Dictators and Leaders
Who took control of The Soviet Union and was a strong believer in communism?
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Why did America take two years before entering the war?
What is Isolationism?
Communism
When the government has full control over the people and land
Fill in the blank
The Holocaust is the biggest _____ in history.
What is a genicide?
Why did the USSR join the allies?
What was the Molotov-RIbbentrop pact?
The Prime Minister of Great Britain
Who was Winston Churchill?
Why were people voting for dictators?
They were desprate for a new leader
Fascism
A type of government where people are loyal to its leader, and has extreme nationalism and are often racists
What was the name of a neighborhood Jews were forced to go?
What were ghettos?
What war was supposed to end all wars?
What was World War I?
The Fascist dictator of Italy
Who was Benito Mussolini??
What treaty was signed to end World War I but was one of the major causes of WWII?
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Naziism
A totalitarian movement that is intense in nationalism, and gives the leader all the power
A mass kiling of a certain type of race or religion
What is a genicide?
Why did Japan invade China?
They were looking for resources because the US eneded all trade with them.
Who was the president of America when we dropped the Atomic bombs?
Who was Harry Truman?
What was the reason Germany was hit hard with a depression?
What is the Treaty of Versailles and Inflation?
Racsim
The idea one race is superior than others
How long did the Holocaust last?
12 years, from 1933 - 1945
What happened on September 1st?
Germany invaded Poland; WWII began
The leaders of Japan
Who were Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
What countries did Germany, Italy, and Japan invade?
Germany invaded Czechoslovakia
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Japn invaded China
Anti-Semitism
The hatred of jews, and trying to get rid of them
What fraction of the people who were killed were Jewish?
3/5 or 6/10
Why did Japan surrender WWII?
Atomic bombs were dropped on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.