sales or loans of war foods to “any country whose defense the president deems vitals” to the defense of the US”

Question 26

what did Roosevelt and Churchill issue? what did it set goals for?

Answer 26

Atlantic charter. postwar world.

Question 27

what did the Atlantic charter call for?

Answer 27

a “permanent system if general security”?(similar to the league if nations)

Question 28

after Germany defeated France, what did Japan take control of?

Answer 28

French colonies in south east Asia.

Question 29

who did Japan sign a treaty with in September 1940?

Answer 29

Germany and Italy

Question 30

how did the US try to stop Japanese aggression? what was it called?

Answer 30

by refusing to sell oil and scrap metal to Japan. embargo.

Question 31

Japan wanted the US to lift the embargo. the US wanted Japan to withdraw it’s armies for china and Asia. did they compromise?

Answer 31

no.

Question 32

when did Japanese Abe’s attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 32

December 7th, 1971

Question 33

what 2 thinks did the Japanese miss?

Answer 33

the aircraft carriers because they were at sea, and the fuel oil tanks.

Question 34

after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, congress declared war on _______.

Answer 34

Japan.

Question 35

since congress declared war im Japan, who then declared war on the US?

Answer 35

Germany and Italy