The War Against Germany and Japan and The Legacy of World War II
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Refusing to become involved in other nations' disputes or problems.
Isolationism
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Natzi Leader
Adolf Hitler
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When Japan invaded China in 1937, President Roosevelt gave a speech in which he said that peaceful nations had to act together to isolate themselves from aggressive nations or aggression would spread. What is that speech called?
Quarantine Speech
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What year did the US enter World War II?
1941
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What happened on "D-Day?"
On June 6, 1944 - American, British, and Free French forces invaded Germany from the west and Soviet forces invaded from the east.
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In which conference did leading world powers agreed to limit the size of their navies?
Washington Naval Conference
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Peaceful nations would band together to stop aggressors
The idea of Collective Security
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What is the Lend-Lease Act?
To sell, lease, or land war materials to "any country whose defense the President deem vital to the defense of the United States."
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What happened in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941
Japanese airplanes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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What two cities in Japan did the atomic bomb explode over?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What was the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact?
Signed by 62 nations, renouncing (reject) the use of war
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A part of Czechoslovakia that Hitler demanded in 1938
Sudetenland
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What are the Four Freedoms?
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free of want, and freedom from fear
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What did President Roosevelt ask Congress to do after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Declare war on Japan
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What was the Holocaust?
Hitler murdered millions of European Jews during WWII
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What was the "Good Neighbor Policy?"
The US agreed not to interfere in the internal affairs of Latin America
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The policy of giving in to satisfy the demands of a potential enemy
Appeasement
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Who was Winston Churchill?
British Prime Minister
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Germany and Italy were Japanese allies. What did they do when they learned that U.S. declared war on Japan?
Germany and Italy declared war on America
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What were the Nuremberg Trails?
Demonstrated that individuals are responsible for their actions, even in times of war
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How did the "Good Neighbor Policy" affect relations between the U.S. and Latin America?
The relation between the U.S. and Latin America began to improve
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The invasion of what country by Germany (Hitler) started World War II in Europe?
Poland
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What was the Atlantic Charter?
The foundation for the United Nations
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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the court case Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Constitutional liberties may be limited in wartime.
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What countries became the two superpowers at the end of World War II?