Which battle led to the liberation of France?
D-Day
Who was the Fascist Italian leader who invaded Ethiopia?
Mussolini
What was the name of the Treaty from the end of World War I which created conditions in Europe leading to World War II?
Treaty of Versailles
What event started World War II?
Germany invaded Poland
What was the name of the Economic Plan for Europe after World War II?
The Marshall Plan
Which event led to the end of the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union?
Invasion of the Soviet Union
Who was President of the United States at the start of World War II?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Japan invading Manchuria is an example of what cause of World War II?
Totalitarian countries being agressive
What event caused the United States to join the War?
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What document the outlines basic rights for all people called?
Declaration of Human Rights
What the "Final Solution"?
Hitler's plan to kill all European Jews (Holocaust)
Who is this?
Stalin
Which cause described European countries allowing Hitler to invade and take territory with the hope that Germany would leave them alone.
Appeasement
What event ended the war in the Pacific?
Dropping the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What peace-keeping organization was created after World War II and still exists today?
The United Nations
What was the name for the US strategy in the Pacific to fight the Japanese more effectively AND who created it?
Island Hopping
Douglas MacArthur
Who were the two leaders of Japan?
General Hideki Tojo
Emperor Hirohito
The US stated that they would not get involved in international conflict. What was this called?
Isolationism (The United States signed the Neutrality Act saying they won't join a European War)
Which battle turned the tide of the war in favor of the allies?
Battle of Stalingrad
Which outcome of WW2 put German officials/leaders on trial for the crimes committed during the Holocaust
The Nuremberg Trials
What was the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural groups?
Genocide
Who were the axis powers?
Who were the allied powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
US, Britain, Soviet Union, and France
What happened to Germany after WW2?
Germany was made a democratic government and was split up between the allied powers