WW2 Test Flashcards

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1
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nationalism

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advocacy of political independence

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2
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collective security

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envisioned by Woodrow WIlson and it was the reliance on a group of nations as protection against aggressors

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Womens International League for Peace/Freedom

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organized 1914 by Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch

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4
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Kellogg Briand Pact

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1928

62 nations agreed to condemn recourse to war for solution of international controversies

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5
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Cordell Hull

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Hull was the Secretary of State under FDR

-believed that economic expansion by US would stabilize world politics

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6
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Good Neighbor Policy

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effort of FDR administration to enhance economic and diplomatic relations with Latin America. no state had the right to intervene with the affairs of the other

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7
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Facist values

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ideas that celebrated supremacy.

  • state over individual
  • dictatorship over democracy
  • authoritism over freedom of speech
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8
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Nuremeberg Laws of 1935

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stripped Jews of citizenship and outlawed marriage to Germans
-teachers, doctors, and other professions couldn’t practice their craft

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9
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what year did Italy invade Ethiopia

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1935

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10
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in what year did Hitler re-arm the Rhineland?

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1935

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11
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what is the Rome-Berlin Axis

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Italy and Germany became allies in 1936

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12
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who was the dictator of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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13
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when was the Spanish Civil War

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1936-1939

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14
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explain the Spanish Civil War

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conflict between Facist General Franco and Loyalist govt

  • tested US neutrality
  • Mussolini and Hitler helped Franco in order to use country as testing ground for bombs
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15
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Sudeten Crisis

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piece of land South of Czech betrayed by GB and France to appease Hitler in 1938 Munich Conference

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16
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Nye Committee

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hearings from 1934-1936 on role of business/financiers in the US decision to enter 1st WW

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17
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Neutrality Act of 1935

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prohibited arms shipments to either side in a war

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18
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Kristallnacht

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night of broken glass
mobs ransacked more than 7,000 Jewish shops and synagogues
-91 died and 30,000 sent to concentration camp

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19
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Soviet German Nonaggression Act

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agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to attack each other which allowed Germany victories in the west without worries in the east

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20
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Blitzkrieg or “lightening war”

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Sept 1st 1939

  • Germany invaded Poland
  • blitzkrieg = form of warfare used by German troops in vehicles with support from airplanes.
  • tactics result in swift German conquests
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21
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phony war

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during WW2 Hitler removes forces from Poland to focus on GB and France

  • Europe silent/shocked/inactive @ Hitler
  • period inactivity=phony war
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22
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in what year did Japan invade Manchuria

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1931

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23
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what is the global response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria

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the League of nations rebuke Japan while the US does nothing

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24
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in what year were the Nuremberg Laws passed

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1935

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25
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in what year does Hitler invade Ethiopia

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1935

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26
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what is both the global and US response to Hitler’s invasion of Ethiopia

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the League of Nations imposes minor sanctions on Germany and the US passes the Neutrality Act of 1935

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27
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is there a global response to Hitler’s German universal draft?

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no

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28
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when does Hitler remobilize the Rhineland

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1936

29
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what is America’s response to the remobilization of the Rhineland?

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the passing of the 2nd Neutrality Act which meant the US wouldn’t give loans to warring nations in response to the Nye Committee findings

30
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in what year was the Rome Berlin Axis est

A

1936

31
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what year did the Spanish Civil War start

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1936

32
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what year was the rape of Nanking

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1937

33
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describe the Rape of Nanking

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Japanese attack on the Chinese city of Nanking. the Japanese killed over 200,000 Chinese and raped over 20,000 women

34
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what is the American response to the Rape of Nanking

A

the US embargoes scrap metal

35
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when was the Sudeten Crisis

A

1938

36
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when did Hitler conquer Czech

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1938

37
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what’s the Global response to Hitler’s conquest of Czechoslovakia

A

if Hitler invades Poland that means war with Great Britain and France

38
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when was the German Soviet Nonaggression Pact

A

1939

39
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when does Hitler invade Poland

A

Sept. 1st 1939

40
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what is the global response to the invasion of Poland?

A

the beginning of WW2

41
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when does hitler attack norway

A

april of 1940

42
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when does Hitler conquer Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France

A

may through june of 1940

43
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what is the US response to the German conquests in 1940

A

the draft

44
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what year is the battle of great britain

A

1940

45
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in Operation Barborossa of 1941 Hitler invades what country

A

USSR

46
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what is the American response to the German invasion of USSR

A

the Lend Lease - “arsenal of democracy”

47
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when is the Battle of the Atlantic

A

1941

48
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what 3 major things happen during the Battle of the Atlantic

A
  • convoy system
  • radar/sonar developed
  • Enigma code broken
49
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when does America enter WW2

A

Dec. 7th 1941

50
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3 days after Pearl Harbor US is at war with who?

A

Germany

51
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who plans most of the war for the Allies?

A

the big 3

52
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what leaders are in the Big 3?

A

Stalin, FDR, Churchill

53
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what leader wants a two front war and why

A

Stalin because it would take some of the pressure/attention off of USSR who are drastically losing life

54
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where is the first place that the US begins to fight the Nazis on land

A

Africa in Nov 1942

55
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When did Germany and Italy surrender from Africa

A

May 1943

56
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What year is D Day

A

1944

57
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When is the Yalta Conference

A

1945

58
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what happened at the Yalta conference

A

the Big 3 meets and Stalin gets to liberate Berlin

59
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when does FDR die

A

April 1945

60
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what year does Hitler commit suicide

A

1945

61
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when do the Germans surrender from WW2 ‘‘V-E Day’’

A

May 8th 1945

62
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what is America’s response to Japan’s aggression in French Indo China

A

froze Japanese assets

63
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what’s Japan’s response to the freezing of their assets

A

pearl harbor

64
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how did the 1st 6 months of war w/ japan go for the US

A

poorly

65
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what two battles are a turnin point in the pacific theater

A

Coral Sea and Midway

66
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why are Midway and Coral Sea both turning points

A

from this point on Japan is in retreat

67
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when is the battle at midway

A

June of 1942

68
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when in battle at coral sea

A

may of 1942

69
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what were the US plans for Coral Sea and Midway

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  1. gain air and naval superiority
  2. need airstrips within 2,000 miles of Japan to bomb
    (task number two completed via island hopping)