WWII

Question 1

Kellogg-Briand Pact & it’s problems

Answer 1

A pact that made war illegal as a tool of democracy
Problems:
1.Not enforced
2. Gave Americans false sense of security

Question 2

Neutrality Acts

Answer 2

An attempt to keep the US out of war. It limited the sale of weapons to nations that weren’t at war.
However, Roosevelt found a way around the acts to aid Britain/Allies
Repealed when the US enters WWII

Question 3

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Answer 3

An alliance between Mussolini (Italy), Hitler (Germany), and Japan. These three wanted military expansion and dictatorship.

Question 4

Appeasement & examples

Answer 4

A policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.

• Allowed Germany to expand it’s army and transportation infrastructure
• Allowed Hitler to send troops into the anti-militarized Rhine Land
• Hitler expanding his territory to Czechoslovakia

Question 5

What areas of the world were targeted by each of the Axis Powers?

Answer 5

Germany- Poland
Japan- China, Philippines, Burma, Malasia (Wanted to make Asia for Asians)
Italy- Yugoslavia, Albania, Ethiopia

Question 6

Lebensraum

Answer 6

“Living Space” Justifies the invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 7

Jesse Owens

Answer 7

African-American Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Hitler congratulated him.

Question 8

Anschluss

Answer 8

Annexation of Austria

Question 9

Sudetenland

Answer 9

Western half of Czechoslovakia

Question 10

Munich Pact

Answer 10

Britain and France gave into Hitler’s demands and persuaded the Czechs to surrender. Hitler promised he had no more plans to expand his territory.