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Who was the leader type of government and alliance of the US

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FDR and Truman, Democracy, Allied

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What was Great Britain

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Winston Churchill democracy and allied

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What was Japan

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Hideki Tojo Military dictatorship axis

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What was Germany

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Hitler Facist Nazi party and Axis

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What was the Soviet Union

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Josef Stalin communism or allied

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What was Italy

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Benito Mussilini Facist and axis

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What were the causes of World War II

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German Japanese and Italian expansion, many violating the Treaty of Versailles and wanting revenge for WW1

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What was the key event of World War II

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The invasion of Poland

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How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles

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Invaded the Rhineland, rearmed Germany and annexed Austria

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What was the Munich conference/agreement

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France and England gave Germany the Sudetenland (chechoslovakia) in exchange for police: it is an example of appeasement

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After Hitler had conquered most of Europe was the only country to continue to fight for itself alone

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Great Britain

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What happened as a result of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

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Do US entered the war

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What was island hopping and why was it used

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It was a strategy to capture some of the islands instead of all of the islands as the US tried to conquer Japan

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Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

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The battle of Midway because US one

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Where was the battle of Stalingrad

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The Soviet Union

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Who bought in the battle of Stalingrad

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Germany versus

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Who won the battle of Stalingrad

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The Soviet Union which was a turning point

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Who lead to the US troops in Europe

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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Who led the US troops in the Pacific

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Douglas Mac Arthur

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What was the day and why was it significant

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The effort to regain France from the Germans a successful it was a massive invasion of that helped liberate Europe from the nazis

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Why did the US create Japanese internment camps

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Japanese Americans are seen as a threat in case Japan invaded so they were put into holding camps

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Who authorized Japanese internment camps

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FDR

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What were the three impacts of the war in life in the US

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Women working in factories in noncombat rolls, rationing, and race religions improved

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What is the definition of ration

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Fixed allowance of food and provisions, during World War II The amount of foodyou will and supplies are limited and you can only buy a certain amount

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Who was Rosie the riveter turn my was she created

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It was a slang term used to get women in factories during the war, and Rosie was a cartoon used to inspire women’s take on new roles

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What were the two cities for the atomic bombs were dropped

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What president authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb

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Truman

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What was VE Day

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Victory in Europe on the European leaders surrendered first

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What was VJ day

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Three over Japan where Japanese leader surrender in World War II is over

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How was the US viewed the end of the war

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As a world superpower

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How did World War II helped and the great depression

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Factories produced war materials and created jobs

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What is anti-Semitism

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Intense hatred and discrimination against the Jewish people

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What was the Holocaust and what happened at concentration camps

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Was a systematic destruction of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany. They were work camps where people were forced to work in factories and death camps where people were killed in large numbers.

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What was the final solution

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The name given to hitlers plan to eliminate all Jews from Europe

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Put the following events in the correct order that they happened. (1st – 8th)
___8___ The Battle of Normandy (D-Day) ___6___ Battle of Midway
___3___ Germany bombed London ___4___ Bombing of Pearl Harbor
___5___ The United States joined the war ___2___ Germany invaded Poland
___7___ Russia wins the Battle of Stalingrad ___1___ The Munich Conference

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B

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