What is the Great Depression. People were very unhappy about how poor they were and were willing to listen to leaders like Hitler and Mussolini (Italy) who promised to fix the economy.
100
What year did World War II end?
What is 1945
100
The Americans beat the Japanese in this battle
What is the Battle of Midway
100
Who were the two superpowers after World War II?
What is the US and USSR
100
This man wrote the book Mein Kamf
What is Hitler
200
Was the policy of appeasement successful?
What is NO! Hitler promised to stop taking land, but didn't!
200
What year did D-Day occur?
What is 1944
200
What groups (more than 1) of people did Hitler target with his final solution?
What is Jews, Homosexuals, Mentally Handicapped, and Gypsies
200
Name two places where proxy wars were fought?
What is Vietnam and Korea
200
This man was the leader of the communist forces in Vietnam
What is Hi Chi Minh
300
Which country did Hitler invade right after the Munich Conference
What is Poland
300
What are two major battles that the Germans lost?
What is 1. The Battle of Britain 2. Battle for Stalingrad 3. D-Day
300
What is the word for the systematic killing of people based on their ethnicity
What is genocide
300
Which proxy war did the US lose?
What is Vietnam
300
This was the president at the end of World War I who created the plan for the League of Nations
What is Woodrow Wilson
400
Historians say that the Treaty of Versailles was one of the causes of WWI. Why?
What is Germany had to:
A. They had to pay reparations
B. They had to accept guilt for starting the war
C. They had all of their colonies taken away
D. Their military was shrunk
They were so angry that they were open to Hitler's message of world dominance
400
What drew the United States into World War II
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
400
These are the names of the trials that put Nazis on trial for their war crimes (including running concentration camps)
What is Nuremberg Trials
400
Who did the Marshall Plan help?
What is Western Europe
400
This is the communist leader of Cuba
What is Fidel Casto
500
What country is directly to the West of Germany
What is France
500
Which Allied Country was occupied by Germany for most of World War II?
What is France
500
After World War II Japan was in shambles. Did they accept help from the US or the USSR?
What is US
500
What did the Truman Doctrine say?
What is The US should do everything in their power to stop the spread of communism