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| 20. What happened as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? |
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| The Japanese government believed that the only way to solve its economic and demographic problems was to expand into its neighbor’s territory and take over its import market; to this end, Japan had declared war on China in 1937. |
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| 21. How did the U.S pay for WWII? |
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| The National Debt as a percent of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) under FDR went from 50% of GDP to 120% of GDP. |
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| 22. What was the significance of Stalingrad? |
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| stopping the germans from taking oil fields but other factors were that the town had Stalins name in it and he felt that it would have a large blow to morale if the germans took it and also that it was a town on the Vulga river and is today called Vulgagrad... |
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| 23. What happened on D-Day? |
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| Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. |
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| 24. What was the Battle of the Bulge? |
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| A crucial German shortage of fuel and the gallantry of American troops fighting in the frozen forests of the Ardennes proved fatal to Hitler’s ambition to snatch, if not victory, at least a draw with the Allies in the west. |
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| 25. What was Hitler's Final Solution? |
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| the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler. |
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| 26. What did the Big Three decide to do with Germany at the Yalta Conference? |
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| The main purpose of Yalta was the re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany. |
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| 27. When Douglas MacArthur said, "I shall return," where was he was planning to return to? |
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| Escape from Corregidor and arrival in Australia |
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| 28. Describe the Allies' island-hopping strategy |
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| Islandhopping is also known as leapfrogging. It is a military strategy that utilizes submarines and air attacks to weaken Japanese forces and bypass the Japanese positions during the World War II. |
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| 29. What happened to the Japanese-Americans during WW2? |
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| They were rounded up and put in concentration camps, because the gov thought that they were potential spys |
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| 30. What was the United Nations? |
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| United Nations (UN), international organization established on October 24, 1945. The United Nations was the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that was worldwide in scope and membership. |
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