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WW1 WW2
WOH Review 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What countries comprised the Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy |
| What countries cpmprised the Triple Entente | Great Britian, France, Russia |
| What was the immediate cause of WW1 | Assassination of Archduke |
| What trends help lead to the outbreak of WW1 | Effects of Balken War s pior to 1914, Assassination of Archduke, German declare war on Russia, Russia support for Serbia, German full support to Austria, Russia mobilization |
| What politicial movement was most responsible for triggering WW1 | nationalism |
| What country was a torn in Austria's side | Sebria |
| What was Schliffen Plan | German plan to avoid a two front war. |
| What was the perception of most people at the beginning of WW1 | Remarkable enthusianism, convinced of nation's cause(propaganda), war could be over in a couple weeks, war could not be conducted for more than a few months without destorying the economy |
| What was the most importsnt consequence of the first year of war | Deadly stalemate on the western front because of failure of German warplanes |
| WW1 in the east can be characterized by | more mobility than the tench warfare on the western front |
| How can the daily routine of trench warfare be characterized | Boredom, broken by artillery barrage and frontal assaults by enemy troops |
| The effect of US entrance in WW1 | gave allied powers a boost with new soliders and money |
| What was the cheif reason for US intervention | Zimmerman note |
| Where did internal opposition for the war came from what group of poeple | civilians |
| How did woman contribute to WW1 | women were called to take over jobs and responsibility that were not available to them before |
| What socio-economic group benefited for WW1 | large industries, owners of factories making weapons and munitions |
| What did V.I. Lenin promise to the people to gain suport for his party | power to soviets, end of war and land to poor peasant (peace, land and bread) |
| How many poeple died in WW1 | 8-9 million |
| How many people were wounded during WW1 | 22 million |
| What states were created out of Austro-Hungarian Empire | Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Hungary |
| What upset Germans the most about the Treaty of Versallies | War Guilt Clause |
| What did the US do immediately after WW1 | go into isolationism |
| How did European approach WW1 | Enthusiasm through nations |
| Why did the US enter WW1 | sinking of lusitania, Zimmerman Note |
| What countries were the best at mobilizing for war | US and Germany |
| How many died during the battle of Verdun | 250,00 soliders, 700,000 including cilivians |
| What was the result of germany's failure to pay its war reparation | French collected reparationa by operating and uding Ruhr mines and factories in Germany |
| What did the Treaty of Locarno accomplish | Guaranteed Germany's new western borders with France and Belgium |
| How can the period from 1924-29 be characterized in Europe | prosperity |
| What was the major cause of the Great Depression In Europe | US recalled loans, downturn in european economics and international crisis created by the collaspe of American stock market in 1929 |
| What was the effects of the Great Depression in Europe | increase unemployment, inflation increase , rise of radicalized parties |
| How did FDR's New Deal policies affet the economy | use of governemnt form of self help for our countries economic recovery abd social reform programs. Brought partial recovery reudced bank closing, business failure and unemployment and increase farm price wages salaries |
| What nation achieved the greatest rise in real wages between 1900-39 | Sweden |
| What middle eastern Muslim state made a conscious effort to adopt western secular culture after WW1 | Turkey |
| How did the totalittarian seek to control every aspect of ther citizen's lives | use of mass production tehniques and high speed communications to conquer citizens mind and heart. Government control of economic, political and social aspects |
| How was Mussolini's fascist movedment aided | popular nationalistic rrsentment towards the perceived threat of socialism and communism |
| What is the Squadristi | Armed fascists |
| Where did Hitler spend his developmantal years | Austria |
| What is Mein Kampf | Autobiolography writing by Hitler about his belief and movenment and its underlying ideology |
| How did the Nazis prove to be effective in the realm of politics | propoganda to convince everyone what they were doing is right |
| What was the Nazis policy towards women | claims through child bearing and serivce ib the house women would bring about triumph of the Aryan race |
| What was the dominant form of government in Eastern Europe in the 1920s and 1930s | authoritarians ragimes |
| What was Linen's New Economic Policy in the early 1920's | modified form of capitalistic system especially ing agriculture |
| What aided jospeh Stalin's emergence as leader of the communist party | his position as general secretary of bolshevlk party |
| How was collectivization of agriculture characteried under Stalin | thousand dead, millions displaced from there homes, and widespread famine |
| How did Americans responded to the aggressive action taken by German, Italy and Japan in 1930 | went futher into isolationism and passed neutrality acts |
| What did the neutrality acts stipulate | certain restriction would go into effect when president proclaimed war, no american can sail on belligerent ships or make loans |
| hat did Hitler's plan for defeating Britian rely on | Luftwaffe, Germany gaining control of the skies |
| How did most Americans feel about the war on the eve of the Pearl Harbor Attack | contiune to stay out |
| What happen to most ethnic groups in the U.S. during WW2 | futher intergated into American society |
| What was the first fascist state in Europe | Italy |
| Where did Hitler spend his formative years | Vienna |
| Where was Hitler first act of aggression | Rhineland |
| How did Hitler take Poland | Lighting war, agreement between Germany and Soviet. |
| What was the immediate cause of WW2 | Invasion of Poland |
| What countries did Hitler capture between April and June 1940 | Demark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium and France (Phony War) |
| What was the US mai's priority after the attack on Pearl Harbor | Stop Hitler, defeat Germany, turn great naval war machine against Japan |
| What naval battle was the turning point in the war in the pacific | battle of the coral sea |
| Island hopping | US strategy to defeat Japan |
| What was the Final Solution | Mass excution of all Jews |
| What groups of people, besides tthe Jews did the Nazis single out for extermination | gypies, slavic, ukranians, Belorussians and Soviets |
| What was the Manhattan Projects | code name for atomic bomb |
| what nation experienced the greatest lost | Russia |
| What happen to Germany after WW2 | divided into 4 occuption zones US, Britian, French, Russian |
| Where did the US drop atomic bombs | Hiroshima and Nagaski |
| Who was Japan earliest enemy in WW2 | China |
| Where were most of the death camps locaed in Europe | Poland |
| How did Mussolini come to power in Italy | mussolini was appointed prime minister of Italy with approval of King Emmanuel when Mussolini threateed to march on Rome if his fascist grop or himself were not given power |
| What was the result of the Beer Hall Putsh | Hitler was sentence to a brief prison sentence there he wrote Mein Kampf |
| What battle was turning point on the eastern front during WW2 | Battle of Stralinfrad |
| What battle was the during point in the war int he pacific | battle of midway |
| Who controlled Paris during WW2 | Germany |
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