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Specific Causes

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  1. Terms of the Treaty of Versailles (BRAT)
  2. Hitler’s aggressive actions
  3. Failure of appeasement
  4. Failure of the League of Nations
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Intermediate Cause

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War 2 begins when the Germans invade Poland on September 1, 1939

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December 7, 1941

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Attack on Pearl Harbor, USA enters the war

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Date

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1939-1945

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General facts about WW2

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Largest war
Deadliest war
Fought on land, sea, and air
Fought mostly in Europe, Africa, Asia
Good war

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Why was it a good war

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War between good and evil. Cruel dictators wanted to end freedom. Fought for way of life

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Nationalism

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Extreme pride in one’s country over individual rights

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Imperialism

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Aggressive land takeovers

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Militarism

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Aggressive build-up of a military that gains control of the government

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Fascism

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Political philosophy that exalts nation about the individual, stands for an autocratic government headed by a dictator, Nazism

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When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

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End of WW2

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Who was required to take the blame for WW1 and pay for the damages

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Germany, paid all damages in 2010.

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BRAT, four main terms of Versailles

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Blame-Germany took all of the blame
Reparations-Paid 269 billion
Army- Only allowed small army and 6 naval ships
Territory- Land taken from Germany

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How did the Germans feel about the treaty?

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Unhappy, Too harsh, Humiliated, Angry

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What did Hitler promise to do about the treaty?

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“Rip up” the treaty of Versailles

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When did Hitler become Chancellor

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January of 1933

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What did Hitler secretly begin to do?

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Building up Germany’s army and weapons

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Where did the troops go in March 1936?

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Rhineland, the German army was not very strong at this point

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Alliance with who?

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Italy and Japan
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo

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What country did Hitler take over first?

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Austria

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Anschluss

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Union with Germany, Become apart of

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What land did Hitler demand back? That also speaks German

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Sudetenland

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Annex

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To join

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What aggressive move did Hitler make in March of 1939?

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Invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia

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Neville Chamberlain

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Prime minister of Great Britain

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Appeasement

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Giving in to someone and providing a little of their demand if their demands are reasonable, maintain peace

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Chamberlain’s feelings about the treaty

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Treated Germany badly and felt that it was unfair

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Leaders that signed the Munich Agreement

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Germany, Britain, France, and Italy

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Munich Agreement

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Sudetenland was returned to Germany, no further territorial claims

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Viewed as what

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Victory/triumph

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Did Hitler keep his word?

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No

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March of 1939

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Invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia

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League of Nations

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International organization, help keep word at peace

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Not all countries joined the League

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No U.S

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Had no power

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Only asked to stop trading

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No effective military training

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No one taught them

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Unable to act quickly

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Only met up 4 times a year

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Hitler’s rise to power

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Promised return to greatness
Dynamic speaking style
Achieve influence over audience
Stressed glory of state
Rights or concerns of individuals not important
Used speeches and promise things he could not promise

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Mein Kampf

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Devotion to state above citizens
Goal to unite Germans of Europe in a great empire
Believed in racial superiority of Germans he called Aryans
Jews threatened the purity of the Aryans race

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, japan

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Allied powers

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Great Britain, U.S, Soviet Union, France, China, Canada

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Neutral

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Switz, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Turkey

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German-Soviet non-aggression pact

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Agreement to stay out of Germanys way. In return Hitler promised not to attack and give some land to them.

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Immediate Cause of WW2

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Germany invades Poland from the West

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Blitzkrieg

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“Lightning war”, swift, surprise attacks combing infantry, Tanks, aircrafts

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The Phony War

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Winter of 1939-1940
Long period of quiet time, Hitler did nothing

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April and May 1940

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Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg all fell to Germany. This was to have access to the Atlantic ocean

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France

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France had a false sense of security
Thought Germany was going through the Maginot Line. The Ardennes Forest was too rugged for tanks.

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Ardennes Forest

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In Northern France and Belgium
It was very rugged and thought the tanks, wouldn’t get through it.

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Miracle at Dunkirk

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Great Britain civilians were called upon to help the soldiers evacuate. Hitler stopped attacking for a moment for an unknown reason. They were cornered and luckily they got most of the soldiers out.

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Surrendered

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France surrendered in June 1940

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Battle of Britain

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July-October 1940

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Winston Churchill

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Prime minister of Great Britain

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English Channel

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Narrow, 23 miles wide

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Sleeping Giant

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Asking the U.S for help or when Japan attacked pearl Harbor

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Operation Sea Lion

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Airborne assault to take out RAF then amphibious landing on south coat of Britain

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RAF

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Royal Air Force

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Luftwaffe

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German air force

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British advantage

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radar, home turf

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German advantages

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More planes

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Blitz

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76 days of continuous bombing

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London “Tube”

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Air raid shelters during Blitz

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If the British Empire and its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say… this was their _______ ________

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Finest hour

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Axis Alliance Tripartite pact

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Germany: Adolf Hitler
Italy: Benito Mussolini
Japan: Hideki Tojo

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September 1939

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Poland falls

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Operation Dynamo

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Evacuation of the allies troops of Dunkirk

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Isolationism

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The desire to avoid involvement in foreign wars

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Isolationists

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Republicans and democrats
College students
Most of congress
Hoover
Father Coughlin
Charles Lindbergh
Most Americans

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Reasons of Isolationism

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  1. WW1 cost many lives, Fearful
  2. Burdened by the Great Depression, Focused
  3. Not “our war”, Foreign war
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Neutral

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Not aid one side or the other

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Neutrality Acts (1935)

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Banned the sale of arms, ammunition, or any tools of war to warring nations

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Neutrality Acts (1936)

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Prohibited loaning money to warring countries

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Neutrality Acts (1937)

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Made it illegal to transport weapons or passengers to warring nations aboard U.S ships

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Cash and Carry

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Countries at war could purchase U.S goods as long as they paid cash and picked up orders

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Destroyers for Bases

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Agreement between U.S and U.K sept. 2 1940, 50 year old destroyer ships to British Navy in exchange for building bases there

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Lend Lease

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FDR gave a speech to congress in Jan. 1941. We have to make weapons for the countries, become arsenal. Allowed U.S to sent weapons, tanks, ships, airplanes, food, supplies-they don’t need to pay

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Arsenal Democracy

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Being able to store weapons for nice countries, in order to fight for Europe’s democracy

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How the Atlantic Charter happened

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Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly on a ship off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada

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Atlantic Charter

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Thee blueprint of shared goals and aims of the Allies during WW2 in opposing Hitler
Included their vision for the post-war world

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FDR Not remaining isolationist

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Countries that were free being taken over by Hitler, concerned but Hitler taking over fast

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What made the U.S engage in war?

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Pear Harbor

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Pearl Harbor: When?

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7:55 a.m. Sunday morning on December 7th, 1941, lasted under 2 hours

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Pearl Harbor: Where?

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Oahu, Hawaii
Honolulu (city)
Hicum Field
Ford island

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Pearl Harbor: Who?

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Japanese vs. U.S
Admiral Yamamoto
Vice-Admiral Nagumo

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Pearl Harbor: Why?

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Destroy the American Pacific fleet and Navy
Could not fight back from Japan spreading across South Pacific taking territory after territory

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Pearl Harbor: Details

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USS Oklahoma was hit with Torpedos
Yamamoto made the plans to attack
USS Arizona was hit with a 1,800 lb bomb
By 9:55 it was over
2,887 Americans were killed
deadliest attack until 9/11
A third attack was planned but it never came
Hawaii was not a state at the time
Battleship row (8)
130 naval vessels in harbor
7:49, the signal was given
code was Tora, Tora, Tora (Tiger)

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Pearl Harbor: Results

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This date will live in infamy
Altered the balance of power
U.S people were united in their determination to go to war
Roused passions for revenge
December 8th, congress approved FDR’s declaration to go to war
2,887 Americans killed, 1,178 wounded, 15 ships sunk, 18 damaged, 300 planes destroyed

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9/11: When?

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8:46 a.m., Tuesday morning, September 11th, 2001

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9/11: who?

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Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 19 hijackers

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9/11: Where?

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World Trade Center:North Tower, South Tower, Pentagon, Capitol building, white house(never reached the capitol building or the white house)

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9/11: What?

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The planes hijacked were flights 11 and 175. Flight 11 struck floors 93-99. Flight 175 struck floors 77-85. This way they would take out the symbolic targets. The symbolic targets were the twin towers. About 3,000 people were killed in the attack. Flight 93 fought back and crashed the plane before it could hit the white house. The Pentagon lost 184 civilians. Changed the U.S a lot.Directly led to war on Afghanistan. Trapped many people on the upper floors. Many people jumped out of the windows to escape. The terrorists smuggled knives and box cutters through air-port security.

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9/11: Why?

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Islamic extremism started by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the assassination of the Egyption president. This extremism turned into anti-American. The U.S supported Israel. In their eyes America had to be stopped. They couldn’t get our military, so they targeted symbolic targets, the Twin Towers.

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9/11: Response/results

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The attack was seen as an act of war. Americans felt anger and wanted revenge. Americans united and had a sense of patriotism. America’s response was increased defense, increased fear of terrorism, and many administrations and acts were created. The U.S declared war upon Afghanistan and Iraq.

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