Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
s.s. may wwII alexis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the date of the begining of the Great Depression? | October 1929 |
| How large was the Great Depresion spread? | worldwide |
| After WWI a new political movement called what formed? | fascism |
| What is fascism? | a form of government that stresses the nationsabove individuals |
| In a fascist country the leader is usually what? | a dictator |
| What is a dictator? | a person who has total control over the government |
| Who was the leader of Italian fascists? | Benito Mussolini |
| When does Germany adopt fascism? | in the early 1930s |
| What is the fascist party in germany called? | National Socialists or nazis |
| who was the leader of the National Socialists or nazis? | Adolf Hitler |
| What was the book that Hitler wrote in prison called? | "Mein Kampf" or my struggle |
| what year did Hitler take control of the German government? | 1933 |
| what did the nazis use to blame the jews were responsible for all germany's problems? | propaganda |
| what was the Kristallnacht? | Night of broken glass or a night of nationwide violence against jews in germany |
| how did Hitler violatte the Treaty of Versailles? | he mobilized Germany's army, placed troops inthe rhineland, and annexed Austria. |
| who was Britian's Prime Minister at the begining of WWII? | Neville chamberlain |
| when Chamberlain and Hitler met what did they agree to do? | to give Hitler German speaking lands in Czecholslovakia if Hitler promised to stop attacking countries in Europe |
| the agreement started what? | a policy called appeasement |
| what is appeassement? | meeting the demands of an aggressor in order to perserve peace |
| Japan's emperor who encourged nationalsm? | Emperor Hirohito |
| Japan invaded where for raw materials and would not have to rely on imports from other countries? | Manchuria |
| in the early 1920s who became communist Dictator of the Soviet union? | Joseph Stalin |
| in 1939 what started WWII? | Germany and Soviet Union signed an agreement to invade Poland together |
| in 1939 who became Prime Minister of Britian? | Winston Churchill |
| Italy joined in the war on whos side and declared war on who? | Germany and Great Britian |
| what was the battle of britian? | th egerman airforce launched several attacks against Britian, but they were unsuccessful |
| in what year did Germany turn on its ally and attacked the Soviet Union? | 1941 |
| what caused U.S. to join in the war? | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii |
| who are the Axis powers? | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| who are the Allies? | Great Britian, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States |
| who are the Big three? | leaders of the allies Franklin Rossevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin |
| wha was the battle of stalingrad? | the Geramn army tried to capture the Soviet oil fields outside stalingrad in August 1942 |
| how long did the battle of stalingrad last? | 5 months |
| what was the date of D-Day? | June 6, 1944 |
| who led teh Allied froces in the largest sea invasion in history? | General Dwight Eisenhower |
| in August of 1944 the allies drove the Germans out of France, the Germans made one finally atempt to attack where? | along the border between Belgium and France |
| the person that General DWight led the allies into a batttle, what was this battle called? | Battle of the buldge |
| what battle was faught intirely in the air between plans,? | the battle of the coral sea |
| the U.S. navy bagan a miolitary campaign known as what ? | island hopping |
| the Japanise began using what attacks on U.S. naval ships? | kamikaze |
| after President Rossevelt died of polio in 1945, who took over as president? | Harry Truman |
| truman was told about a top-secret govrnment program called what? | Manhattan Project |
| in wha year did the U.S. drop a bomb on Japan? | August of 1945 |
| the nazis planned to kill th e jews where? | Europe |
| after taken from their homes where was the jews put? | in consintration camps |
| if the jews where unable to work where they sent? | to death camps |
| at the end of WWII what formed? | the united nations |
| what was the U.N. a model after? | the league of nations |
| during the what plan the U.S. sent $13 billion to help European economies rebuild after the war? | the marshall plan |
| where was the U.N. successful? | in western Europe |
| eastern europe said he didn't want the aids? | Stalin |
Created by:
marcrobertdillon
Popular World History sets