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04/12/2005

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What was the name of the treaty that ended WWI?
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Treaty of Versailles
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Who controlled the Soviet Union after 1924?
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Joseph Stalin
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What kind of government maintains complete control over its citizens?
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Totalitarian
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What did Mussolini call himself?
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IL DUCE (the cheif)
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What did Mussolini make run on time?
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Trains
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What is anoth name for NAZI?
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National Social German Workers Party
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Who was the leader of the NAZIS in germany?
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Hitler
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WHo wrote Mein Kampf?
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Hitler
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What did Hitler think that Germany needed to thrive?
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More living Space
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What year did Hitler come to power in Germany?
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1933
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What did the Japanese take over in 1931?
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Manchuria
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What does G.I mean?
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Goverenment Issused
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What were the code names of the two atomic bombs that were dropped?
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Little Boy
Fat Man
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What was the name of the B 29 bomber that dropped the atomic bombs?
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Enola Gay
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What was the date of the first atomic bomb attack?
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August 6 1945
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Where is Peral Harbor?
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Hawaii
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What date did the attack on peral harbor hapen?
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December 7 1941
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What did the league of nations do about Japanese aggresion in 1931?
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NOthing
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Why was peral Harbor important to the united states?
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Thats when U.S. got involved
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Define Blitzkerg
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Lighting War
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What did the German Wolf packs do to American ships in 1941?
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Sunk them
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What is isolationism?
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U.S. forgien policy , it means that we stay out of International Affairs
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What 3 nations were known as the axis powers?
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Germany , Italy , Japan
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Who is the founder of fascism?
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Benito Mussolini
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Describe Fascism.....
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Fascism is the powerful political movement of a strong central government
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What is V-J day?
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Victory over Japan day
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What is V-E day?
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Victory over Europe day
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Who did the marhall plan help?
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Europe
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List the four freedoms mentioned by FDR in the four freedom speech.
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Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom from Fear
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What did the four freedoms become the basis of ?
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the consituition
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When was D-day?
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June 6th
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what were the two cities attacked by the atomic bomb?
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- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
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Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
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He was considered the father of the atomic bomb
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Where did D-day occur?
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NOrmandy, Germany
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What were two positive outcomes of the marshall plan?
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This plan helped bothe politically and economically
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What was the Manhattan Project?
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The making of the atomic bomb
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What happened to Japanese american during WWII ?
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They were dicriminated against
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What did Roise the Riveitor symbolize?
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Hard working women during the war
They Can do it to
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What role did women paly on the home front duing the war?
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They took over the jobs of men factorie jobs
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WHy did Truman think we should use the atomic bombs?
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To get the Japanese to surrender
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When did Roosevelt die?
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1945
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Who paied for the Marshall plan?
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American citizens
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WHat were the results of the Japanese attack on peral Harbor?
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That is when the US entered the war
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Who did the US think was our main enemy?
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Germany
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HOw did FDR describe the attack on peral harbor?
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"A day which will live in infamy"
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What is the name of the black piolits during WWII?
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Tuskegee Airman
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What did Germany do in 1933?
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Pull out if the league of nations
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What did germany/Hitler do in 1935?
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Begins military build up
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What did Germany/ Hitler do in 1936?
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Signed Rome -Berlin axis pact
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What did mussolini take over in 1935?
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Ethiopia
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How did the league of nations react to Mussolinis agression?
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They did nothing
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What did the nations that signed the Kellogg-Briand pact promise in 1928?
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Pledge to never enter war
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WHy were americans isolationist in the 1930s?
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civil war in spain
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What did the neutrality acts of 1935 say?
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outlawed arms sales to nations at war and with civil wars
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why did hitler and mussolini get involved in the spanish civil wwar?
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wanted to test out war stratigies
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Name Europes 3 fascist dictators
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Hitler, Stalin , Mussolini
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What is the german word for union with austria?
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Anachluss
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Who ws Neville Chamberlain?
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Prime minister of great britian
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What did chamberlain believe he had achieved when he met with hitler in munich ?
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peace
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What did hitler promise chamberlain at munich?
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peace
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Appeasement
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giving into an agressor
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Describe how the western countries were appeasing Hitler?
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thought it meant no war
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Describe the soveit german nonagression pact.
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divide poland between stalin and Hitler
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whay did hitler and stalin sign the nonaggression pact?
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August 1939 to take over poland
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What was the vichy government?
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Southern part of france controlled by nazis
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Who was the french resistance leader during WWII?
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Charles de Gualle
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Describe the Battle of Britian
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Bombed overnight four 2 months
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What did the neutrality act of 1939 say?
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What is meant by the trem cash and carry?
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What was the selective training and service act?
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A law that required men to register for military services
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What did FDR mean when he called America the great arsenal of democarcy?
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What was the Lend- Lease plan?
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aid britian and soveit union
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How did the soveit union become americas ally in WWII?
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Hitler attacked Soveit Union
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What was the atlantic Charter?
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Declaration of principle
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Who signed the atlantic charter?
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26 nations
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Describe Japanese agression in 1941
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attacked Manchuria and other islands
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What was the response of the US to Japanese aggression
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US takes over oil and suppplies
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WHO became prime minister in Japan in october 1941?
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HIdeki Tojo
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What was the general allied strategy during WWII?
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a cross channel invasion
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What did churchill refer to as the soft underbelly of Europe?
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Germany
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DESCRIBE the battle of midway
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Japan forced americans and philinos to with draw from Batan
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What was the battle of Anzio?
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Softunderbelly of axis to go through italy
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What was the significance of d- day?
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most massive invassion in history
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What was the significance of the battle of the bulge?
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Americans captured first german town
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What was our strategy in the pacific to reach Japan?
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Island hoping
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Describe the battles at Iwo Jima and okinawa
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I.J. Thoughtest and costlist
okinawa - Bloodiest
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What was the significant abouth the 442nd regiemental combat team?
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Japanese volunteer regiment
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What role did the navajo code talkers play in WWII?
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Sent secert codes
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Describe the decision made in the sumpreme court Korematysu Vs. US
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Goes against civil liberties
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Describe how americans were asked to sacrifice during WWII?
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used stamps to purchase everything
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how did american bussiness change during WWII/?
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all stuff made was for war and sent to the war effort
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How did the american population shift during WWII?
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moved toward military bases
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Who was George C . Marshall ?
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proposed the marshall plan
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Who was Dwight D Eienhower ?
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President
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Who was harry truman?
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took over office after FDR died
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Who was douglass MAc arthur?
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