SG WW2 Flashcards
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What were the Nuremberg Laws and what was their purpose?
Took away their citizenship and they had to wear their Star of David. To discriminate against them, and to encourage them to leave.
What was the first country “annexed” by the German government in the 1930’s?
Austria
How did the League of Nations contribute to the beginning of WWII?
The League of Nations failed.
What is appeasement? Which government is associated with this in the 1930’s?
To give in or to please and to keep the pleasement. Adolf Hitler
Define fascism.
When a country is held under one ruler or one political party
What was the Nanjing Massacre and who perpetuated it?
mass killing and the ravaging of Chinese citizens caused by the Japanese military.
Between Germany, France and Italy they agreed to let hitler have it if he promised not to attack.
What was the purpose of the Munich Conference?
To counter the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930’s, Japanese nationalists
(expanded democratic principles, seized foreign territories and valuable resources, negotiated trade agreements)
What were the main effects of the Great Depression?
Banks closed, unemployment, businesses failed.
Events in Hiroshima, Nanjing, and Dunkirk are closely associated with
the Great Depression, the Age of Anxiety, WWII
What events led to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor?
Trade sanctions from the USA
What did the Nazis and Hitler blame the German Jews for in their propaganda?
They blamed them for losing the war and that they were responsible for all the suffering in Germany.
After WWI, what were the policies of Imperialist Japan based on?
Gaining land, raw materials, natural resource
Place the following events in chronological order:
Treaty of Versailles is signed,Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany,Austria is annexed by Germany,Germany invades Poland
What was the Holocaust and its result?
the systematic persecution and mass murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during WWll.
