WORLD WAR II
This British prime minister inspired his nation with powerful speeches during WWII.
Winston Churchill
These two nations emerged as rival superpowers after WWII.
United States and Soviet Union
A government with total control over public and private life.
Totalitarianism
After WWII, this weakened colonial powers and inspired independence.
Nationalism + weakened Europe
The Industrial Revolution led to capitalism and reactions like socialism.
Rise of capitalism + socialist ideas
This event opened a Western Front and helped liberate France.
D‑Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Korean War began when this country invaded the South.
North Korea
Economic hardship and weak democracies helped dictators rise after WWI.
True — these conditions led to totalitarianism
Gandhi used this method to resist British rule.
Nonviolent civil disobedience
Socialists believed this system would reduce inequality.
Government or collective ownership
Hitler’s main goal was to expand German territory and create racial dominance.
Lebensraum and Aryan supremacy
The U.S. believed that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
Domino Theory
The fascist leader of Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Colonial borders caused this problem in new nations.
Ethnic and religious conflict
Overproduction and bank failures helped cause this crisis.
The Great Depression
This surprise attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
This U.S. president increased military spending to pressure the USSR.
Ronald Reagan
Totalitarian governments use these tools to control beliefs.
Propaganda, censorship, and state‑controlled media
This leader helped end apartheid in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
The U.S. and Britain responded to the Depression by doing this.
Increasing government intervention
These bombings ended WWII in the Pacific and began the nuclear age.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Gorbachev’s reforms of openness and restructuring were known as…
Glasnost and Perestroika
Germany and the USSR turned to dictators partly because of this.
Economic crisis and national humiliation
This pope inspired resistance to communism in Poland.
Pope John Paul II
Russia’s losses in WWI and poverty led to this revolution.
The Russian Revolution of 1917