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What effect did the Dawes Plan have on the economy of postwar Germany?
What is " It saved Germany from inflation problems and stablized the economy.
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Which of the following does fascism stress?
What is "nationalism"
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What is blitzkrieg?
What is "surprise and overwhelming force "
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What was "island-hopping"?
What is " attacks only on islands that were not well-defended "
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What was the Nuremberg Trials?
What is " The trials of Germany officers who committed great crimes against the Jewish people in WW2"
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In the late 1920s, what damaged the U.S. economy?
What is 1. soaring stock prices/ an uneven distribution of wealth/ a surplus of agricultural products
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What caused Germans to start to look to Adolf Hitler as a leader?
What is "the Great Depression, Americans pulled out money from Germany"
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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
What is " Germany invaded Poland"
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What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
What is " cut of oil supplies to Japan"
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Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
What is " Battle of the Bulge"
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How did the world try to maintain peace between countries?
What is "appeasement"
300
What was the Munich Conference? The Munich Conference came to symbolize the dangers of what?
What is "A Conference gathering France/ Britain/ Italy/ Germany to discuss Hitler taking back Sutheland. The danger was Britian and France chose appeasement.
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Please summarize Hitler’s successes in the beginning of World War II.
What is " 1. Starts with taking Sutheland back (France and Britain appease) 2. Annex Czechslovakia (continued appeasement) 3. Nonagressive pact signed 4. FULL blitzkrieg on Poland ( France and Britain declare war) 5. Phony war ( Hitler then takes Denmark/Netherlands/ Belgium/ Norway)
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What happened at Midway and why was it important?
What is " Americans surprised attacked the Japanese, it was a turning point. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
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What was the Allies' plan for victory over the Nazis?
What is "The Allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it."
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After World War I, why did new democratic governments lose popularity?
What is " new countries were too unstable and couldn't maintain democracy, often were taken over by the most powerful leader, others like Italy's economy was ruined after the war nationalism started which sparked Facist totalitarism as a savior for economies.
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What did Hitler outline in Mein Kampf?
What is lebensraum= living space, Germany need to expand it's empire for enough living space. Also declared Aryans (white) as the master race.
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What was Operation Barbarossa? What was the result of this mission?
What is " code name for Germany invading Soviet Union. Soviets retreated burning anything in their path, ended with Germany at Leningrad but Germany wasn't able to take it.
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How did Hitler solve “the Jewish problem”? (Discuss the 4 stages)
What is " 1. discrimination laws- tried to get Jews to leave Germany first 2. star of david 3. Ghettos- tried to make Jewish conditions so bad they would die from starvation and sickness 4. Concentration camp- starvation/ sickness/ hard labor--- FINAL SOLUTION= genocide
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Name 3 reasons for the high number of displaced persons after the war?
What is 1. borders changed (ppl in different countries) 2. Prisoners of war tried returning home 3. Jewish survivors trying to look for lost family members
500
What were the global effects of the Great Depression?
What is Stock market crashes- effects world trade. Britain= mult-party coalition, increase taxes, protective tariffs and regulated currency which slowly works/ France= self-sufficiency, umemployment still high, unstable gov't/ Scandinavia= socialist, gov't projects, support to old and umemployed, it works
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Where did Japan invade as its first step to expand their territory? What was the reaction of the League of Nations?
What is " Manchuria then China. The League protested but didn't really do anything about it.
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How did the attitude of America change from its original principle of isolationism?
What is " Roosevelt knew that if the Allies fell, America would have to go to war. Lend Lease act stated that Americans could lend weapons to Allies. Atlantic Charter upheld free trade and democracy.
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Why did the Japanese call the island of Guadalcanal “the Island of Death”?
What is " It as a fight between US/Australians and Japanese. Allies won, but both side were left with thousands dead ( Japan lost 36,000 men)
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What strategies did the Allies use to end war in Europe and in Asia?
What is They planned to attach on either side of Germany. While Stalingrad was being attacked on the East, Allies first took over Italy (Germany's ally) and launched a huge (and secret) attack on the beaches of France ( Normandy). Lastly the Atomic bomb was the fine and immediate end to the war. While Germany had already surrendered, Japan was still fighting. Truman decided this was the only way to end it quickly.