The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
Japan
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Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
the Soviet Union
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At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
They were replaced by dictatorships
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Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
the Treaty of Versailles
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This British prime minister signed the Munich Pact
Neville Chamberlain
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Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?
Stalin
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On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
surprise and overwhelming force
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How were Britain and France drawn into the war with Germany?
Germany had attacked Poland
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What happened during the Battle of Britain?
Germany bombed Britain for two months
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After the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain
Charles de Gaulle
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In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
submitted to Hitlers demands
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What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
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Which dictator was the head of Spain?
Spain--Fransisco Franco
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On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?
Ownership of property
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The result of this led Hitler to call the invasion of Britain indefinitely
Battle of Britain
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Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
Jews
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What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
Their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
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When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
before the war began
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How did Roosevelt's feel toward joining the war?
He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed the war
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This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland
blitzkrieg
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Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
the Munich Pact
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Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?
German U-boats and their crews
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What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
the deliberate extermination of a specific group or people