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World War 2 Flashcards

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Fascism

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Political system that places the importance of the Nation over the individual

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Totalitarianism

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Form of government that controls every aspects of its citizens lives. Citizens have no rights, no opposition

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Nationalism

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Extreme force of patriotism. Glorifying and increasing the influence of ones own country (often at the expense of others)

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Nazism

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Political system that places the importance of the Nation over the individual with the addition of racial superiority

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Blitzkrieg

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lighting warfare

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Genocide

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the killing of people because of a race, ethnic

group or culture

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Treaty of Versailles

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  • Ended WW1

- Germany couldn’t have an army and had to pay back all the debt

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Who was the leader of Soviet Union?

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Joesph Stalin

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Who was the leader of Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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Who was the leader of Germany?

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Adof Hilter

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Who was the leader of Japan?

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Hideki Tojo

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Explain why and how those leaders rose to power?

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  • Depression
  • No hope
  • Economy collapsed
    Leaders gave people hope and gained popularity. Rose to a power position and did what it took to get to the top
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What similarities does Germany, Italy and Japan have?

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They all wanted total control and worked together in order to gain that power. They were the axis power

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What was the Final Solution and how successful was it?

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Hilter wanted the entire Jew population gone.

 - Successful because they killed a lot of Jews and they lessened the population a great deal 
 - Unsuccessful because they're we're still a number of Jews that didn't die
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Hilter builds up military and enters Rhineland

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League of Nations launch formal protest

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Germany attack Poland

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France and Britain declare war on Germany but they are helpless to Poland

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Germany Invaded Low counties and France

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• Action: 
- Hilter moves to German western boarders and attacks Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium 
- Invaded France 
- Italy declares war on France/England
• Reaction: 
France surrenders
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Germany attacks Britain

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• Actions:
-German planes flew against raids against British ports, airfield and industry
- Later bombing targets shift to large cities
• Reactions:
- British fighter pilots shot down more than 600 aircrafts
- British citizens withstand bombings
- US sends aid to Britain under Lend-Lease Act

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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

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• Actions:
- 3000 Japanese bomber/fighter planes attack US military base
- Cripple US fleet damaging or sinking 18 ships and 300 aircrafts
• Reactions:
- FDR asks congress to declare war on Japan

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How successful was the strategy of appeasement successful at preventing World War 2?

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Not successful because they it led to the gaining power of Hilter and the other leaders

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When did the World War II begin? When and why did the US enter the war?

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  • It began in 1939
  • The US entered the war in 1941 because they Japan attached Pearl Harbor and since they already wanted to help Great Britain they fought with the allies and fought Germany too
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Communism

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  • Violently overthrow the government

- total control by government

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Appeasement

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To satisfy somebody needs for the time being so they don’t bugged you anymore

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Holocaust

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Hilter hated the Jews so he decided to kill them and put them into camps that made them work into they died. Wanted the entire race of Jews gone.

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Democracy

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  • everyone is equal people

- control by an organization or group by majority of its members

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United States leader? Ally or Axis

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Franklin Roosevelt

Ally

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Soviet Union leader? Ally or Axis

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Joesph Stalin

Ally

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Germany leader? Ally or Axis

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Adof Hitler

Axis

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Italy leader? Ally or Axis

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Mussolini

Axis

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Britain leader? Ally or Axis?

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Churchill

Ally

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Japan leader? Ally or Axis?

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Draft

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1st peacetime draft. Government issued to build military.

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Rationing

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Limiting Americans to buy certain goods so that there was enough for the soldiers overseas

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War Bonds

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  • When Americans bought a bond to invest in the war effort and government had money for supplies.
  • Got money back plus interest after war
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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  • Oversaw the rationing of scare items

* Limit prices and rents

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Office of War Information

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Makes poster and ads to help support a cause (propagandas)

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Internment Camps

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Where Japanese Americans were sent so they could keep an eye on them in case some were spies for Japan

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Stalingrad

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  • Hilter tried to take Stalingrad
  • Russia’s winter weakened Germany’s army
  • Hitler forced Germans not to surrender
  • Nazis lost and left Germany vulnerable
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D-Day

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  • US and Britain army charged shores of Northern France
  • Liberated France
  • Major deaths
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The Manhattan Project

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  • Einstein suspected Germans were working on similar project
  • US secret project to work on creating the atomic bomb
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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  • America wanted island because it was the most strategic place to attack Japan
  • Japans strongly resisted US
  • Lasted 2 months
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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  • Japan was being destroyed but refused to give up
  • US dropped 2 atomic bombs within 3 days
  • Japans surrenders
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What are the 4 freedoms?

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  1. Speech
  2. Fear
  3. Want
  4. Worship
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How did the role of the US government change during wartime?

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  • They took control of factories for building of war supplies
  • Recruited men for army
  • Way people changed their way of life but rationing and buying bonds and donating supplies
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Explain some changes that took place of the home-front?

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  • Shortage on typical good like metal, rubber
  • Rationing on goods people could buy (limit prices)
  • More jobs opportunities for Blacks and Women
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How and why nations such as Germany and US utilize propaganda?

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To get people to donate and give them money for the war. Also to make the emeny look bad and to make the civilians pro-war

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Hardship and Opportunities for Women?

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Op: More jobs, make money, help support family

HS: resented by some men, lack of child care, earned less then men

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Hardship and Opportunities for GI’S?

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Op: fight for a cause, help their country

HS: have to go fight, can’t see family

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Hardship and Opportunities for Japanese Americans?

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HS: relation camps, face bad weather, hated by Americans

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Hardship and Opportunities for Jewish Americans?

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Op: didn’t get killed by Nazis, no work camps

HS: worry about families back home, scared

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Hardship and Opportunities for Mexicans?

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Op: new jobs, government encouraged them to come to US, earned money

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Island-Hopping strategy?

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To conquer the little island first and then make your way over the the major island of Japan

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Fighting Conditions?

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  • Japan wouldn’t surrender
  • Civilians had bombs to trick Americans
  • Had to fight in constant battle
  • Have to kill every Japan soldier to win
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Atomic Bombs?

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  • Einstein was sure Germany was creating huge bombs

* US starts secret project to begin the atomic bomb

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How and when did WW2 end? What were results and lasting impacts?

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  • Axis powers surrendered
  • 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Over 200,000 died
  • August 14th
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Nazis Successes?

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  • Expanded into Russia borders- Past Aggression Pact allowed
  • Lost at Stalingrad
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Allied Successes?

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  • Liberated North Africa and Italy
  • Won invasion of Normandy
  • Won Battle of Bulge and take Berlin

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