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History of Europe

CMS 6th: Nazism and Cold War

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What happened to people that spoke out against Hitler? put in prison or killed
How did Hitler use propaganda to sway German public's opinion about Jewish people? It placed blame for all of Germany's problems stemming from WWI on Jewish people
What is anti-Semitism? Prejudice against Jewish people
What did Hitler plan to do to all races he considered inferior? (Not Aryan) Exterminate them
The Holocaust occurred during which war? World War II
Describe the Holocaust Jews were taken to concentration camps where they were forced to do hard labor, starved, separated from families and executed in gas chambers
What are the dates of the Cold War? 1945-1991
Which two superpowers engaged in the Cold War? United States and Soviet Union
What was the Cold War about? US and USSR were both worried the other country would become too powerful and spread its government and economy to other countries
After WWII, countries in which part of Europe fell under the influence of Communist Soviet Union? Eastern Europe
What was the imaginary line that divided democratic countries from communist countries? The Iron Curtain
What type of government did West Germany and West Berlin have? Democratic
What type of government did East Germany and East Berlinehave? Communist
What was the purpose of the Berlin wall? To keep communist East Berlin separated from democratic West Berlin
Name some ways the United States and the Soviet Union competed with one another during the Cold War. Spreading government and economic system to other countries, nuclear weapons build up (called the arms race), put a man in space (space race)
How did this competition impact the Soviet Union's economy? Defense, weapons build up, and space race cost the country a lot of money and not enough food or goods for the people
What happened to East and West Germany once the Soviet Union started allowing more personal and economic freedoms? Reunified into one country with Berlin as the capital.
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