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History 2
History Final Study Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stalin's 5-Year Plan | Stalin's 5-year plan was aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing Farm output. He brought all economic activity under government control so that the government owned all businesses and distributed all resources. |
| Treaty of Versailles | the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany and its allies to accept responsibility for starting World War 1 and forced Germany to make reparations of 30 billion dollars. Some parts of the treaty were aimed at weakening Germany, limiting their military army, |
| How did Hitler think the Allies would react when he violated the Treaty of Versailles? | He thought they would take no real action . |
| Great Britain appeasement policy | Britain's policy of giving into Hitler's demands in order to keep the peace |
| What part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler take control of? | Sudetenland |
| Hitler's invasion of Poland | 9/1/39 Britain and France declared war in Germany two days later World War II had begun |
| In 1940, Japan was forced to decide what? | They were going to decide what to do about the United States not selling them War materials, such as iron, steel, and oil. |
| December 7, 1941 | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor |
| Dunkirk | Port in France where 300,000 Allied troops were evacuated when their retreat by land was cut off by the German advance in 1940. |
| Blitzkrieg | The Blitzkrieg used improved tank and air power technology to strike a devastating blow against the enemy. this revealed Hitler's power |
| Why did Hitler plan to conquer the Soviet Union? | Hitler wanted more land for Germany and he wanted Slavic slaves to make the Reich stronger. |
| Battle of Stalingrad | This battle was the turning point in World War II in Europe. The entire sixth Army of Germany was lost. |
| Battle of Midway Island | This is the turning point of World War II in a pacific. it proved that the US Navy was Superior over the Japanese Navy. |
| Total War | Total War is where people support the war effort by completely mobilizing to save resources for the war and to get people behind the war. |
| Yalta | The Yalta Conference occurred in 1945 and involved the USSR, the United States, and Great Britain. All three nations insisted that Germany surrender unconditionally. |
| Tehran Conference in 1943 | The Tehran Conference created the plan to divide Germany into East Germany and West Germany after World War II. |
| Why did Truman want to avoid invasion of Japan? | Truman thought the loss of American lives would be too great. |
| Nazi's Final Solution | Heinrich Himmler was the architect of the Nazis final solution. The final solution refer to the mass murder of Jews in Europe. |
| Extermination camps | Camps that had gas Chambers where people were killed especially jews. they use these camps because other methods of killing were too slow. |
| Who were victims of Hitler? | Hitler's victims were Jews, Soviet civilians, Slavic civilians, disabled people, and gypsies,. |
| Marshall Plan | The Marshall Plan brought economic stability to nations in Europe after World War II. |
| The U.S. and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should do what? | These nations should hold free elections. |
| Warsaw Pact | The Warsaw Pact created military alliances between the USSR and East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. |
| Cold War | A period of political tension especially between the United States and Russia following World War II. |
| What country became communist in 1949 which in turn made the U.S. fear the spread of communism? | China |
| Truman Doctrine | The Truman Doctrine said that the US Would provide money to Nations threatened by communist expansion. |
| Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser | Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian colonel who sees the Suez Canal from England and France in 1956. |
| Fascist government | A strong central government led by a dictator. |
| Nuremberg Laws | The Nuremberg Laws kept Jewish people from becoming German citizens. |
| Six-Day War | A war between Israel and the Arab states. Israel gained control of the Sinai peninsula, the West Bank territory, and Golan heights. |
| Policy of Containment | Containment was a policy adopted by the United States toward Russia to stop the spread of communism. |
| America feared what when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I in 1957 | Americans feared that Russia was getting ahead of them in the space race |
| Northern Ireland fighting in the 60's and 70's was against what two religious groups? | Catholics and Protestants |
| Red-Scare Movement | The red scare was an anti-communist movement in America that was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. |
| Why was the Berlin Wall built? | The Berlin Wall was built to keep East Berlin citizens from escaping (defecting) to West 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 protested by boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics. The US did not participate. |
| By 1980 what was the Soviet Union ailing from? | Russia was suffering from a poor declining economy, rising infant mortality, and terrible working conditions. |
| European Union's first goals | The EU established a common currency known as the Euro. |
| Why did Margaret Thatcher resign? | She resigned because her flat rate tax was rejected. |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | NAFTA was started to bring trade guidelines to The US, Canada, and Mexico. |
| Why did the U.S. join allies in fighting WWI? | The US joined because Germany was employing unrestricted submarine warfare. |
| Major causes of WWI | Militarism, Alliance System, imperialism, and nationalism. |
| Military plan by German General von Schlieffen | His Plan called for a war on two fronts. |
| Western front characteristic | Trench warfare |
| Central Powers | The Central Powers of World War I were Austria hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. |
| Militarism | Militarism is the aggressive preparation for war which was growing along with many nations' armies before World War I. |
| Third Reich | The Third Reich was Hitler's goal in World War I which was to create a German Empire. |
| Paris Peace Conference | The Paris Peace Conference was held in 1919 and 1920 to set terms for peace for the defeated Central Powers by the Victorious Allied powers. President Wilson argued in favor of a League of Nations to prevent future Wars |
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