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Chapter 24
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11th Grade
03/19/2010

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Which countries thought to solve the nation's problems through conquest?
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Italy, Germany, Japan
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Remaining neutral while making war supplies available to Britain
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US policy in the early years of WW2
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What prompted the United States to enter WW2?
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Pearl Harbor
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What tactics did Joseph Stalin use to dominate the Soviet Union
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Terror and urges
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Mussolini and Hitler used the expansion of their territory as a way to increase _______.
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national pride
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Although Communists and Fascists have traditionally been enemies, in 1939, which fascist made a pact with which communist?
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Hitler with Stalin
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Who took over Manchuria in 1932?
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The Japanese Military
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Which Naval fleet did the Japanese think they could cripple?
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Pearl Harbor
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Who began invading neighboring lands in the 1930's?
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Hitler, Mussolini and Japan
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Who did the US supply weapons to in the early years of the war?
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Britain and France
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What was result of the Manchurian Incident?
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It greatly increased the power of the Japanese army over the government
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Where did one of the greatest rescues of American warfare occur in 1940?
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Dunkirk
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In what battle did Great Britain hold out against Germany?
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Battle of Britain
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What did the First American Committee want to do?
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Block any further aid to Britain
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Which country had gained control of Western Europe by 1940?
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Germany
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Nazism is an extreme form of _____.
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fascism
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In which direction did Hitler look when he decided Germany needed more "living space"?
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to the east: eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
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With whom did Hitler make a Non aggression pact with?
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the Soviet Union
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What type of policy did the Vichy government of France adopt after Germany conquered France?
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collaboration
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Hitler launched the greatest air assault the world had ever seen in the battle of _________.
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Britain
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Matthew Perry
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Sailed in to Tokyo Bay in 1953 to help open Japanese trade to foreigners
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The real motive behind the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
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Japan wanted the region's natural resources.
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What did the Japanese do in the Manchurian incident?
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acted on their own to overrun the whole of Manchuria
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Who formed the America First Committee?
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A group of isolationists as well as Charles Lindbergh
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Tojo Hideki
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A militant Japanese general who became Prime Minister in October of 1941.
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Benito Mussolini
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Fascist Party Leader who became dictator of Italy
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Adolph Hitler
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Leader of the Nazi party
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of the Soviet Union during WW2
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Winston Churchill
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British Prime Minister during WW2
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Neville Chamberlain
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British Prime Minster who signed a peace accord in Munich
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Francisco Franco
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Spanish Military dictator
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Tojo Hideki
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general who became prime minister of Japan
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Blackshirts
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Fascist gang in Italy
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Fascism
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political philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation and the supreme authority of the leader
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appeasement
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the giving in to the demands of others; France and Britain tried this in order to prevent war
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Lend-Lease Act
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Authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense was seen as vital to American security
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collaboration
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a policy adopted by Vichy France with Germany
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Resistance
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a movement in France that was backed by the "Free French"
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Dunkirk
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Place where British and France vessels rescued Allied soldiers
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler's autobiography
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totalitarian
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government that exerts total control over a nation
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy and later Japan
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Blitzkrieg
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lightening war
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Cash and Carry
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a policy that required countries to pay cash for all military goods and provide transport
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Neutrality Acts
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US laws that were designed to keep US out of future wars
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