Political Ideas
This term describes a government that takes control of almost all parts of people’s lives.
Totalitarianism/Authoritarianism
This is the name of the government after the revolution
The Union of Soviet socialist Republics/Soviet Union
Germany, Italy, and Japan were part of this group
Axis Powers
Under this act, passed in March 1941, the president could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the United States.
Lend-Lease Act
Japan bombing this naval base brought the U.S. into the war
Pearl Harbor
This person was the leader of the Bolsheviks and was later exiled
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin’s slogan of this phrase was soon taken up by many people stating their problems with the Tsarist government
“Peace, Land, and Bread”
This policy was used by Britain and France to avoid going to war with Germany
Appeasement
German tanks broke through weak American defenses along a 75-mile front in the Ardennes for this battle, which would be the last German offensive for the rest of the war
The Battle of the Bulge
Japan attacked the U.S. due to the latter's embargo of these resources after Japan's invasion of China
Oil and steel
This person took control of the Soviet Union and purged all political rivals
Joseph Stalin
Some revolutionary groups wanted to overthrow the government following the teachings of this person
Karl Marx
By building up the army, crossing into the Rhineland, and annexing neighboring territory, Germany broke the points of this treaty
Versailles Treaty
Germany's advancement into Russia stalled at this city
Stalingrad
General Douglas MacArthur's plan to capture weaker Japanese-controlled islands, then use these bases to seize islands closer to Japan was known as
“island-hopping”
This ideology was founded in Italy in the 1920's
Fascism
On 22 January 1905, an event known as this, was a peaceful procession of workers was fired on by guards outside the tsar's Winter Palace
"Bloody Sunday"
Germany made an agreement with this country to not attack each other and simultaneously divide up Poland between themselves
Soviet Union
The largest land and sea attack in history, the invasion of Normandy was known by this name
Operation Overlord
The first target of MacArthur’s campaign was on this island in the Solomon Islands where U.S. military leaders had learned that the Japanese were building a huge air base
Guadalcanal
This is the full name of Hitler's Party
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
This man was the monk who wielded influence over the Tsarist government and spread corruption
Rasputin
France stationed their troops along a 900-mile long network of underground bunkers, tunnels and concrete retractable gun batteries called this.
Maginot Line
This was the name given to Hitler's plan to invade Russia
Operation Barbarossa
This was the name given to the project of creating the atomic bombs used on Japan and ending the war
Manhattan Project