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04/18/2010

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What countries made up the Axis Powers at the end of WWII
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Italy, Germany, and Japan
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What countries made up the Axis Powers at the end of WWII
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Italy, Germany, and Soviet Union
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What countries made up the Allied Powers at the beginning of WWII
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Great Britain, United States, and France
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What countries mad up the Allied Powers at the end of WWII
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Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France
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Who was the German dictator during WWII
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Adolf Hitler
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What was the worst defeat in U.S. history
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Pearl Harbor
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What form of government did Hitler establish in Germany
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Nazi government
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What was the Italian form of government built on extreme nationalism and racism.
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Fascism
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What was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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Why did France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Germany invaded Poland
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Japan invaded China in what region
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Manchurian region
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What event pushed the U.S. into WWII
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
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What was the date Pearl Harbor
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December 7, 1941
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Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist Soviet Union were all ruled by ____________
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dictatorships
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What kind of government did Germany have
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Nazi
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what kind of government did Italy have
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Fascist
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What kind of government did the Soviet Union have
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communists
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Who were the main targets of Nazi persecution during the Holocaust
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Jews
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How did women support the American war effort
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by becoming riveters, working in factories, joining the armed forces as WACs & WAVES, and serving as nurses, but they did not participate in combat jobs for the military
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Americans participated in _________ drills, __________ foods, planted _______ gardens, rationed ____________ goods and natural resources
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Blackout, rationed, victory, household
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What did the American military develop based on the Navajo Language
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an unbreakable code
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Most Japanese Americans were in what camps during the war years
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Internment camps
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What day was the last major event of WWII
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V-J Day
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The German defeat at ____________ marked a major turning point in the war in Europe because the Soviet could start attacking Germany from the ______ while the other Allies attacked them from the _____
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Stalingrad, east, west
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What happened in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 that was called Operation Overlord
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D-Day
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"The day that will live in infamy"-was what day.
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Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
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Because of WWII, African Americans had increased opportunities because of what
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because of the need for labor in factories
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What Allied victory marked a major turning point in the war in the Pacific
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Battle of Midway
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the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. where in Japan and what date
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Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945
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U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb where and on what date and marked the end of what
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Nagasaki, Japan on August 15, 1945, it marked the end of WWII
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Democracy
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A type of government controlled by citizens either directly or through elected representatives
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Totalitarian
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a type of government that controls most parts of people's lives, and the people cannot complain
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Fascism
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a type of government, run by on person, that requires the people of the country to be extremely loyal and is often racist
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Communism
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An economic and social system in which most or all property is owned by the state or community as a whole and is shared by all
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Nazism
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A policy of racist nationalist, national expansion, and state control of the economy practiced by the Nazis in Germany
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Dictator
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a leader who completely rules a country they are usually cruel
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Appeasement
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accepting a person's or country's demands in order to avoid a fight or war
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Lend-Lease
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the law passed during World War II that allowed the United States to sell, lend, or lease war supplies to nations that would defend the United States
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Ration
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to limit the distribution of scarce items
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Aryan Supremacy
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Belief that Caucasian, non-Jewish people are superior to all other people
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Anti-Semitism
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violence and discrimination against Jews
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Genocide
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the intentional killing of an entire group of people based on religion, culture, or politics
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Interment Camp
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Places of detainment for Japanese-Americans during World War II
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Concentration Camp
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Hitler's places of containment to hold, torture, and kill millions of Jews and other non-Aryans
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Battle of Stalingrad
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The war in Europe reached a turning point when Russia defeated Germany in 1943
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944; Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France to free western Europe
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Battle of midway
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The War in the Pacific reached a turning point with the Allied victory
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Kamikaze
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A Japanese suicide pilot during WWII whose mission was to crash into his target
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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The two Japanese cities on which the United States dropped atomic bombs to end world war II in 1945
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Blitzkrieg
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Term for Germany's fast, violent attacks during WWII (means: "lightning war")
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Invasion
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Entering by force as an enemy in order to conquer
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Poland
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the fist nation invaded by Germany; the event that started WWII
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Battle of Britain
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Germany's attempt to conquer Great Britain. it started when Germany began bombing London in 1940
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Pearl Harbor
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the Japanese attack on the United States naval fleet in Hawaii that brought the United States into WWII in December of 1941
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When did the Germans break through the Allied lines
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in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge
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Who commanded the Allied forces in the Pacific
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General McArthur
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Who commanded the Allied forces in Europe and led the plan for D-Day
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General Eisenhower
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President Roosevelt passed _____-_____ ___ prior to Joining the war
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Lend-Lease Act
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Nazi criminals were put on trial after the war where in Germany
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Nuremburg, Germany
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Who were encouraged to move to the U.S. during the war to help supply labor in our factories to support the war effort.
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Mexican Immigrants
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What were the four causes of WWII
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Inflation, Unemployment, high war Debt owed by Germany, World wide Depression
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As a result of the Great Depression, Europe experienced _________ and _________ problems
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economic and political
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Who was Winston Churchhill
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He was a democratically-elected British prime minister during the war
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Who was Italy's dictator
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Benito Mussolini
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who ruled Japan
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Hirohito, and Hideki Tojo
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The Germans Launched what battle when they found a weakness in the Allied lines around the Belgian-German border
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battle of the Bulge
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What does VE-Day stand for
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Victory in Europe
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When did American neutrality end
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After Japan attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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After capturing France, where did Hitler begin bombing
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Great Britain
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Who was Rosie the Riveter
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She was the fictional character of the Propaganda campaign portraying women working in factories to support the war effort
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who were the Tuskegee Airmen
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They were the first African American military pilots to serve the U.S.
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Who was Harry S. Truman
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he became president in 1945 when FDR died suddenly
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What did Americans Do because of rationing
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they planted victory gardens
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What was D-Day
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The Allied invasion of Europe was a massive air and sea attack on German-occupied France.
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Who were the Nazis
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they killed millions of Jews in what has become known as the Holocaust
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