Totalitarianism and Great Depression
Lead up to World War II
War in Europe
War in Europe & the Pacific
Outcome of War
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What type of totalitarianism was practiced in Italy and who led the country?
Fascism; Mussolini
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What were Hitler's first moves to build up Germany's territory?
Remilitarized the Rhineland; take Austria (Anschluss); take Sudetenland
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What event officially started World War II?
German invasion of Poland (Britain and France declared war on Germany)
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What country bore the brunt of the land fighting during World War II and what helped it push Germany back?
Soviet Union; size of its population; scorched earth tactics and harsh Russian winter
100
What country reached Berlin first and what happened in the immediate aftermath?
Soviet Union; Hitler commits suicide; Germany surrenders
200
What was an outcome of Japanese and Italian aggression in the 1930s?
They expanded their territories; inspired other aggressive actions and proved the League of Nations was ineffective
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What program did the US put in place to help countries like Great Britain and the Soviet Union fight the Germans through the sale of American arms?
Lend-Lease Act
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What fighting happened immediately after France fell to Germany? What type of warfare was used?
Battle of Britain (Air warfare)
200
Who was in charge of the Pacific Campaign for the Americans?
Douglas MacArthur
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What replaced the League of Nations and what was one of its most famous proclamations following the war?
United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
300
Who were two major leaders in Japan in the lead up to the war and which one held more political and military power to make decisions?
Emperor Hirohito; Hideki Tojo; Tojo had more power
300
What happened after Hitler threatened to take the Sudetenland? What kind of policy is reflected here?
Great Britain called for a meeting; the Munich Conference; European powers allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland without a fight as long as this was the end of German expansion (policy of appeasement)
300
What was the plan to kill all Jews in Europe called? What do we call this genocide?
"Final Solution"; Holocaust
300
What was the turning point for the war in the Pacific? (At which point were the Americans able to stop the advance of the Japanese and begin to roll their forces back?)
Battle of Midway
300
Which two conferences were convened to deal with how to treat post-war Germany and the rest of Europe?
Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference
400
What are some techniques of totalitarian regimes?
Total control of every aspect of citizens lives; secret police; indoctrination (brainwashing); use of terror; control economy; restrict personal liberties; eliminate any opposition
400
Which country built a defensive fortification with tunnels in the lead up to World War II? What was it called?
France; Maginot Line
400
Who led the Allied War effort in Europe and what was D-Day?
Eisenhower; invasion of Normandy, France to push Germans back into Germany
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What is the type of tactic that Germany used during the war and what did it consist of?
Blitzkrieg (Lightning War); swift (joint) use of all branches of the military and military technology to overwhelm enemy forces (air force, army tanks and infantry, radar, navy, etc.)
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What were some of the requirements placed on Japan after the end of the war?
Emperor's power taken away; defensive only military; democracy created; land redistributed; war crimes trials
500
What is a major difference between fascism and communism in terms of how they handle the economy?
Fascists control the economy but do NOT own factors of production (they tell a factory to build what they need but they pay for it). Fascists are pro-capitalism. Communist governments also control the economy but they OWN the factors of production; they are anti-capitalist.
500
In what year did the US join the war and who was president at the time?
December 1941 (after the bombing of Pearl Harbor); Franklin Roosevelt
500
Why was Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union such a surprise?
It was a surprise because Hitler and Stalin had signed a non-aggression pact in which they promised not to attack each other.
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What ultimately forced the Japanese to surrender, who was president at the time, and in what year did they surrender?
Dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; President Harry Truman; 1945
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Which two countries became super powers after World War II and what do we call the conflict the engaged in for over 40 years?
U.S. and U.S.S.R.; Cold War
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