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The _________________ helped cause WWII because people were anxious to find leaders who would help them return to work and to feed their families

A

Great Depression

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December 7, 1941

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Pearl Harbor

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June 6, 1944

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D-Day Invasion

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Why did the Allies invade Normandy

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to take back France

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Which president decided to use the atomic bombs in WWII?

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Harry Truman

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__________ are acts committed with intent to destroy a whole national, ethnic, racial, or religious group

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genocide

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How did Hitler explain his views on the Jewish people before he came to power?

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they were the cause of all issues

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ghetto

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enclosed forced living quarters for Jews

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Which death camp is known for killing the most people during the Holocaust?

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Auschwitz

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what two countries were specifically aided by the Truman Doctrine

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Greece and Turkey

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what laws was signed by President Lyndon Johnson that banned segregation in all public places

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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What was Emmitt Till’s contribution to the Civil Rights Movement?

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sparked national outrage

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13
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What did Jim Crow Laws do and provide examples?

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segregated public facilities

ie bathrooms, education, transportation

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Which civil rights event used the tactic of overcrowding jails

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Birmingham marches

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Under the Treaty of Versailles, _______ was blamed for causing WWI and was made to pay ____________________

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Germany; $33 billion in reparations for damage caused during the war

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Under _______________’s military leadership, Japan searched for more land for its expanding popultion and natural resources like rubber and oil.

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Hideki Tojo

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Under the policy of appeasement, Britain and France allowed ____________ to seize part of ___________ known as the __________ in the hope that this would satisfy his urge to control more territory

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Adolf Hitler; Czechoslovakia; Sudetenland

18
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Benito Mussolini founded the National Fascist Party in Italy and won popular support amongst _______

A

fascists, Italians

19
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_______ was the leader of Germany that rose to power in the late ’20s and early ’30s

A

Adolf Hitler

20
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giving Hitler a region of Czechoslovakia in order to avoid war was known as __________

A

appeasement

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what happened to the economy of the world before WWII?

A

depression

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Axis Powers

A

Germany, Italy, Japan

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Allied Powers

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UK, US, Soviet Union

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“Lighting War” tactic used by the Germans

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Blitzkrieg

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how did the Germans attack in the Battle of Britain?

A

Luftwaffe

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Which cities were destroyed by atomic bombs in WWII?

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Hiroshima and Hagasaki

27
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the campaign of terror in Germany in which 10,000 shops owned by Jews were looted, burned, and destroyed

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Kristallnacht Pogrom

28
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Cold War

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a 40-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the US that resulted in the space race, arms race, and intense competition from both global superpowers

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the buildup of nuclear weapons on each side of the Iron Curtain

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arms race

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38th parallel

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divided North and South Korea

31
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political figure that used the communist scare to help gain and increase political power

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Joseph McCarthy

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political figure that brought communism to Cuba

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Fidel Castro

33
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why did the US blockade around Cuba

A

Soviet buildup of nuclear missile bases

34
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Why was the US worried about nuclear weapons in Cuba?

A

Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida

35
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which political figure controlled North Vietnam after it gains independence from France?

A

Ho Chi Minh

36
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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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transport supplies and troops from North Vietnam to aid the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong fighting in the South

37
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what countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail go through

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Cambodia and Laos

38
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Nixon’s plan to turn ground fighting over the South Vietnamese

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Vietnamization

39
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Sputnik

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first man-made satellite by the Soviet Union

40
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Supreme Court Case that integrated public schools in the US

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Brown v. Board of Education

41
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Differences between MLK and Malcolm X’s views on the use of violence

A

MLK used peaceful protests

Malcolm X thought violence was fine in promoting civil rights

42
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the African-American students who integrated Little Rock’s Central High school

A

Little Rock 9

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