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U.S History Ch. 16
16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4
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11th Grade
04/03/2014

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Term
Stalin killed an estimate of how many people?
Definition
8-13 million
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Who invented the Fascist Party and when?
Definition
Benito Mussolini, 1921
Term
Hitler wrote the book "Mein Kampf" what does it mean and what are the three parts.
Definition
"My Struggle"; 1) Unite all German speaking lands as one empire. 2) Enforce racial "purification"- only Aryans 3) National Expansion-take over other lands.
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3rd Reich
Definition
thousand year reign
Term
Who took control of Japan in the 1930's
Definition
Militarists
Term
League is weak
Definition
economic boycott only
Term
What year was the Civil War in Spain and who won?
Definition
1936; Franco & fascism win
Term
How did the U.S respond at first?
Definition
Isolationists
Term
First two nations to fall under Hitler's troops.
Definition
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Term
Which region did Hitler want the most?
Definition
Sudetenland
Term
Who gave Hitler Sudetenland without bloodshed?
Definition
Daldier and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Term
Who believed that giving Sudetenland without bloodshed was a bad move.
Definition
Winston Churchill
Term
What year did Germany take over Poland?
Definition
September 1939
Term
Blitzkrieg
Definition
lightening war
Term
Why did Hitler take over Denmark and Norway?
Definition
To establish bases to attack Great Britain.
Term
what year did France fall to Germany?
Definition
June 1940
Term
Kristallnacht
Definition
night of broken glass- Nov. 9-10, 1938- Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, business, synagogues
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Hitler's 'Final Solution'
Definition
a policy of genocide- kill ALL Jews
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Method first used to kill Jews in concentration camps.
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Worked seven days a week until they died.
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How many death camps were built and how many people could gas chambers kill.
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Six death camps; gas chambers killed up to 12,000 people per day.
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Axis Powers
Definition
Japan, Germany, Italy
Term
Allied Powers
Definition
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States
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Lend-Lease Plan
Definition
U.S would lend arms or supplies to any country vital to U.S security.
Term
What were 'wolf packs'
Definition
German U-boats formed 'wolf packs' to stop delivery of arms/supplies
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Atlantic Charter
Definition
August 1941; U.S pledged to help Britain
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Event and day that caused the US to declare war.
Definition
December 7, 1941; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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