Important People They are
How did the treaty of Versailles lead to the rise of Hitler?
The Treaty of Versailles devastated Germany's economy causing distrust between government and citizens.
What new German war tactic caused Poland and France to fall so quickly?
What is blitzkrieg?
Who is Adolf Hitler?
What did Winston Churchill mean by an Iron Curtain?
What is they wanted to stop the spread of communism?
What was the US's justification for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?
What is stopping the war quickly and limiting the number of casualties?
Who was the US President when we dropped the atomic bomb?
Who is Harry Truman
What was the US's plan for taking control in the Pacific?
What is night of broken glass?
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
What was the impact of the Korean War?
What is the Korea's are now two separate countries and have significant differences.
Bonus points if you can name some differences.
Who was Mao Zedong?
What is appeasement and why did it fail?
What was the significance about the Battle of Stalingrad?
What is it stopped the German advancement into the Soviet Union
What was the purpose of the Partition of India?
What is the Partition of India was the concrete border change between India and Pakistan. Hindus were sent to India and Muslims were sent to Pakistan.
What is the reason Cuba was so important to the US and the SU?
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
What is he was president of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969, and he was one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century
What was the similarity between Napoleon and Hitler in their attempted conquests of Europe?
What is they were not prepared for the weather and amount of time it would take to conquer Russia.
True or False
The United States knew what was happening in Europe with the concentration camps.
True however they chose not to get involved until they had to
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War and why was it significant?
What is the outcome of the Vietnam War was the United States was defeated and it is significant because it was the first time the US had lost a war they were directly involved in.
True or False
The Cold War era was marked by intense espionage and political intrigue between the United States and the Soviet Union.
True
Why did Hitler and Stalin sign a nonaggression pact?
What is they wanted to split Poland and allow Germany to plan an invasion of Russia?
Why was the United Nations more effective than the League of Nations?
What is because the UN had enforcement powers and stronger members
What was the relationship between the US and Japan before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The relationship between the United States and Japan prior to Pearl Harbor was complex and characterized by a mix of admiration, trade, and growing tension.
What was the pact, signed in 1949, that enabled the US to muster the conventional forces of much of Western Europe under US military leadership?
What is NATO?
How did the Berlin Airlift demonstrate the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Defied Soviet Aggression, Showcased Western Unity, Boosted Western Morale