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What item did the SS extract form the Jews at camp?
Gold teeth
This 1919 treaty forced Germany to take full blame for WWI and pay massive reparations.
The Treaty of Versailles
FDR used this metaphor to explain the Lend-Lease Act to the American public.
"Garden Hose" speech
These trials established the legal concept of "Crimes Against Humanity."
the Nuremberg Trials
This specific event ended the policy of appeasement and "sparked" the start of WWII.
The invasion of Poland
Where were the Jews of Sighet first taken after the Germans arrived?
ghetto
This British policy at the Munich Conference gave into Hitler's demands to avoid war.
Appeasement
These two groups stepped up to fill factory roles and enlist in the military during the war.
Women and African Americans
President Truman’s primary justification for dropping the atomic bombs.
To save American lives.
This technology is the primary reason Great Britain did not fall during the Battle of Britain.
Radar
What age does Elie tell the SS officer he is?
18
These three specific traits characterized dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Try to write 2.
fear tactics, military force, and extreme nationalism
This group was sent to internment camps due to fears they were "sympathizers" after Pearl Harbor.
Japanese-Americans
These two nations emerged as the world's only superpowers after 1945.
the U.S. and the USSR (Russia)
The strategy used in the Pacific to take over one island at a time toward Japan.
Island Hopping
Madame Schatcher's visions about fire are an example of what?
foreshadowing
This organization failed to protect weaker countries when Italy invaded Ethiopia and Japan invaded China.
League of Nations
This board oversaw the "Miracle of Production," converting civilian factories to war use.
War Production Board
The two Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped to end the war.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This massive amphibious invasion was essential to push Germans back and keep the USSR from Berlin.
D-Day
Who helped Elie with his studies?
Japan's primary motivation for invading China and seeking regional superiority.
The need for natural resources
Three ways ordinary Americans sacrificed for the war effort at home. Try to write 2.
Rationing, Victory Gardens, and buying War Bonds
The term for the targeted killing of a specific group of people, as seen in the Holocaust.
Genocide
This Japanese attack changed the U.S. from neutral to "the sleeping giant."
The attack on Pearl Harbor