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100

This man became president in 1932.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

100

Germany annexed this country in March, 1938.

Austria

100

The Allies evacuated Europe in this battle, in June, 1940.

Battle of Dunkirk

100

Hitler and the Nazis targeted this group of people for extermination during WWII.

The Jews.

100

He was Pope during WWII.

Pope Pius XII.

200

FDR used these to make the American people feel close to him.

Fireside Chats on the radio

200

Germany took this country's Sudentenland in September, 1939.

Czechoslovakia.

200

England's civilians were attacked during this battle, which lasted about eight months.

The Battle of Britain

200

Jews were put into labor camps called this, where they worked until they died or were killed.

Concentration camps

200

This Irish priest saved about 6000 Jews.

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty

300

The New Deal was this (be very specific).

A series of laws and programs passed under FDR that were supposed to end the Great Depression, but increased government regulation and spent lots of money.

300
This was the first country that Germany actually invaded in WWII.

Poland.

300

Hitler targeted English civilians in the hopes they would do this.

Give up/convince the government to surrender.

300

Hitler killed about this many Jews in the Holocaust.

Six million

300

Monks and nuns did this with Jews during WWII.

Hid them in their convents and monasteries.

400
The New Deal did not do this.

End the Great Depression

400

When Germany invaded Poland, it used this tactic to overwhelm its opponent.

Blitzkrieg.

400

This major European power was defeated by Germany by June, 1940.

France

400

Hitler also attacked these other groups of people during WWII (three).

People with mental and physical disabilities, Catholics, and gypsies.

400

He was a famous Catholic priest who was martyred in a concentration camp.

Maximillian Kolbe. 

500

The Great Depression finally came to an end when this happened in Europe.

World War II began.

500
World War II started on this date.

September 1st, 1939.

500

Blitzkrieg did not work on England partially because of this.

England is an island.

500

About this many people total were killed in concentration camps during WWII.

Twelve million

500

The Catholic Church saved about this many Jews total during the Holocaust.

860,000