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who controlled the soviet union after 1924? |
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what kind of gov. maintains complete control over its citizens. |
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strong central government with powerful dictator |
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mussilini made this run on thime |
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nationalist socialist German party |
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hitler thought Germany needed this to survive |
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year hitler came to power |
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Japanese took this over in 1933 |
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what did the league of nations do about Japanese aggression in 1931 |
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what did germany do in 1933 |
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what did germany do in 1935 |
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began building up military |
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what did hitler do in 1936 |
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signed the Rome Berlin axis pact |
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what did mussilini take over in 1935 |
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how did league of nations react to Mussilinis aggression |
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what did the nations who signed the kellog-briand pact agree on |
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not involving in other countries affairs |
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why were americans isolated in the 30s |
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they did not want another war |
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what did the neutrality act of 1935 say |
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the us could not sale arms to countries in war |
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why did hitler and mussolini get involved in the spanish civil war |
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europes three facsist dictators |
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mussolini, hitler and stalin |
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german word for union with austria |
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who was neviil chamerlain |
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prime minister of great britain |
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what did chamberlain believe he had achieved during his meeting with hitler in Munich |
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hitler would not expand anymore |
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what did hitler promise chamberlain at munich |
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he would not expand anymore |
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doing something to relieve pressure from someone |
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how did western countries appease hitler |
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they did not try to stop him |
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soviet german nonaggression pact |
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they aggreed to divide poland and not fight eachother |
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why did hitler and stalin sign the nonaggression pact |
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so they would not have to fight eachother |
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it was the cash and carry act |
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what did the cash and carry act say |
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any country could buy arms from the us |
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selective training and service act |
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"great arsenal of democracy" |
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the us should save democracy |
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what was the lend lease act |
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we could lend aide to countries that were beneficial to us |
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how did the soviet union become americas ally? |
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they needed eachother to defeat germany |
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what was the atlantic charter |
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an aggreement between great britain and the us |
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who signed the atlantic charter |
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winston churchill and roosevelt |
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what did the german u boats do to american ships in the atlantic |
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japanese aggression in 1941 |
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they began taking over pieces of land |
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what was the us reaction the the japanese aggression |
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who became prime minister of japan in 1941 |
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why was pearl harbor important the the us |
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it was the largest naval base in the pacific |
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date of attack on pearl harbor |
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results of attack on p.h. |
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a day that would live in infamy |
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who did the us think was our main enemy |
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what was the allied strategy of ww2 |
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defeat germany and accept only unconditional surrender |
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what did churchill describe as the soft underbelly of europe |
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japanese lost midway island to the us |
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allies invade italy and it looses its imortance within the axis powers |
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what was the significance of d-day |
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we begin to push germans back to germany |
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what was the significance of the battle of the bulge |
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it was germanys last offense |
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describe iwo jima and okinawa |
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these battles put us closer to japan |
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442nd regiment combat team |
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they were japanese american volunteer soldiers |
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what role did navajo codetalkers play? |
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their language was used to throw off the japanese in the pacific |
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freedom from want, fear, speech, worship |
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four freedoms became the basis of |
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the reason america is fighting |
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what happened to japanese americans in ww2 |
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they were shipped off to interrnment camps |
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supreme court case us vs. korematsu |
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rosie the riviter represented |
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the women working during ww2 |
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role that women played in ww2 |
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how were americans asked to sacrific during ww2 |
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how did american businesses change during ww2 |
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they produced only things essential to the war |
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how did the american population shift during ww2 |
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what was the manhattan project |
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the building of the a- bomb |
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who was robert j oppenheimer |
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he lead the a bomb project in new mexico |
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what cities were bombed with atomic bombs |
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what were the code names of the atomic bombs |
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what was the date of the attack on japan |
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name of plane that dropped the bombs |
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why did truman think we should bomb japan? |
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japan would not have surrendered otherwise |
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who did the marshall plan help |
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who paid for the marshall plan |
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two positive outcomes of the marshall plan |
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us would have a trade partner later and communism would be halted |
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president after roosevelt died |
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who was douglass mcarthur |
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