WWII Flashcards

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Leader who was elected to power in a weak Germany and favored Nazism

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Adolf Hitler

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The treaty that set the way for Germany to fall to ruin

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Treaty of Versailles

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This is the leader who focused all towards the state, banned unions, and censored the press for fascism

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Benito Mussolini

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This is the leader who led militarism and attacked Manchuria, China, Korea, and Pacific Islands

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Hiedeki Tojo

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This is the Soviet dictator who used shared farms, five year plans, purges, and wanted a classless society

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Joseph Stalin

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This is re agreement that was made between Chamberlain and Hitler (giving up the Studetenland)

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Munich Pact

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This is the country and continent that Italy took over since it was a weaker nation

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Ethiopia and Africa

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The fighting style, also known as lightning warfare, that led to the fall of Poland and start of WW11

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Blitzkrieg

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This is the event in Asia that resulted in the death of 300,000 civilians in the rape of 20,000 women

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Rape of Nanjing

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The political agreement that brought Austria back into Germany with the Nazi supporter in power

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Anshluss

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The term for the initial foreign-policy of the US due to previous European conflicts like World War II

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Isolationism

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The date and location of the attack from Japan that was the final straw for the US

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Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

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The term for the acts that were passed by Congress the band the sale of arms to fighting nations

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Neutrality acts of 1937 in 1938

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The term for the action the US took to cut off trade and economic ties with Japan

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Oil embargo

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The agreement that allows the US to Lynn Britain and the USSR weapons

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Lend lease act

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As millions were drafted, soldiers were given basic products labeled with their future nickname

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GI’s

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The term for cutting back on the consumption of goods and resources such as food

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Rationing

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The name for the iconic woman who had a song that proved she could work as hard as a man in a factory

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Rosie the riveter

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The federal agency that led the industrial transition to supporting the war

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War Production Board

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These are two challenges women still faced even in new jobs at home

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Discrimination in unequal pay

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The name of the campaign for African-Americans to achieve equality at home and abroad

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Double V campaign

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The term for a relocation camps during wartime for anyone who may be against the state

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Internment camp

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The name of the group of pilots who paved the way for black officers and desegregation in army

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Tuskegee Airmen

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The name and number of the action taken by FDR that led to the relocation of over 100,000 Japanese

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Executive order #9066

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The name of the Supreme Court case in which one citizen lost his battle to say in his original home

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Korematsu vs U.S

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Dictator of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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Dictator of the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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Dictator of Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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Dictator of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

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What does G I mean

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Government issued

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How many major camps were set up around the country

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