Section 1
An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
What is a nonaggression pact?
The Japanese attack that forced Congress to declare war on Japan
What is Pearl Harbor?
Battle that began on August 23, 1942 where the German troops surrendered to the Soviets. The battle destroyed 99 percent of a Russian city
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
A reduction in a country’s ability to wage war. Douglas MacArthur began this after accepting the Japanese surrender
What is Demilitarization?
The British urged the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war
What is appeasement?
Another name for blitzkrieg
What is lightning war?
On June 4, Japanese planes got in the air, and American planes swooped down in to attack the Japanese flock
What is the Battle of Midway?
June 6, 1944- the day on which the Allies began their invasion of the European mainland during World War II
What is D-Day?
The process of creating a government elected by the people
What is Democratization?
the belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided. Beginning in 1935, Congress passed the three Neutrality Acts. These laws banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war.
What is the Isolationist Policy?
Hitler’s first group to knock out when invading Britain
What is the Royal Air Force?
A six month battle between the US and Japan attempting to win an island. The US general was Douglas MacArthur
What is the Battle of Guadalcanal?
Japanese suicide pilots that would sink Allied ships by crash-diving into them.
What are Kamikazes?
During the 1920’s, the Japanese government became more democratic. As long as Japan remained prosperous, the civilian government kept power.
What is the Japanese Empire?
On August 23, 1939 the leaders of Fascist Germany and Communist Russia pledged to never attack one another
What is the Nonagression Pact?
The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis.
What is the Holocaust?
On December 16, German tanks broke through weak American defenses along a 75-mile front in the Ardennes
What is the Battle of Bulge?
Ethiopians successfully resisted an Italian attempt at conquest during the 1890s. To avenge the defeat, Mussolini ordered a massive invasion of Ethiopia in October 1935.
What is the invasion of Ethiopia?
A segregated area where Jews were forced to move by Adolf Hitler
What is a ghetto?