Its Communism
Why was Stalin able to seize control of Russia over his rivals?
Use of propaganda and the secret police
This foreign policy was used by the Allies to give Hitler what he wants in hopes that he will be satisfied.
Appeasement
The strategy that was used by the Germans allowed them to quickly take over Poland and France
Blitzkrieg
The policy of containment can be best described as
Stopping the spread of communism to other countries
This system of indentured servitude treated indigenous South African populations as second-class citizens
Apartheid
Describe the Gulag
Work camp, housed enemies of the state
The Nuremberg Laws were
Racial laws treating Jews as second class citizens
the turning point in WWII for the war in Europe
D-Day
How did the USSR acquire Nuclear Weapons?
Spies from the Manhattan Project
The US supported which side of Korea during the Korean Civil War?
South Korea
What did Stalin’s “The Great Purge” include?
Removing challengers to his rule
This major economic event caused instability in many countries across the world
The Great Depression
This British operation was successful in using civilian boats to rescue soldiers trapped at Dunkirk
Operation Dynamo
The idea to stabilize Europe financially to practice containment is the
Marshal plan
This idea is the nation that the Jewish people should have their own nation state.
Zionism
Lenin’s New Economic Policy can be described as..
Introducing some capitalism to help Russia’s economy
What event led Mussolini to become Prime Minister of Italy?
March on Rome
German plan to invade Russia, considered to be Hitler’s biggest mistake during the war
Operation Barbarossa
The fear of communist revolutions taking place in capitalist countries can be described as
The Red Scare
This idea was that if one Asian nation became communists, other Asian countries would follow.
Domino Theory (Domino Effect)
Stalin’s Five Year Plan included the following two things
Collectivization and rapid industrialization
These two plans were an attempt for the US to stabilize the German economy with loans
Dawes and Young Plans
This battle is considered to be the turning point for WWII for the war in the Pacific
Midway
Name Both Cold War Alliances
Warsaw Pact and NATO
Nationalists fleeing to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War can be defined as
The Great Retreat