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What event is the reason the US joined WW2?
Definition of totalitarianism
A government that has total control over the lives of its people (a dictatorship)
True or false: The Nazis only targeted the Jewish people in the Holocaust.
False.
This battle was the largest land-sea-air invasion/attack in history.
D-Day
Taxes were raised to at least ____% for some people during WW2.
90%
Name two reasons why the US didn't join WW2 right away.
Bad memories from WW1, Great Depression, it didn't affect our homeland right away
On what date (month, day, year) did Pearl Harbor take place?
December 7, 1942
What is the seventh stage in the stages of genocide and what did this stage look like in the Holocaust?
7th - extermination. Concentration camps.
This battle is famous for the image of American troops raising the flag.
Iwo Jima
Name of the famous character encouraging women to join the war effort.
Rosie the Riveter
Type of government in Japan before World War 2 began
Militarist (military took over) and/or Nationalist (extreme patriotism)
What event is the official "spark" beginning WW2 in Europe?
Hitler invades Poland
Name two groups other than Jewish people that the Nazis targeted in the Holocaust.
The disabled, homosexuals, Polish, Roma, Jehovah's Witness
How was the ending of the European Theater different from the ending in the Pacific Theater?
How World War 2 affected Mexicans. (Be specific!)
The Bracero Program - Mexican workers came to help with harvest - about 200,000
What is appeasement AND apply the word to what was happening in WW2.
Appeasement: giving into to an aggressor. The other nations (US, Great Britain) appeased Hitler when he was invading his neighboring countries.
Leaders of Italy, Germany and Soviet Union before WW2
Explain the reasons for the genocides in Cambodia and Rwanda.
Cambodia - create a farming society, Communism
Rwanda - ethnic conflict between Hutus and Tutsis
Island hopping (gaining islands for key naval bases) and kamikazes (suicide Japanese pilots)
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Explain two specific ways WW2 affected African-Americans. Must name 1) The Great Migration and 2) fighting as soldiers in the war and gaining respect
How many people were killed at Pearl Harbor (Get within 300)
2,403
Explain how Communism, fascism, and Nazism are different.
Communism has the government totally controlling the economy, fascism has extreme nationalism and a beloved leader, Nazism had racial goals of eliminating unwanted populations
1) classification - us vs. them 2) symbolization - Jewish yellow star 3) dehumanization - "they are vermin" 4) organization - SS police force
The date (month, day, year) of VE Day.
May 8, 1945
Who are "Nisei"?
Japanese Americans born in the United States. 2/3 of the interned Japanese were nisei.