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What was Roosevelt’s plan it help with the Great Depression called?

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  • new deal
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What book did hitler write which laid out all his major beliefs

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-mine kamph

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What was the Battle of Britain?

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-Germany trying to destroy all of England’s Air Force

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What does appeasement mean

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  • the pleasing of other countries and giving in to their demands
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What happened in d-day?

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-amphibious attack the largest one in history, we invaded France

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What did the French try to do when the Germans couldn’t pay back their war dept

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  • they tried to take over german industry
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How did Britain and France deal with the expanding Germany

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-appeasement and they had just gotten out of WWI and didn’t want to be in another war

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What was the turning point of the allies in WWII?

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-d-day

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Why did the US send troops to Korea?

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-we were trying to contain communism and help South Korea

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What is Hitlers genocide of the Jews called

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  • Holocaust
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Why did the Great Depression happen?

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-bad stock investments

The crash of the US stock market

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How did the Nazi party rise to power

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  • people began to worry about bad economy bitterness and bad attitude due to the Treaty Versailles
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Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany?

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  • Hitler invaded Poland
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What were the two cities atomic bombs were dropped

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-Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Who was the Chinese communist leader

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  • Mao Zedong
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What did the Truman doctrine do?

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  • to stop the spread of communism and to send troops to help those who were fighting against it
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What is it called when the value of money goes down and prices go up?

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  • inflation
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What American navy base was attacked by the Japanese?

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-Pearl Harbor

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What does anti-semitism mean

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  • hatred of Jews
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What is Genocide

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-killing of an entire group of people

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What British prime minister favored appeasement?

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  • Neville Chamberlin
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Which British prime minister wanted to fight Hitler?

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  • Winston Churchill
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What was the purpose for the policy of containment

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  • to contain communism and keep it from spreading
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Why did he Allied leaders meat in Tyron and have a conference in 1943?

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-they where winning the war and were deciding what to do with Germany

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How did the US help Britain EARLY in the war

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-we help with supplies and we made them come and get the stuff and not to pay it on credit, but all at once

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What FOUR countries where originally Axis

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  • Germany, Italy, Soviet Union, and Japan
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What four countries where ALLIES at the end of

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US, Britain, France, Soviet Union

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What is totalitarianism

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-Secret police, total control over everything, political leaders tried to control the way citizens think and live. They used books, news paper, the arts, and school to influence their people. People who disagreed or voiced other ideas were harshly punished

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What did the US and Western Europe do to try and help Germany after WWI

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  • the Dawes Plan it reduced the amount that Germany owed and set payments that it’s government could handle it also arranged American banks to loan $200 million Germany
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***Name two European Dictators and how they rose to power

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  • Mussolini: created the Fascist Part and promised to restore order to, fix Italy’s economy, and make Italy a great nation.
  • Hitler in his speeches he appealed to the people’s fear about the economy and their bitterness about the treaty of Versailles
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Why why did European countries try not to stop hitler

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  • they just got out of WWI and they didn’t want to start another war
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  • Italy
  • England
  • Mediterranean
  • the Atlantic Ocean
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Know were these places are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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When did WWII start

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September 1st, 1939

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