WWII Flashcards
Leader who was elected to power in a weak Germany and favored Nazism
Adolf Hitler
The treaty that set the way for Germany to fall to ruin
Treaty of Versailles
This is the leader who focused all towards the state, banned unions, and censored the press for fascism
Benito Mussolini
This is the leader who led militarism and attacked Manchuria, China, Korea, and Pacific Islands
Hiedeki Tojo
This is the Soviet dictator who used shared farms, five year plans, purges, and wanted a classless society
Joseph Stalin
This is re agreement that was made between Chamberlain and Hitler (giving up the Studetenland)
Munich Pact
This is the country and continent that Italy took over since it was a weaker nation
Ethiopia and Africa
The fighting style, also known as lightning warfare, that led to the fall of Poland and start of WW11
Blitzkrieg
This is the event in Asia that resulted in the death of 300,000 civilians in the rape of 20,000 women
Rape of Nanjing
The political agreement that brought Austria back into Germany with the Nazi supporter in power
Anshluss
The term for the initial foreign-policy of the US due to previous European conflicts like World War II
Isolationism
The date and location of the attack from Japan that was the final straw for the US
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
The term for the acts that were passed by Congress the band the sale of arms to fighting nations
Neutrality acts of 1937 in 1938
The term for the action the US took to cut off trade and economic ties with Japan
Oil embargo
The agreement that allows the US to Lynn Britain and the USSR weapons
Lend lease act
As millions were drafted, soldiers were given basic products labeled with their future nickname
GI’s
The term for cutting back on the consumption of goods and resources such as food
Rationing
The name for the iconic woman who had a song that proved she could work as hard as a man in a factory
Rosie the riveter
The federal agency that led the industrial transition to supporting the war
War Production Board
These are two challenges women still faced even in new jobs at home
Discrimination in unequal pay
The name of the campaign for African-Americans to achieve equality at home and abroad
Double V campaign
The term for a relocation camps during wartime for anyone who may be against the state
Internment camp
The name of the group of pilots who paved the way for black officers and desegregation in army
Tuskegee Airmen
The name and number of the action taken by FDR that led to the relocation of over 100,000 Japanese
Executive order #9066
The name of the Supreme Court case in which one citizen lost his battle to say in his original home
Korematsu vs U.S
Dictator of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Dictator of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Dictator of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Japan
Hideki Tojo
What does G I mean
Government issued
How many major camps were set up around the country
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