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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stalin's Five Year Plan | The plan consisted of him collectivizing agriculture. He wanted to improve industrialization |
| Treaty of Versailles | A peace treaty signed to officially end the first World War in 1919. It forced Germany to reduce its troops, take the blame for the war and reduce its territory |
| How did Hitler think the allies would react when he violated the Treaty of Versailles | He believed the allies would've reacted in force when he broke it |
| Great Britain Appeasement Policy | To avoid war, Great Britain and the other allies allowed Hitler to expand Germany's territory without repercussions |
| What part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler take control of? | The Sudeten land |
| Hitler's invasion of Poland | In 1939, Nazi Germany with the allyship of the Soviet Union, invaded Poland |
| Mukden Incident | An explosion destroyed a section of railway near the city of Mukden. The Japanese blamed Chinese nationalists and used it as an opportunity to invade. |
| In 1940, Japan was forced to decide what? | Japan had to choose between the U.S's oil or Indonesia's raw material |
| December 7, 1941 | The Japanese surprise attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Dunkirk | A town in France from which over 300,000 allied troops were rescued |
| Blitzkrieg | A military tactic used to bring a swift victory by intense means |
| Why did Hitler plan to conquer the Soviet Union? | He wanted to ensure Nazi Germanys victory |
| Battle of Stalingrad | One of the deadliest battles to take place in WWII where Nazi troops fought to take Stalingrad unsuccessfully |
| Battle of Midway Island | A major naval battle occurring between the Japanese and the U.S |
| Total War | Conflict in which the military action is limitless in weapons used, tactics and resources. |
| Yalta | A city located in Ukraine in which the leaders of the US, UK and the Soviet Union met to discuss their plans with Germany |
| Tehran Conference in 1943 | A meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt held in Iran |
| Why did Truman want to avoid invasion of Japan? | He wanted to "prevent an Okinawa from one end of Japan to the other" |
| Nazi's Final Solution | A codename that was used apart of a plan to eradicate all Jews they could. |
| Extermination camps | Camps in Poland used by Nazi's to kill Jewish people. |
| Who were victims of Hitler? | Jews, Homosexuals, African Americans, people of different political/religious beliefs |
| Marshall Plan | The plan consisted of the US sending aid to Western Europe |
| The U.S. and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should do what? | They believed that they should be able to determine their own government |
| Warsaw Pact | Defense treaty created by the Soviet Union and other Soviet states |
| Cold War | A "war" where neither side declares war officially on the other. The Cold War between the U.S and the Soviet Union was fought through a series of Proxy wars, propaganda, and political actions |
| What country became communist in 1949 which in turn made the U.S. fear the spread of communism? | China |
| Truman Doctrine | Plan that the US would give countries threatened by the Soviet support. |
| Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser | Egyptian Military officer who became the prime minister of Egypt |
| Fascist government | A form of government that encourages nationalism and militarism. |
| Nuremberg Laws | Laws that heavily changed the rights of Jews, they were seen as a different and lesser race. The laws made it so that Jewish people had almost no rights |
| Six-Day War | A conflict fought between Israel and Arabs that lasted a week |
| Policy of Containment | A policy by President Truman that promised aid to any country threatened by communism |
| America feared what when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I in 1957 | They feared falling behind in technology |
| Northern Ireland fighting in the 60's and 70's was against what two religious groups? | Catholic nationalists and loyalists |
| Red-Scare Movement | the Red-Scare caused people to fear immigrants and people who embraced communism |
| Why was the Berlin Wall built? | To prevent people in East Berlin from flocking to West Berlin which was thriving compared to the desolate East Berlin |
| Gorbachev soon realized that economic reform would not succeed without what? | Political Reform |
| How did President Carter protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? | He refused trade with the Soviet Union |
| By 1980 what was the Soviet Union ailing from? | Weakened Economy |
| European Union's first goals | To value all it's citizens and maintain peace |
| Why did Margaret Thatcher resign? | Her leadership was challenged which caused her to resign |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | An agreement signed by Mexico and Canada about increasing trade amongst those nations |
| Why did the U.S. join allies in fighting WWI? | When Germany enticed Mexico to attack the US via letter. The UK intercepted the message and showed it to the US, causing them to join the war against Germany. Some reasons such as the sinking of ships that contained American civilians |
| Major causes of WWI | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The assassination was blamed on Serbia, causing Austria-Hungary to declare war |
| Military plan by German General von Schlieffen | Germany would attack France and then attack Russia |
| Western front characteristic | All Quiet on the Western Front's main protagonist, Paul Baumer, was a young German man fighting in WWI |
| Central Powers | Austria-Hungary, Germany, The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
| Militarism | The Idea that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively |
| Third Reich | Third Reich also known as Nazi Germany |
| Paris Peace Conference | The meeting between the allies at the end of WWI to keep peace with the central powers |
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