Transatlantic passenger ship sunk by German U-boats.
Lusitania
100
Event that made the US join WW2.
Pearl Harbor
100
Type of government of the Soviet Union
Communism
100
President who dropped the Atomic Bomb
Truman
100
Strategy used by the Nazis in WWII to take over Europe.
Blitzkrieg
200
Telegram sent to Mexico by the Germans that forced the US to declare war.
Zimmerman Note
200
A form of government that is characterized by a dictator, extreme nationalism, aggression, and a restriction of individual rights.
Fascism
200
Structure separating E. and W. Germany that is built in 1961.
Berlin Wall
200
Who were the leaders of Germany and Italy during WW2?
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mussolini
200
First satellite launched into space.
Sputnik
300
Explain trench warfare.
Both sides are barricaded underground. Each have heavy artillery and firing at each other. The space in between is called no man's land because anyone that goes there will die from machine gun fire.
300
Hitler's autobiography where he outlines his belief of a German master race.
Mein Kampf
300
Area between Western Europe and Russia with smaller countries controlled by the Soviet Union.
Iron Curtain
300
President of the United States during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
300
The philosophy of limiting the spread of Communism.
Containment
400
Month, day, and year that Germany surrendered in WWI.
November 11th, 1918
400
What countries were in the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
400
Policy of the United States that said the US would defend any democracy against Communism.
Truman Doctrine
400
Presidents of the US in WWII
FDR and Truman
400
What did executive order 9066 (by FDR) do?
Put Japanese-Americans in interment camps during WW2.
500
How many soldiers died in WWI?
17 Million
500
Month, day, year of D-day.
June 6th, 1944
500
Year the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
1991
500
German pilot in WWI who killed many allied pilots.
Baron Von Richtofen
500
List two consequences of WW2
- US and Soviet Union are only world powers
- United Nations is created
- Cold War begins between US and Soviet Union