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WWII
VA SOL USII.7a-c
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| – Worldwide depression – High war debt owed by Germany – High inflation – Massive unemployment | Political instability & economic devastation in Europe resulting from WWI (4 parts) |
| Political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied and nationalism and, often, racism are emphasized. | fascism |
| Fascist dictator of Germany | Adolf Hitler |
| Fascist dictator of Japan | Hideki Tojo |
| Fascist dictator of Italy | Benito Mussolini |
| Major Axis Powers (3) | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Major Allied Powers (3) | U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union |
| WWII Leader of the United States | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| WWII Leader of the Great Britain | Winston Churchill |
| WWII Leader of the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin |
| When did Stalin join the Allies? | After being invaded by Germany |
| Isolationism (Great Depression, legacy of World War I) Economic aid to Allies Direct involvement in the war | Gradual change in American policy from neutrality to direct involvement in WWII |
| Rising tension developed between the United States and Japan because of | Japanese aggression in East Asia |
| What date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |
| When did Germany declare war on the U.S. | After the U.S. declared war on Japan |
| What set off WWII in Europe | Germany’s invasion of Poland |
| Who invaded Poland and the Baltic nations? | Soviet Union |
| Who invaded France and captured Paris? | Germany |
| Germany bombed London in the | Battle of Britain |
| U.S. gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda & the Caribbean | Lend Lease Act |
| Turning point of war in the pacific that was a U.S. victory | Battle of Midway |
| Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Soviet Union defeated Germany and made this battle the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe | Battle of Stalingrad |
| U.S. and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France to begin liberation of Western Europe | D-Day |
| U.S. dropped 2 atomic bombs on which 2 cities, in what year | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 1945 |
| What forced Japan to surrender and end WWII? | Dropping of 2 atomic bombs |
| – Boycott of Jewish stores – Threats – Segregation – Imprisonment and killing of Jews and others in concentration camps and death camps | Tactics used to systematically attempts to rid Europe of all Jews |
| Which country practiced Anti-Semitism and Aryan supremacy that led to the ____ | Germany, Holocaust |
| Who liberated Jews and others who survived concentration camps | Allied forces |
| What event brought an end to the Great Depression? | WWII |
| Who took jobs in defense plants during the war | Women, Rosie the Riveter |
| How did Americans at home support the war? | Conserving and rationing resources |
| What temporarily broke down racial barriers? | Need for workers - defense plants |
| While many Japanese Americans served in the armed forces, others were treated with distrust and many were forced into | Internment camps |
| Fascist dictator of Italy during World War II. | Benito Mussolini |
| Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II. | Adolf Hitler |
| Military leader of Japan during World War II. | Hideki Tojo |
| The Axis Powers of World War II were Germany, Italy, and Japan. | Axis Powers |
| A national leader who has total power and does not allow individual freedoms. | Dictator |
| The Allied Powers of World War II were the U. S., Canada, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and many other countries. | Allied Powers |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt was the U. S. President during World War II. | F.D.R. |
| Became U. S. President at the end of World War II after F. D. R. died. | Harry S. Truman |
| Was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. | Winston Churchill |
| Communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II. | Joseph Stalin |
| Turning point battle of the war for the Allies in the Pacific. | Battle of Midway |
| Turning point battle of the war for the Allies in Europe. | Battle of Stalingrad |
| Strategy used by the Allies to defeat Japan in the Pacific. | Island Hopping |
| Camps where the German government sent Jews, political prisoners, Poles, Gypsies, and others to die during World War II. | Concentration camps |
| Name for the deaths of 6 million Jews and 5 million others at the hands of the German government during World War II | Holocaust |
| Anti-semitism | Hatred of Jews. |
| Japanese-Americans were sent to these camps in the U. S. during World War II in the fear that they would be disloyal to the war effort. | Internment camps |
| Way Americans on the home front supported the war by conserving resources so they could be used instead to fight the war. | Rationing |
| U. S. plan, created by Secretary of State George C. Marshall, to rebuild Europe after World War II | Marshall Plan |
| A world peacekeeping organization that was formed at the end of World War II, 1945. Formed to prevent future wars. | United Nations |
| Karl Marx political theory where all property is publicly owned & each person works & is paid according to their abilities & needs. | communism |
| A government by the people; freedoms. | democracy |
| A form of government in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. | Fascism |
| Naval base in Hawaii in which the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941 and began direct involvement of the U.S. in WWII. | Pearl Harbor |
| The countries, territories, & regions of China, Hong Kong, Japan, North & South Korea, Macau, Mongolia, eastern parts of Russia, & Taiwan. | East Asia |
| When a nation does not take either side in a conflict. | neutrality |
| Compensation demanded of a defeated nation by the victor in a war especially that demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after WWI. | reparations |
| National policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs. | isolationism |
| A turning point in WWII - allied troops landed in Normandy, France to begin liberation of Western Europe. | Normandy, France D-Day June 6, 1944 |
| To be set free. | liberation |
| Country east of Germany. Hitler invaded Sept. 1, 1939. Beginning of WWII. | Poland |
| A small island off the southeastern coast of the United States that was part of the Lend-Lease agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain during WWII. | Bermuda |
| Islands off the southeastern coast of Florida that were part of the Lend-Lease agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain during WWII. | Caribbean |
| An agreement between the US and Great Britain. The US gave war supplies to Great Britain in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean | Lend Lease Act |
| Two cities in Japan in which the U.S. dropped atomic bombs in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending WWII. | Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| Nations that border the Baltic Sea that were invaded by the Soviet Union at the beginning of WWII. | Baltic Nations |
| Limited of scarce goods during wartime. | rationing |
| One’s homeland. | Home front |
| Character developed to encourage women to take factory jobs. | Rosie the Riveter |
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