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Axis powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Allies

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Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States

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Charles de Gaulle

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France

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Adolf Hitler

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Germany

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Benito Mussolini

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Italy

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Emperor Hirohito

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Japan

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Neville Chamberlain

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United Kingdom (#1)

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Winston Churchill

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United Kingdom (#2)

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Franklin Roosevelt

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United States (#1)

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Harry Truman

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United States (#2)

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List the three countries that followed policies of ruthless aggression

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Italy, germany, Japan

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Where did Japan attack in 1931 and how did the League of Nations respond?

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They protested but took no action. Monchuria in China

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In what way did Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles? (#2)

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Sent troops into the Rhineland region of Western Germany

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In September 1938 where did European leaders meet to ease the crisis? What were France and Britain’s goals at this meeting?

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Munich, Germany
Hoped to appease Hitler to avoid war

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What is appeasement?

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A policy of giving into aggression in order to avoid war

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What were the stipulations of the US neutrality act of 1935?

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To keep us at peace
Forbade the president from selling arms, making loans, or giving assistance to any other Nation involved in war.

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When did Nazi troops invade poland?

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September 1st, 1939

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What happened two days after Hitler’s invasion of poland?

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Britain and Friends declared war on Germany, world war II began

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After Germany accepted France surrender what country was left to fight the nazis?

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Britain

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Who is the British prime Minister of Great Britain after Neville chamberlain?

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Winston Churchill

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During the Battle of britain, Hitler ordered what type of assault

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Air assault

22
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Did Hitler ever invade britain?

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No, he abandoned all plans to invade Britain

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Where did the first American ground troops land, and who was their commander?

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North Africa
Dwight d Eisenhower

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Where did the Japanese attack after Pearl harbor? ( Name 3)

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Hong Kong, Malaya, Burma, Guam, Wake Island, Dutch East Indies, Solomon Islands, Thailand

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Name the general who commanded the Filipino / American Force on the Philippine islands of Luzan

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Douglas MacArthur

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Battle of Midway verse Battle of the Coral Sea
All fighting was done by planes launched off aircraft carriers
After this battle Japan’s Navy no longer will The Pacific
Occurred in May 1942
Occurred in June 1942

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Coral Sea
Midway
Coral Sea
Midway

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Name the city and country that the allied forces invaded in 1944

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Normandy, France

28
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Who commanded the landing involving thousands of ships and aircrafts?

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General Eisenhower

29
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How many Normandy beaches did the Allies land and what were their names? List 3

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5
Omaha, utah, juno, sword, gold

30
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Name the beach where allied forces met a fierce German defense

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Omaha Beach

31
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Describe how the Allies were able to defeat the Germans in the Battle of the bulge.

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Allies had additional trips
Germany was running out soilders
Germany was running out of fuel

32
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What happened to Germany in January 1945 (East and west)

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East- a huge Soviet entered Germany West- Western allies entered

33
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Date FDR dies
He dies from what condition
Replaced by

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April 12th 1945
Stroke
Harry s Truman

34
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V-E Day definition and date

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Victory in Europe
May 8th 1945

35
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Define the strategy of island hopping

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Each island taken as a stepping stone towards Japan

36
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Describe code talkers and their significance

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Navajo soldiers use their own language that no one else could understand to send messages

37
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Iwo Jima date and death toll

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February 1945 6,000 deaths

38
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Define kamikaze

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Suicide pilots crashed airplanes into American trips

39
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How did Kamikaze impact our war planners

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It convinced Americans the only at full scale invasion of Japan swim Island would force a surrender

40
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What was the secret Truman learned about in July

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The atomic bomb

41
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What does V-J day stand for & date

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The day that Japan surrendered victory over Japan
September. 2 1945

42
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How many volunteers and drafty served in the US military during world war II.

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15 million

43
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What did US factory shift from producing

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From consumer goods to military goods

44
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What did the war production board do?

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It was a government agency that supervised change and set goals for production.

45
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The government imposed blank to conserve resources. Americans were issued rationing blank to purchase goods like blank.

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Rations
coupons
coffee, sugar, mead, gas, tires

46
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Millions of women went to work and the blank and blank.

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Factories, shipyards

47
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A fictional character, blank became a symbol of all women who worked in the war effort.

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Rosie the Riveter

48
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Japanese Americans lost their freedom and had to sell their blank, even though there was not single document case of blank.

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Possessions, disloyalty by a Japanese American

49
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Because African Americans face discrimination, some leaders pointed out that…

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Well the nation was fighting for a democracy overseas, it still permitted and injustice at home.

50
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Braceros

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Mexican laborers

51
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Well newspapers blamed the mexican-americans for the blank blank blank, Eleanor Roosevelt argued that they were a result of blank blank against Mexicans.

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Zoot suit riots, longstanding discrimination

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