WWII Test Flashcards
What kept Stalin in power
Fear and propaganda
Who was the leader of the fascist party
Benito Mussolini
What was the name of the book hitler wrote while in jail
Mein kampf
Who were the axis powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Who were the allies
Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, and the US
What is appeasement
Giving someone something to make them happy and leave you alone
How much did WWII cost
$330 billion
What is the cash and carry principle
All nations must pay for nonmilitary purchases up front (no loans) and they had to ship the goods in their own vessels
What is the treaty of Versailles
It said that Germany had to pay back and give land back to the people they lost to
What were hitlers total state techniques
Propaganda masters, mass demonstrations, rearmament of the military, SS control of police using terror based on nazi ideology, and took churches and youth groups under control
After watching the video how did you see that the US came together
By rationed food, military draft, carpooling, war bonds, women and African Americans worked, and victory gardens
What is totalitarianism
When a single person controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people
What did Stalin do that made him responsible for 10 million deaths
Tried to transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power and formed collective farms
What country did Germany and the Soviet Union split in the nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact
Poland
What did Benito Mussolini take over
The press, he created a secret police, and organized youth groups to indoctrinate the youth
