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Turning Points & Battles
100

What item did the SS extract form the Jews at camp?

Gold teeth 

100

This 1919 treaty forced Germany to take full blame for WWI and pay massive reparations.

The Treaty of Versailles

100

FDR used this metaphor to explain the Lend-Lease Act to the American public.

"Garden Hose" speech

100

These trials established the legal concept of "Crimes Against Humanity."

the Nuremberg Trials

100

This specific event ended the policy of appeasement and "sparked" the start of WWII. 

The invasion of Poland

200

Where were the Jews of Sighet first taken after the Germans arrived? 

ghetto 

200

This British policy at the Munich Conference gave into Hitler's demands to avoid war.

Appeasement

200

These two groups stepped up to fill factory roles and enlist in the military during the war.

Women and African Americans

200

President Truman’s primary justification for dropping the atomic bombs.

To save American lives.

200

This technology is the primary reason Great Britain did not fall during the Battle of Britain.

Radar

300

What age does Elie tell the SS officer he is?

18

300

These three specific traits characterized dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Try to write 2.

 fear tactics, military force, and extreme nationalism

300

This group was sent to internment camps due to fears they were "sympathizers" after Pearl Harbor.

Japanese-Americans

300

These two nations emerged as the world's only superpowers after 1945.

 the U.S. and the USSR (Russia)

300

The strategy used in the Pacific to take over one island at a time toward Japan.

Island Hopping

400

Madame Schatcher's visions about fire are an example of what? 

foreshadowing 

400

This organization failed to protect weaker countries when Italy invaded Ethiopia and Japan invaded China.

League of Nations

400

This board oversaw the "Miracle of Production," converting civilian factories to war use.

War Production Board

400

The two Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped to end the war.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

400

This massive amphibious invasion was essential to push Germans back and keep the USSR from Berlin.

D-Day

500

Who helped Elie with his studies?

Moishe the Beadle
500

Japan's primary motivation for invading China and seeking regional superiority.

The need for natural resources

500

Three ways ordinary Americans sacrificed for the war effort at home. Try to write 2.

Rationing, Victory Gardens, and buying War Bonds

500

The term for the targeted killing of a specific group of people, as seen in the Holocaust.

Genocide

500

This Japanese attack changed the U.S. from neutral to "the sleeping giant."

The attack on Pearl Harbor

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