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What global event allows for extremists like Hitler and the Nazis to get elected in Germany?
The Great Depression
What did the U.S. government fear Japanese Americans might do after the attack on Pearl Harbor? What reasons pushed the government to incarcerate Japanese Americans?
Feared the possibility of sabotage and espionage
Feared disloyalty if Japan invaded the coast
These were Germany's secret police that routinely harassed German Jews.
Gestapo
Other than Jews what groups were targets of Hitler's genocide?
Polish people(Poles)
The Roma(gypsies)
Homosexuals
People with disabilities
Soviet POWs
What animated film saw the collaboration of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy in 2001?
Shrek
Who was the man most responsible for sitting by while Hitler regained power? He tried appeasing Hitler.
Neville Chamberlain
What does America do to Japan after the war is over?
We occupied Japan & helped them rebuild
Why did Hitler's anti-Jewish rhetoric become acceptable in Germany?
Jews had been scapegoated and blamed for problems for centuries
Jews were blamed for Germany's loss in WWI
People trusted Hitler for bringing them our of a economic depression
Most of Hitler's death camps were located in which two nations?
Germany and Poland
Nicknamed "the Juice," what football star became the top suspect in a double homicide committed in 1994?
Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson
President Roosevelt put people back to work with domestic programs rebuilding roads, bridges and dams. What did Hitler put the Germans to work doing?
Military production
What reason did Japan have to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor?
We had cut them off of strategic materials(oil).
To neutralize their only rival in the Pacific Ocean
Hitler's biggest error in WWII was his betrayal of who?
Stalin/Soviet Union
What was a common obstacle for people in their struggle to survive the German death camps?
Language barriers
Which artist became widely popular after his involvement in the soundtrack for Marvel's, Black Panther? He has made recent headlines due to his recent feud with artist Drake.
Kendrick Lamar
War officially breaks out in what country?
Poland- German and Soviet Invasion of Poland
What tactic did Japanese fighter pilots resort to toward the end of the war?
Kamikazi attacks or suicide attacks
What limitations were put on Jews in Germany that made it hard for them to flee the country?
German law restricted how much money they could leave the country with.
The extent that the Nazis hated Jews can best be described as what? What level did the despise Jewish people?
Biological
What recent series on Netflix is the retelling of a particular morbidly obsessed family starring Jenna Ortega?
Wednesday
What country did Germany attack during "the Blitz?"
Great Britain
What arguments did America use to justify the dropping of 2 atomic bombs?
It would swiftly end the war
It would intimidate the Soviet Union(Russia)
The bomb would help preserve American lives
What did Hitler pledge he would never do that ultimately caused his suicide in Spring of 1945?
He never wanted to see Germany surrender again.
Where do a majority of Europe's surviving Jews go after the war is over?
The United States and Israel
Where does Mr. Kershner shop for his wardrobe?
Walgreens