Causes of WW2
What caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany, starting WW2?
The invasion of Poland
When people were drafted for war, who took their jobs in factories?
Women
Name the countries on each side of the Axis and Allies.
Axis: Japan, Italy, Germany
Allies: USA, Britain, France, Soviet Union
Why were Japanese-American people put into internment camps?
Because the government feared that they would collaborate with the Japanese empire during war.
Name 3 European dictators in power during the 1930s
Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini
Why did the US encourage rationing and "victory gardens" during the war?
Saving food helped keep soldiers fed overseas.
What was the outcome of the D-Day invasion?
Allied forces began to take Western Europe back from Germany.
Name 3 groups besides Jewish people who were targeted during the Holocaust.
Answers include:
Communists, Socialists, Trade Unionists, Homosexuals, Roma, Political Dissidents, Disabled
Explain why appeasement led to WW2.
British and French leaders let Hitler keep gaining land and getting more power hungry.
What was the name of the famous woman on propaganda posters during wartime?
Rosie the Riveter
Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point?
German advance into the Soviet Union was stopped, and they had to begin retreating.
What was controversial about the atomic bomb decision?
It killed 275,000 people, mostly civilians, causing irreversible destruction in the area, when some thought it was not necessary.
How did the Treaty of Versailles "sow the seeds" for World War 2?
It caused economic and social problems in Germany that led to Nazism and anger at Europe.
What did we do that caused Japan to attack the United States?
We stopped selling them necessary oil for their war efforts in Asia
By August 1945, who was alive out of the following leaders?
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, FDR
Stalin
What was Arendt's theory of "Banality of Evil"?
Anyone can be evil like the Nazis, under the right circumstances, even regular people.
Which territories did Hitler claim under appeasement?
Czechoslovakia (The Sudetenland) and Austria (The Anchluss)
Explain why the Lend-Lease Act was not neutral but seemed like it.
We did not enter into the war militarily, but we gave aid and equipment to Britain and France, and no aid to the countries they were at war with.
What was the outcome of Operation Torch?
Allies took North Africa back from the Axis forces.
Why did the Japanese force prisoners of war on the Bataan Death March?
They thought that it was shameful to surrender and did not want to have to keep their prisoners alive.