World War 2

Question 1

appeasement

Answer 1

a political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation

Question 2

non-aggression act

Answer 2

treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade Poland

Question 3

Blitzkrieg

Answer 3

“lightning war”

began with dive-bomber attacks that destroyed Polish airfields and the smashed large cities

Question 4

Phony War

Answer 4

name given to the period of time in WW2 from September 1939 to April 1940- during this time nothing happened

Question 5

Mein Kampf

Answer 5

autobiography written by Hitler in which he outlined his future plans for Germany

Question 6

V-J Day

Answer 6

September 12, 1945

day of victory over Japan for the allies in WW2

Question 7

Axis

Answer 7

3 power agreement- called it the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Question 8

Neville Chamberlain

Answer 8

said Germans should get to keep what they have taken over

Question 9

Winston Churchill

Answer 9

said that appeasement was a joke and irresponsible

Question 10

Benito Mussolini

Answer 10

gave Facism its name-person who seized power in Italy in 1922

Question 11

Hideki Tojo

Answer 11

responsible for murders and deaths
military leader for japan
was executed for military crimes

Question 12

Hirojito

Answer 12

divine Japan emperor
leader of Japan during Pearl Harbor
stripped him of his authority

Question 13

Robert Oppenheimer

Answer 13

head of a group of scientists
put together the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, NM on July 16, 1945
it was exploded in the desert near the Alamogordo air base

Question 14

Charles Degaulle

Answer 14

Free french’s general who had been advocating the theory of mobile welfare- the kind that had just crushed his nation

Question 15

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Europe)

Answer 15

responsible for all allied operations in Europe (including D-Day, our invasion of Europe, and V-E Day)

Question 16

Douglas MacArthur(Pacific)

Answer 16

fled- went to Australia- told people of Phillipeans “i shall return”

Question 17

MacArthur’s policy

Answer 17

island hopping- as a staging area to invade Japan

Question 18

Harry S. Truman

Answer 18

president after FDR died
never should have been president
didn’t trust Stalin
hates communism

Question 19

Chiang Kai Shek

Answer 19

in November met with Churchill of China
met in Egypt- agreed on 2 things:
Korea would be independent, and Formosa would be returned to Japan and China

Question 20

Wendel Wilkie

Answer 20

guy who FDR beat in his 3rd term re-election

Question 21

Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)

Answer 21

Killed more people than Hitler

Question 22

Pearl Harbor

Answer 22

December 7,1941

Question 23

D-Day

Answer 23

June 6,1944

Question 24

Hiroshima

Answer 24

August 6, 1945`

Question 25

Nagasaki

Answer 25

August 9, 1945

Question 26

FDR died

Answer 26

April 2, 1945

Question 27

4 Freedoms of Speech

Answer 27

1. freedom of speech and expression- everywhere 2. freedom of every person to worship God-everywhere-in their own way 3. freedom from want- everywhere 4. freedom from fear(reduce weapons)-everywhere

Question 28

who created 4 paintings to go along with the 4 freedoms speech?

Answer 28

Norman Rockwell

Question 29

crystal night

Answer 29

1,000 people murdered 100's of people killed them selves first 26,000 sent to concentration camps

Question 30

George Marshall

Answer 30

united states army chief of staff-thought nothing of working 70 hours a week

Question 31

George Patton

Answer 31

senior officer of the US Army- best known for his leadership of the US

Question 32

Rosie

Answer 32

cultural icon of the US representing the american women who worked in factories and shipyards during WW2

Question 33

allies

Answer 33

people who helped you fight during the war

Question 34

crystal night

Answer 34

name given do the night of 9-10 November 1939 when almost all jewish store windows were broken, houses were destroyed, and synagogues were burned

Question 35

atlantic charter

Answer 35

joint declaration released by US president FDR and Winston Churchill on Aug. 14,1941 following a meeting in Newfoundland

Question 36

D-Day

Answer 36

object of forcing the evacuation of the St.Mihiel Salient. Invasion of Normandy

Question 37

final solution

Answer 37

german plan for the extermination of the Jews

Question 38

holocaust

Answer 38

genocide in which Hitler's Nazi germany and its collaberators kills about 6 million Jews

Question 39

lend-lease

Answer 39

after the war, we basically said if someone needs something, just take it- we give what others need

Question 40

cash-carry

Answer 40

before the war, we said if something needs something they have to come get it- we dont want to get involved

Question 41

war bonds

Answer 41

offered people the ability to buy these loaning the goverment money so they can build tanks and machines, then after the war people can go back and cash them in a get a little more money than what they first spent back

Question 42

enola gay

Answer 42

B-29 superfortress bomber who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 43

Marshall Plan

Answer 43

american inititive to aid Europe- gave them $13 billion dollars to help rebuild European economies after WW2

Question 44

Elbe River

Answer 44

soviet and american troops met here on April 25,1945

Question 45

big 5 nations

Answer 45

``` USA china britain soviet union france ```

Question 46

which nations sit on the secret council

Answer 46

``` US brit france china ussr ```

Question 47

yalta

Answer 47

soviet union offers Poland free and fair elections

Question 48

tehran

Answer 48

we will come and help you in Europe- in return we get your help vs Japan

Question 49

Potsdam

Answer 49

hitler is dead-truman became president

Question 50

nuremburg trials

Answer 50

Nazi leaders went on trial at Nuremburg, before an international tribunal representing 23 nations

Question 51

security council

Answer 51

real power was placed in the hands of of this council- the us, britian, france, and the union of soviet socialist republics