Known as "Il Duce," he sided with Hitler during the war after the Allies rejected him.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
100
Passed in 1935, this law stated that the United States could not trade with any country at war.
What is the Neutrality Act?
100
This region was invaded by the Japanese in 1931 in an effort to get natural resources.
What is Manchuria?
100
Germany, Italy and Japan formed this alliance during WWII.
What are the Axis powers?
100
Hitler blamed Germany's defeat in WWII on this group of people.
Who are the Jews?
200
Continued as President of the United States from the start of WWII until his death in 1945.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
200
The Japanese were upset with the U.S. because we would not sell them materials to build military equipment, or this natural resource under the Export Control Act?
What is oil?
200
This was the first country to be annexed by Germany as part of the Anschluss, the unification of all German speakers.
What is Austria?
200
The Allies included Great Britain, France, the United States and this fourth country?
What is the Soviet Union or USSR?
200
This night of violence resulted in the burning of synagogues and businesses all over Germany and Austria in 1938.
What is Kristallnacht?
300
Became the leader of Great Britain in 1940, leading them successfully through the Blitz and holding off an invasion by the Nazis.
Who is Winston Churchill?
300
It is surprising that Hitler decided to make a pact with the Soviets in 1939 because he was a fascist strongly opposed to what kind of government?
What is communism?
300
Dictatorships became popular after WWI due to unhappiness with the Treaty of Versailles, as well as this unfortunate event which began late in the 1920's.
What is the Depression?
300
The British and the French experienced a "miracle" at this French port town as they evacuated troops in danger of being captured by Hitler in 1940.
What is Dunkirk?
300
Loss of citizenship and rules against intermarriage were several of the results of the passage of these laws by Hitler in 1935.
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
400
Led the Japanese navy in their plans to bomb Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
What is Yamamoto?
400
This senator convinced many people to oppose U.S. involvement in the war because his committee had determined we got involved in WWI to make money for arms manufacturers.
Who is Gerald Nye?
400
What branch of the British military was probably most successful in halting the Nazis at the Battle of Britain?
What is the Royal Air Force?
400
With the British running out of money to pay for U.S. equipment by the end of 1940, this act made it possible to get around the "cash and carry" policy that had been in place.
What is Lend-Lease?
400
Hitler completed a test run of his newly rebuilt military by participating in a civil war in this country in the mid-1930's.
What is Spain?
500
Known as the man who failed the British, due his decision to appease Hitler by signing the Munich Pact in 1938.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
500
Charles Lindbergh was probably the most famous member of this group that used democracy and the width of the Atlantic to oppose our entrance into WWII.
What is the America First Committee?
500
In order to drum up American support for helping the British cause during the war, FDR made a speech in January 1941 which stated we would be helping to save four of these if we helped Britain.
What are freedoms?
500
When the Nazis and Soviets made a non-aggression pact in 1939, they also agreed to split this country as part of the deal.
What is Poland?
500
The Final Solution was decided at this conference in 1942.