Leaders
Key Terms
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Wildcard
100

This Italian fascist leader allied with Hitler.

Benito Mussolini

100

This type of leader is in charge of a fascist nation.

Dictator

100

This event caused World War II to begin.

Invasion of Poland

100

Leaders of this government system are often elected due to an ongoing crisis or misinformation.

Fascism.

100

Leaders of the Axis Powers had this trait in common.

They were all fascist dictators.

200

This Soviet leader helped the Allied Powers defeat Germany.  

Joseph Stalin

200

This term describes Japan before Emperor Meiji took power.

Isolationist.

200

August 6th, 1945.

Bombing of Hiroshima.

200

World War II involved every nation on earth, despite nations like Sweden claiming this status.

Neutral/ Neutrality.

200

This document caused hyperinflation in Germany.

Treaty of Versailles

300

This fascist leader was a soldier during World War I.

Adolf Hitler

300

Camps created by this policy stripped prisoners of their 1st and 5th amendment rights.

Executive Order 9066

300

Germany's bombing campaign against Great Britain's capital city.

The London Blitz

300

A fast, surprise style of warfare using planes and tanks on one target.

Blitzkrieg

300

A neutral nation surrounded by mountains, many historians called it "Hitler's secret ally."

Switzerland

400

Name one fascist leader who took power by force.

Joseph Stalin

400

Directly translates to "bomb-affected people."

Hibakusha

400

Daily Double (400)

Japanese incarceration during World War II violated these four 1st amendment rights.

400

This policy was used in hopes of avoiding another World War... and by mothers of toddlers in grocery stores.  

appeasement

400

WWII began and ended in these years.

1939, 1945.

500

This U.S. president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

Harry Truman

500

Germany relied heavily on air power during attacks on Britain because this geographic term made invasion difficult.

Natural Borders

500

The invasion of this region of Czechoslovakia was allowed by appeasement.

The Sudetenland

500

Daily Double (500)

In order to get elected, Adolf Hitler promised Germans he would solve this crisis.

500

This U.S. President was in charge for the majority of World War II.

(FDR) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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