WW2
Why did Hitler want to expand eastward
He wanted his people to have more space
Who were the victims of the Holocaust?
Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Soviets POWs, and disabled
True or False Great Britain and the US believed that the liberated nations should hold free elections?
true
Fill in the blank: The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would provide money to nations threatened by BLANK
communism
India divided into three nations, what two religious groups constantly fought?
Hindus and Muslims
Did Hitler think that the Treaty of Versailles would stop him?
no
What was the main purpose of the US Island Hopping?
to get closer to Japans mainland
What caused the US to really start fearing the spread of communism?
China became a communist nation
Who did the Warsaw pact attempt to make an alliance between?
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Nations
what two governments have remained poor and struggled establishing stable Gov.
Bangladesh and Pakistan
Why did Germany attack the Soviet Union ?
they thought the Soviet Union would support Britain
Who authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb?
President Harry S Truman
What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?
restore economic stability of European Nations after WW2
Why did China send in soldiers into the Korean Peninsula?
To drive out UN forces
what are the four general trends in Latin America
unemployment, debt, inflation, low wages
Why were civilians being bombed in ww2?
They thought it would force peace
Why did the US decide to use the atomic bomb?
invading Japan would have lost too many American troops
After WW2 where did France refuse to end its colonial rule
Vietnam
True or False Women were given more rights under the Chinese communist party
TRUE
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelsen Mandela
What is Genocide?
the deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular group
what did the "Second Front" on the beaches of Normandy allow the allies to do?
Attack Germany from the west and the east
After ww2 West Berlin was a city that was surrounded by...
East German Territory
Nixon visited what country to help improve the US relationship with
CHINA
What did Shah of Iran promote, that the Muslim Leaders opposed?
Culture of materialism and Greed