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to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease

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appeasement

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the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Axis powers

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a swift, intensive military attack, especially using tanks and aircraft

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blitzkrieg

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a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, emphasizing nationalism and racism

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fascism

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the mass slaughter of European Jews in concentration camps

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Holocaust

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a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force

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kamikaze

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the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in war

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neutrality

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to restrict the consumption of items during a shortage

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rationing

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a person or group made to bear the blame for others

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scapegoat

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political system in which the government holds total authority over the society

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totalitarian state

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who was the dictator of the soviet union?

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joseph stalin

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who was the dictator of italy?

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benito mussolini

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who was the dictator of germany?

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adolf hitler

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who was the dictator of japan?

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hideki tojo

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What territories were overtaken by dictators early in the war?

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poland, manchuria, ethiopia

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what was the first country invaded by Hitler to start the beginning of the war?

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poland on September 1939

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in this policy Great Britain and France allowed Hitler/Germany to annex Sudetenland in order to keep world peace

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Great Britain and France policy of appeasement before WWII

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policy in which the United States provided war supplies for Great Britain and other Allies

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Lend-lease Act

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How did FDR respond to the start of the war?

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he sold military supplies to allied nations

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Which country was known as the Arsenal Democracy?

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the United States because it had the economic resources to produce large amounts of supplies for the war

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What is the goal of the Atlantic Charter?

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United States and Great Britain made a joint proclamation for common goals for the war

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What was the impact of the war on the United States?

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  • more women and minorities joined the workforce
  • the US government ordered that certain items will be rationed
  • Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps
  • riots and conflicts in major cities due to racial tensions
23
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When and where did the bombing of Pearl Harbor occur ?

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7 1941

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Who was involved in the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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Japan and the US military base

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor caused what country to join in WWII?

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United States

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What did FDR refer to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor as?

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“a day which we live in infamy”

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which battle occurred on June 1942 and allowed American troops to stop Japan from the Pacific

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Battle of Midway

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Where did the battle of midway occur?

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midway island

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what occurred on June 6 1944 in Normandy France coast where allied troops invaded the Germans

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D-Day

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How was D-Day important to the end of WWII?

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the D-Day invasion opened a new allied front in Europe

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What was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? where, when and who

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US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945

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How did the US justify the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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the US hoped that the dropping of the destructive atomic bomb might end the war quickly

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Which US president made the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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President Harry S. Truman

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What was the Holocaust? where when and who

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during WWII Hitler and the Nazi’s targeted Jews, gypsies and the disabled by forcing them into internment camps and killing over 11 million people

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What is the United Nations?

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an international organization formed after WWII to promote peace

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What are the Nuremberg Trials?

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after WWII international court trails that tried major Nazi leaders who had taken part in the mass murders of the Holocaust

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What did the Nuremberg Trials establish?

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a principle that individuals can be held responsible for war crimes against civilians

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