Why did so many Germans hate the treaty of Versailles?
Germany lost all of its colonies and 13% of its land
Germany was forced to de-militarize and withdraw from the Rheinland
Germany lost many of its vital iron and coal resources to the French and Polish
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Why did Americans want to stay out of future wars?
The American people felt they had been tricked into the war by European Monarchies and Big Businesses
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Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
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What was a Japanese Internment camp?
A concentration camp where Japanese-Americans were held
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What region of France was chosen for the D-Day Invasion?
Normandy
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What country contained the Sudetenland, a region with a large German speaking population, that Hitler annexed in 1938
Czechoslovakia
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What did the Neutrality Act of 1935 do?
Forbid the selling of weapons to either side of a war
US citizens in a warzone did so at their own risk
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Who was Britain's prime minister who appeased Hitler during the Munich Conference?
Neville Chamberlin
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Why did America agree to pursue a Germany First policy?
Direct threat to all allies, Logistics to fight Hitler were already in place, FDR viewed Hitler as a larger threat to world peace
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Most Historians credit this date for the start of World War II, ________ when Germany invaded __________
September 1, 1939; Poland
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What was the name of Germany's economic problem after WW1 where the price of goods increased greatly but the purchasing power of each Mark decreased?
Hyper-inflation
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What was Cash and Carry?
Provision of Neutrality Act of 1939 that allowed US to sell non military goods if the buyer paid cash and transported it themselves
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Who was the Facist Dictator who controlled Italy?
Benito Mussolini
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What was the name of the Atomic Bomb Program?
Manhattan Project
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In the battle of Stalingrad, what contributed to the Soviet Victory
brutal winter, Soviet Counter attack, Hitler's refusal to retreat
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What was Hitler’s prime reason for wanting to take Poland?
to take the city of Danzig and live up to his dreams of Lebensraum
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What was a the Bases for Destroyers deal?
Also known as Lend/Lease, the US would trade old Navy ships for British Bases in the Atlantic
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Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
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What does the term "Holocaust" mean?
The systematic killing of over 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews throughout the war
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What was Hitler's motivation for attacking civilians during the Battle of Britain?
He wanted to terrorize the British into surrendering
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The battle of Britian forced Germany to
put off the invasion of Britain
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The United States would only be brought into WW2 by
The attack on Pearl Harbor
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Who was the American President during WW2 who ordered the use of the A Bomb?
Harry Truman
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Was the decison to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan Justified? Why or why not?
Free 500 points, this will be the essay tomorrow
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In this Battle, the US cracked Japanese radio codes and laid a massive ambush that determined the course of the war