People
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
In what year did the unemployment reach its peak?
1933
According to the map, who controlled the Soviet Union during this period?
both the Allies and Axis powers
Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
Who was the leader of the US?
What group opposed him?
Who has the power to declare war in the US?
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
-Isolationists
-Congress
Which group of people suffered six million deaths during the Holocaust?
Jews
When did the unemployment rate reach its lowest?
1944
On the map, aside from Germany, what other nation was an Axis power?
Italy
The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
Japan
Why did FDR have to wait until Pearl Harbor was attacked before joining the war in regards to the location of where the war was taking place?
-War between Europeans was focused in Europe and North Africa
-Asians were fighting Asians
-No direct threat to the United States
-US focused on neutrality
Who was the leader of Spain?
Francisco Franco
During which period five year period did the unemployment rate drop most significantly?
1940-1945
What neutral country lies north of the Baltic Sea?
Sweden
Before the war began, what policy did Britain and France have towards Germany?
Policy of Appeasement
What was the belief of the Nazis to justify the genocide of Jews and others?
Aryans were superior to Jews and that inferior groups threatened the strength and purity of the master race.
Which British politician opposed the Munich Pact?
Winston Churchill
During which five year period did defense expenditures increase the most?
1940-1945
From which direction(s) did Germany attack Leningrad?
north and south
Germany had a new military strategy of a surprise attack with an overwhelming force, also known as what?
blitzkrieg
What happened to Jews as a result of the final solution?
-Sent to concentration camps (hard labor, little food, the weak killed off)
-Sent to extermination camps, only the healthy allowed to live until too weak to work handling the automatically killed ones.
Nazis practiced the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people, known as what?
genocide
Between which two years did the defense expenditures decrease the most?
1945-1946
Which countries did Germany attack in 1938?
Czechoslovakia and Austria
Britain and France submitted to Hitler's demands according to what policy?
Policy of Appeasement
Describe the feelings of Germans after World War I towards minority groups and Jews.
Jews and minority groups were the cause of Germany's problems (debt, famine, unemployment).