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The leader of the Soviet Union

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Josef Stalin

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A government that has total authority over every aspect of people’s lives.

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Totalitarianism/Totalitarian State

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The fascist leader of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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The NAZI leader of Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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The leader of Japan

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Hirohito

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Unprovoked attack

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Aggression

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Giving into an aggressor-nation in order to maintain peace and avoid war

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Appeasement

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What agreement allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of attack from one of Poland’s powerful neighbors?

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Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact.

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Which country surrendered to Germany in June of 1940, then divided in half with one part being run by a puppet government known as Vichy?

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France

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British Prime Minister

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Winston Churchill

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Who attacked the British during the Battle of Britain? How did the British defend their country?

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Germany. They defended to their country using radar to detect the enemy, air raid warnings to signal citizens to take cover, or planes to fight back.

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What warfare tactic was used to quickly attack and overcome Germany’s enemies?

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Lighting war, or Blitzkrieg.

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What was the Lend-Lease Act?

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The U.S. could sell or lend weapons to countries at war for their own defense.

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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

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The U.S. placed an oil embargo on Japan

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The President of the U.S until his death; he was President during the Depression and almost all of World War Two.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Supreme Allied Commander during WW2 that led the D-Day invasion

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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An American Commanding Officer in the Pacific, who lead U.S. in Philippines

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Douglas MacArthur

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What was the name of the battle that took place in the Pacific Theater in June of 1942? It was considered a turning point in the war as the Allies went on the offense for the first time

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The Battle of Midway.

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How did World War II end the Great Depression?

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There were jobs again with signing up for the military and working in factories

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A system that provided everyone with a certain amount of something

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Rationing

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Provide 3 examples of goods rationed in the United States

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Butter, sugar, and coffee. Lots of food products, but there was other products like rubber and scrap metal

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What conclusion can be drawn about the economic effects of rationing on the United States?

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It insured that important resources were reserved, and helped stabilize prices that might get out of control because of shortages

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What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize for many Americans?

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Women getting jobs instead of men

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Imprisonment or confinement of people

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Internment

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Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?

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Fear of espionage and sabotage after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Japanese Americans were sent to camps because of a presidential command, not a law approved by Congress. What is this type of presidential command called?

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Executive Order

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Which major action is considered to be the beginning of the end of war for the European Theater as Allies were able to invade France and push back German forces?

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D-Day invasion

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Why did the Allies open a second front by invading at Normandy?

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The Soviets wanted the Allies to relieve the pressure Germany was putting on them, to push Germany out of Europe, and to liberate France.

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What was the name of Germany’s major counterattack following D-Day?

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The Battle of the Bulge.

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The man who became President after Roosevelt died

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Harry S Truman

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A United States offensive strategy would attack and capture key islands and use them as bases

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Island hopping

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What was the name of the island whose capture allowed U.S. troops to gain an airstrip closer to Japan for the purpose of round the clock bombings over Tokyo?

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Iwo Jima

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Suicide pilots

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Kamikaze

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The surrender of all Japanese armed forces

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Potsdam Declaration

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Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs at the conclusion of WWII?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What occurred during the Holocaust?

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The hunting of the Jews. It started off as restrictive laws, but escalated into genocide

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The deliberate killing of a large group of people

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Genocide

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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials (and the Tokyo Trials)?

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To legally decide who was responsible for war crimes committed by Germans and Japanese

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