Chapter 29 Flashcards

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penalties

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Sanctions

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Germany, Italy, and Japan’s growing interest in building new empires was _.

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ignored

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_, _, and _ growing interest in building new empires was ignored

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Germany, Italy, Japan’s

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3
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The German people _ the treaty of Versailles

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hated

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4
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The _ people hated the treaty of Versailles

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German

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5
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League of Nations- principal mission was _

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to maintain world peace.

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6
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_ giving into the demands of the aggressor in order to keep the peace.

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Appeasement

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7
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Germany, Japan, and Italy formed into the

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axis powers

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8
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_, _, and _ formed into the axis powers

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Germany, Japan, Italy

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9
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Hitler justified Germany’s aggression by saying that _

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Germany had the right to conquer inferior people.

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10
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western democracies realized that they needed to jump in

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1939

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11
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1939 realized that they needed to jump in

A

western democracies

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12
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ww2 began

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September 1st, 1939

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13
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ww2 began why?

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Germany invaded Poland.

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14
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or lightning war was revealed

A

Blitzkrieg

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15
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German Air Force

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The Luftwaffe

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16
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Hitler plans to invade Britain

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operation sea lion.

17
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Starting _ German bombers dropped bombs on _

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September 7, 1940,London 57 nights in a row.

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Hitler wanted _ in the Soviet Union for Germany.

A

to gain the natural resources

19
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detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state.

A

Concentration camps

20
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The final solution of the Jewish “problem”

A

the genocide of all European Jews, known as the holocaust.

21
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Holocaust means

A

wholly burnt

22
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_ allowed Roosevelt to sell or lend war material to “any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the us.

A

Lend lease act

23
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December 7, 1941

A

attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

24
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attack on Pearl Harbor

A

December 7, 1941

25
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_ was the only option for the allies.

A

Total war

26
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Who were the Big 3?

A

Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill

27
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led the allied forces in North Africa

A

General Dwight d. Eisenhower

28
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_ was the most costly of the war and the Germans suffered a major defeat here.

A

Battle of Stalingrad

29
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_ was a massive counterattack by the Germans against the allies.

A

Battle of the Bulge

30
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  • the Big three planned their final strategy
A

Yalta Conference

31
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VE- day-

A

victory in Europe day the war in Europe was over. May 8, 1945,

32
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Germany was fighting a _ war. The _ of the us. played the biggest role in the allies winning the war

A

multi front war, enormous production

33
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going from one island to another

A

Island-hopping

34
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Pilots who undertook suicide missions

A

kamikaze

35
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was a program created to develop the atomic bomb

A

Manhattan project

36
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Truman decided

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to use the bomb after his warnings were completely ignored by Japan

37
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first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

A

August 6, 1945

38
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second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

A

August 10, 1945

39
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Five permanent members of United Nations:

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USA, SOVIET UNION, Britain, France, and China.

40
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stated that the us would help to resist the spread of Communism.

A

Truman doctrine

41
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Formed

A

USA, Canada, and 10 other countries; NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)