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World War 2
Causes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Worldwide Depression | America became the leading country to lend other countries money. when our economy crashed this affected the whole world. |
| Impact of the Depression on other Countries | 1. Germany owed lots of money due to world war 1 and had to pay back money it didnt have. 2. Japan had a severe food shortage 3. Italy had food shortage and people revolted against their government |
| Fascism | This was a philosophy were all power in a country is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. |
| Adolf Hitler | He was a German leader who was in charge of the Nazi party, a group of individuals that felt everything in Germany should be blamed on the Jews. |
| Benito Mussoloini | He was the leader of Italy who was allies with Hitler because they were both fascist leaders. Also felt that Italy was mistreated during the treaty of versailles |
| Hideki Tojo | He was the war minister in Japan who was in charge of hte country. |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Lend Lease Act | This was if you wanted to go against the Axis Powers then you would get 50,000,000,000 from the congress and the president |
| Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked our naval base killing over 2,400 Americans this also forced the U.S. to go into WW2 |
| Allied Powers | great britain france russia china U.S. |
| Allied Leaders | Prime minister winston churchill=great britain general charles degaulle=france premier josef stalin=russia general chiang kai shek=china president franklin d roosevelt=U.S. |
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