Between Wars
WWII
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Holocaust
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Define appeasement
To give in to another's demands to avoid conflict
100
Why did Japan attack pearl harbor?
Oil
100
Who was the leader during the reign of terror?
Robespierre
100
What types 4 types of people would be put into concentration camps?
Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, handicapped, political enemies
100
This was the enlightenment thinker who said you were mature when you thought for yourself?
Immanuel Kant
200
Who are the Axis Powers? And name their leaders?
Germany- Hitler Italy- Mussolini Japan- Tojo
200
This battle was the first victory for the US against Japan in the Pacific
Midway Islands
200
Define Blitzkrieg
Lightening war, fast moving forces to overwhelm their enemy
200
Define Kristallnacht
Night of the broken glass, German government vandalizes Jewish stores and steal their property
200
Power should be divided by three branches, what Enlightenment thinker developed this?
Montesquieu
300
Hitler invaded this area first which broke the rules of the treaty of Versailles
Rhineland
300
This battle ended Hitler's military advancement
Stalingrad
300
Name of the event: Germans try to bomb London into submission?
Battle of Britain
300
What were Nuremberg laws?
Laws that prevented Jews from going to certain bars or movie theaters. Created guidelines for Jews to follow.
300
Who led the communist revolution in Russia?
Vladimir Lenin
400
This term describes a feeling that the state is above the importance of the individual in a country?
Fascism
400
List three reasons why the US choose to use the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
Prevent US losses, the style of fighting for the Japanese was relentless, to beat Japan before Stalin could invade
400
At the Yalta Conference this was the major outcome?
Creation of the United Nations
400
This term was considered the "master race"
Aryan
400
Napoleon came to power by?
Coupe d'etat- over throw of the government
500
What event caused Hitler's success in becoming the leader of Germany? Explain two ways he violated the Treaty of Versailles?
Great Depression Military build up and acquiring former Germany lands, stopped payment
500
Explain how Hitler acquired Poland
Hitler makes a non aggression pact with Stalin to split Poland in half and they do not fight each other
500
List 5 elements of the treaty of Versailles for Germany after WWI
1) Admit causing the war- war guilt clause 2) No military 3) Loss of colonial lands 4) Reparations 5) Reduction of Germany borders (Rhineland, Poland)
500
What was used to kill most in concentration camps and why do was this method chosen?
Gas, because Hitler was effected by gas in WWI
500
In WWI, Germany invaded this country that brought France into the war?
Belgium
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