WWI
Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914?
Franz Ferdinand
What were the 4 provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
Name 6 elements of a totalitarian regime?
What was significant about Dunkirk?
Saved the allied effort, rescued the allied army
Why did European nations form alliances?
Tried to avoid nations going to war, ensure backup if war breaks out
What is eugenics?
the attempt to make the world a better place by producing only healthy people with strong minds, bodies, and morals.
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
What were the major beliefs which led to the Holocaust?
Fascism presents the idea of a master race. Hitler presented the Aryan (German) race as the master race, so in their desire to promote their own race, they sought to exterminate the Jews. They blamed the Jews for the negative effects from WWI
Germany invaded which nation to lead Great Britain to declare war?
Belgium
What is the Maginot Line?
the defense line that would protect the length of France’s border from Switzerland to Belgium against the Germans
Japan invaded which areas to start hostilities in WWII?
China and Manchuria
Where did the Allies begin their invasion of continental Europe?
Normandy
What was unrestricted submarine warfare?
attack all allied ships, even if they are not war ships
What is the New Deal?
the program which sought to promote relief, recovery, and reform to get the USA out of the Great Depression
Germany invaded which country to start WWII in Europe?
Poland
Evaluate the use of atomic bombs
Cons- Japan lost a lot of civilians (main issue), destroyed the cities, radiation effects for generations
Pros- Japanese attitude was fight to the death, most civilians ended up fighting, would have been a catastrophic loss of life in the event of a land invasion.
What were the effects of new weapons and trench warfare on the course of the war?
More powerful weapons with no defense
Trenches made it difficult to advance
Who instituted a system of purges, eliminating all whom he considered a threat to his Soviet regime
Joseph Stalin
Analyze the statement “People often rely on strong leaders without being appropriately discerning of their integrity” in application to the rise of Hitler in Germany. Include why they would want Hitler to be their leader and what issues they faced.
When people are in a bad situation, they will sometimes follow anyone who offers the possibility of getting out of their bad situation. Hitler offered the possibility to get out of the bad social and economic situation Germany faced after WWI
What has prevented the outbreak of another World War?
Nobody wants to get into a nuclear war, it would destroy the whole world