Leaders & Alliances
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Stalin
This is the date of when Japan surrendered in World War II.
August 15,1945
During World War II, Italy and Germany had this type of government.
Fascist.
All of the following groups were targets of Hitler’s “Final Solution” EXCEPT
A) minorities
B) Jews
C) handicapped
D) Aryans
How did people feel about their leaders after WWI?
Leaders are deceitful and corrupt who lie to citizens to get what they want.
He was the leader of Italy during World War II.
Mussolini.
This is date when Germany was completely defeated in Europe.
May 8, 1945
Mien Kampf was written by ____ while he was in ____
Hitler & Prison
Which of the following was NOT a step towards starting WWII?
A) Japan invades Asia
B) Italy invades Ethiopia
C) Germany takes Austria
D) Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
After World War I, society moved towards thinking this about people.
people were irrational and had a potential for barbarism
He was the leader of Great Britain during World War II.
Winston Churchill.
This is the date of Germany and Russia's invasion of Poland and considered the official start of WWII.
September 1, 1939
The 5 Year Plan was...
the communist plan to control an economy and its production
All of the following are examples of the English policy of appeasement EXCEPT:
A) allowing Germany to reoccupying the Rhineland
B) allowing Germany to invade Czechoslovakia
C) allowing Germany to invade Poland.
D) allowing Germany to invade of Austria
After World War I, society moved towards thinking this about war
that war should be avoided at all costs – nothing was worth fighting a war over.
In reaction to the Great War, the world community formed this alliance group to help maintain the peace, but the US never joined this alliance.
League of Nations.
What date will “live in infamy” as the sneak attack by the Japanese on Americans?
December 7, 1941
What stopped the Nazis invasion of the USSR (communist Russia) during World War II?
A freezing cold winter.
Before WW I and WWII, American international attitudes could be characterized by this belief that the United States should avoid foreign entanglements- especially all-out war. This is:
A. unilateralism
B. isolationism.
C. interventionism
37) Which of the following contributed to the Great Depression?
A. too little money being spent on militaries around the world
B. massive tariffs (TAXES) destroying international trade markets
C. banks raising interest rates too rapidly to balance their solvency problems
What organization had no power to enforce the treaties that were set up at the end of WWI, which helped lead to one of the causes for WWII?
League of Nations.
This is the date when an atomic bomb was used for the first time in open warfare:
August 6, 1945
After WWII during the Nuremberg trials, individuals were put on trial for this
Crimes against humanity
34) What best describes how Social Darwinism operated in history?
A. A justification for racism and for powerful nations to impose their will on weaker nations.
B. creating an ideal that the strong should protect the weak and help provide for their needs
C. nations searched for rational answers to their conflicts both external and interior.
36) Which of the following contributed to the Great Depression?
A. too much money being spent on large militaries around the world
B. massive levels of debt, by both citizens and governments
C. the start of World War II