World War 2

Question 1

Scapegoat

Answer 1

Blaming others for your problems.

Question 2

Totalitarian State

Answer 2

The government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, media, and religion.

Question 3

Neutrality Acts

Answer 3

1935, banned arms sales or loans to countries at war. Congress also warned Americans not to travel on ships of countries at war.

Question 4

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 4

FDR withdrew American troops from Nicaragua & Haiti. He canceled the Platt Amendment.

Question 5

Munich Conference

Answer 5

Hitler promised that Germany would not seek further territory once it had acquired Sudetenland.

Question 6

Appeasement

Answer 6

Practive of giving in to agression in order to avoid war.

Question 7

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 7

Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other. Secretly, they also agreed to divide Poland and other parts of Europe.

Question 8

Biltzkrieg

Answer 8

Lightning war, swift attacks. Used by Germany against Poland.

Question 9

Cash and Carry Plan

Answer 9

U.S. could sell arms to the Allies. The Allies had to pay cash for the goods & carry them on their own ships.

Question 10

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 10

Allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the U.S.

Question 11

War Production Board

Answer 11

helped factories shift from making consumer goods to making war goods.

Question 12

Adolf Hitler

Answer 12

Leader of Germany who was a soldier in WW1.

Question 13

Did any of the Axis Powers favor the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 13

No, they were completely against it and constantly broke it.

Question 14

Germany

Answer 14

• One political party (National Socialist German Workers Party aka NAZI)
• Killed millions of jews
• Blamed others for problems (scapegoat)
• Felt superior to others
• Strong emphasis on the military

Question 15

Italy

Answer 15

• Leader: Benito Mussolini
• Political Party: National Fascist Party
• Want to be the Roman Empire.
• They invaded Ethiopia.
• Mussolini + veterans took over and built up the military.
• Became an alliance with Germany.

Question 16

Soviet Union

Answer 16

• Leader: Joseph Stalin
• Communism
• Killed people who opposed them.
• Totalitarian State- the government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, media, and religion.
• Set up camps and filled them with people who opposed the government.

Question 17

Japan

Answer 17

-Emperor Hirchito
-Military Dictatorship
-Economic Depression
I-nvaded China becuase they needed raw materials such as iron and coal.
-Goal: Control the Pacific
-Felt superior to others
-Soldiers will not surrender

Question 18

American Isolationism

Answer 18

-As war was beginning overseas Americans were determined to stay out of war.

Question 19

Japan Sparks War in Asia

Answer 19

• 1937- Japan began all-out war against China. Thousands of people were killed.
• American leaders felt it undermined the Open Door Policy, which promised equal access to trade in China.

Question 20

War Begins in Europe

Answer 20

• 1938- Germany takes control of the Rhineland Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Sudentenland.
• To preserve peace, Britain and France agreed that Germany should have Sudentenland.

Question 21

Invasion of Poland

Answer 21

• Hitler wanted control of Poland.
• Soviet forces seized eastern Poland & invaded Finalnd, annexed Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia. Stalin claimed that it was necessary to build up Soviet defenses.

Question 22

U.S. Moves Towards War

Answer 22

-Congress approved greater spending for the Military & set up a military draft.

Question 23

War Comes to the U.S.

Answer 23

The Japanese had seized most of China, Germany defeated France in 1940.
After Germany defeated France the Japanese signed an alliance with Germany & Italy.
The U.S. tried to stop Japanese aggression by refusing to sell oial & scrap metal to Japan.
The embargo angered the Japanese because they needed those resources.

Question 24

Training for Combat

Answer 24

The Army, Navy, and Air Force built bases across the country. Recruits trained to fight in jungles, deserts, and towns.
Women joined the armed services although they were not allowed in combat. Many served close to the front lines.

Question 25

Organizing the Economy

Answer 25

Government agencies set prices, negotiated with labor unions, and rationed goods.
War Production Board- helped factories shift from making consumer goods to making war goods.
Automakers switched from making cars to producing tanks & trucks.
During the war wages rose, farm goods doubled, and relief programs like the CCC & WPA were no longer needed.

Question 26

New Roles for Women

Answer 26

More than 6 million women entered the workforce.
Women replaced jobs that men had before they went to war.
Jobs: factory workers, offices, welding, police officers, and gas sation attendants.
Because women were needed in industry, they were able to win better payment and working conditions.