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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did totalitarian states rise after World War 1 and what did they do? | There was an economic collapse/ Unemployment dictatorship |
| How does a totalitarian government differ from democratic one? | It is more like a dictatorship, single party one leader |
| How might have the Treaty of Versailles led to germans Supporting a totalitarian government | The treaty made Germany the ones at fault, Which made them mad. |
| How did the failures of the italian government contribute to the rise of fascism | Mussolini cared a lot about the middle class more and he offered more then many things such as Social security and employment |
| why did the league of nations fail halt German and italian aggression effect did the united states | they feared another war would occur, It also has no standing army and no real powers its decree |
| What effect did the united states policy of isolationism have on the british and french policy of appeasement towards germany | since france and britain were in this "appeasement policy" with germany they were supplying them to keep peace but the U.S was neutral. |
| How did the congress try to ensure the united states stayed out of foreign conflicts | Passed the neutrality act of 1935 |
| How did the lend-lease act and the atlantic charter move the US away from neutrality | US began to help Britain more an more which led them to siding with Britain |
| What was the root of the conflict between the united states and japan | The fact that the Us helped Britain through their "repaired policies" |
| What did the japanese military leaders hope to acheive by attacking Peral Harbor where they successful in this | They wanted to gain land and therefore natural resources and power. They wanted to take over Hawaii and expand their empire. No they were not successful. |
| How did the war industry affect the US eoconomy | It was enlarged due to factories opening up to make/handle military weapons |
| What were the first actions taken by the US once war declared | The US had a much better industry. They could make more war materials |
| What military advantages did the US have over japan | The US had a much better industry they could make more was materials at a faster place |
| Why did the Allies decide to concentrate first on the war in Europe | Hitler needed to eliminated due to his growing power |
| Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a major turning point in the war in Europe | Because the soviets defended the germans leaving them with little soilders to go home and it put Germany on the defensive. |
| What is the difference between strategic bombing and saturation bombing | Saturation bombing was bombing anywhere and strategic bombing was at one target |
| Why did Stalin insist that Roosevelt and Churchill open a second front in France | So that the soviet troops could be relieved of the pressure being placed on them by the German forces |
| How did the US victory at the Battle of Midway change the courses of the was in the pacific | Japanese ended up losing half its carriers (part of it sleet) and it made the Japenese retreat from the pacific |
| what were the goals of British and American bombing runs over Germany? | To inflict maximum damage and destroys Geramnys capacity to make war |
| How did A. Phillip Randolph acheive economic improvments for African Americans during the war? | Hiring blacks in the industry convinced the president to make a law against discrimination of workers |
| How did the war create new opportunities for african american | Extended the rule of blacks with in the arm forces and it fully intergrated military in 1948 |
| Whose the civil liberties did the US government violated during WW2 and in what ways? | They violated the Japanese Amer, they believed them to be conspirators so they put them in reserve camps along with others |
| What role did propaganda play in war | It helps people in different countries to choose a side and inspired them to go along the war effort. |
| Why did the Americans and British wait until 1944 to invade France? | They waited an oprder to use france as a gateway into germany to seize german land/end war |
| Where did the D-day invasion take place | took place in the english channel |
| What was the significant about the battle of the bulge | After the americans and other allies got to Bastgone first, Later during a snow storm, the germans were weaken in force to retreat. |
| What strategy did the japanese use to fight US forces? | aircraft and battleships |
| What problems in Germany and Hitler blame on the jews? | Economic downfall in Germany |
| Why did more jews not escape Germany? | Because many applied for visas but were never answered. Others forged visas and boarded ships only to be denied access into other countries |
| How did the Nazis originally intend to use the concentration camps? | To jail political opponents |
| What 2 superpowers emerged after WW2? | soviet unions (USSR) and United states |
| What did US, Soviets and England discuss and decide at Yalta and then Postdam Conference? | -Germnay rules for the united nations USSR agrees to hold free elections. Germany to be disarmed and divided into 4 zones of occupation. War armes to be held after the war. |
| Totalitarianism | The axis nations were totaltarian dictatorships |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the soviet union socialist republic and employed brutal tactics |
| Benito Mussolini | The founder of fascism of italy and hitler WW2 ally |
| Adolf hitler | Was the founder and the leader of Nazi party, he was head of state supreme commander of the armed forces |
| appeasement | accepting demands in order to avoid conflict |
| Blitzkrieg | Name given to sudden violent offfensive attacks the germans used during WW2 "lightning war" |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Winstton churchill | Becomes British prime minister |
| Neutrality Act 1939 | Warring nations could buy weapons from the united states only if they paid cash and carried the arms on their own ships |
| Lend-lease act | The united states would be able to lend or lease arms to any country considered "vital to the defense USA" |
| Atlantic Charter | It committed the 2 leaders to postwar world of democracy non-aggression free trade, economic advancement and freedom of the seas |
| Peral Harbor | is a lagoon harbor on the island oahu, Hawaii that Japanese attacks. |
| WAC | Womens army corp) Woman who joined the military. |
| Bataan Death March | Americans and Filipinos fighting in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese, March 6 miles 15,000 died of disease. |
| Dwight Eisenhower | Commanding general of victorious forces in Europe, obtained a truce in Korea. The american invasion began. |
| George S patton | one of the best military men, most successful. |
| Tuskegee Airmen | African American fighter pilots who trained in Tuskegee. |
| A. Phillip Randolph | was a leader in African American civil right movement he organized and led the brotherhood of sleeping car porters |
| Executive Order 8802 | Was signed by FDR to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. |
| Internment | commonly in large groups, without trial |
| Office if war | Was a US government agency created during WW2. To settle arguments between agencies. |
| D-Day | invasion of Normandy, France june 6th |
| Battle of Bulge | was a major German offensive campaign Cec. 16 1944 |
| Harry Truman | 33rd president |
| Island hopping | seizing one island in every chain of islands and using that island as a base for the next "hop" to another chain of islands |
| Kamikaze | during WW2, a japanese sucide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target "divide wind" (great storms) |
| Manhattan Project | The american program to build an atomic bomb was a coded name |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics |
| Holocaust | Name given to the mass slaughter of jews and other groups by nazis |
| Genocide | Violence against member of a national ethnical racial or religious group |
| Concentration Camps | A camp where persons are detained or confined. |
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