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LD SS WWII QUIZ B
LD SS WWII CHAPTER 26 QUIZ
Term | Definition |
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WWII BEGAN | 1939 |
US GOT INVOLVED | December 8, 1941 |
WWII ENDED | 1945 |
ALLIED POWERS | US, Great Britain, Soviet Union, China |
AXIS POWERS | Germany, Japan, Italy |
GERMAN LEADER | Adolf Hitler |
ITALIAN LEADER | Benito Mussolini |
JAPAN LEADER | Emperor Hirohito |
APPEASEMENT | Giving into the demands of a hostile power in order to avoid conflict |
MUNICH AGREEMENT | Promised Great Britain he could keep the land, but take no more |
COUNTRIES HILTER INVADED THAT VIOLATED MUNICH AGREEMENT | Poland |
NEUTRALITY ACTS | 1935-1937 - Banned weapons sales and loans to nations that were at war. Many countries did not pay WWI loans so US did not want any more debt. |
CASH AND CARRY ACT | Let Britain and France to buy weapons if they transported them back to their country. |
LEND-LEASE ACT | Allowed the US to lend military equipment to certain nations. |
COUNTRY JAPAN INVADED BEFORE PEARL HARBOR | Much of China and South East Asia |
EMBARGO | Not trading products with a specific nation |
WHERE JAPAN ATTACKED US | Pearl Harbor |
CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE | The next day they declared war on Japan |