WW1, '20s, '30s
The stock market crash which caused the economy to tank, causing mass unemployment and poverty in the 1930s
Great Depression
The practice of giving in to smaller demands to avoid larger conflicts
Appeasement
The leader of Great Britain during WW2
Winston Churchill
The mass killing of Europe's Jewish population is known as...
The Holocaust
This event, which happened on December 7th, 1941, was the event that got the United States into WW2
Japan bombing of Pearl Harbor
The term Prohibition refers to what? (1920s)
A law banning alcohol
Policy of not being involved in the political affairs of other countries
Isolationism
The Leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) during WW2
Joseph Stalin
The deliberate and systematic destruction of an entire people group
Genocide
This event ended the war in the pacific, effectively ending WW2 for all countries
The U.S. using the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Name for the criminal activity of transporting alcohol to sell.
Smuggling
State control of the economy, censorship of media, use of propaganda, and use of spies / secret police were used under this type of government style.
Totalitarianism
The leader of Italy during WW2
Benito Mussolini
What propaganda technique utilizes a person of influence to support an idea?
Testimonial
Name of the Allied Powers secret operation to develop the atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
This was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to end World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
The three main countries of the ALLIED POWERS
United States, Great Brattain, Soviet Union
President of the United States during WW2 - helped create the New Deal during the Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(FDR)
Besides Jewish people, what people groups did the Nazis target?
Political dissidents, Gypsies, people with disabilities, and homosexuals
The military strategy of conquering small islands on the way to Japan
Island Hopping
Why did the United States reject the League of Nations?
They feared the League of Nations would draw the United States into future wars
The three main countries of the AXIS POWERS
Germany, Japan, Italy
Military leader of Japan during WW2
Hideki Tojo
Nationalistic political system in which the country is the most important idea
Fascism
Most famous battle in the Pacific arena of WW2
(Famous photo of American soldiers raising the American flag)
Iwo Jima