Ch22 Flashcards

(51 cards)

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Communist dictator of the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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“Lighting war”

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Blitzkrieg

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3
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The famous German “Desert Fox”

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Erwin Rommel

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4
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June 9, 1944

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D-Day

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5
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Dictator of Fascist Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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Commander of all American Forces in the Far East

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Douglas MacArthur

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7
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Dictator of Nazi Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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Attempt to satisfy a dictator by giving in to his demands.

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Appeasement

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9
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An agreement between Russia and Germany allowing Russia to take some of the Baltic property in exchange for Germany being allowed to take part of Poland.

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Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact

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10
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Military head of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

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11
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The battle that was the bloodiest single campaign in the Pacific

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Okinawa

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12
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Nationalistic, totalitarian mass movement.

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Fascism

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Policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other countries.

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Isolationism

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British prime minister.

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Winston Churchill

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Hitler’s book that proposed to eliminate all Jews, end democracy in Germany, and create a new German order

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Mein Kampf

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16
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Placement of people in detention camps.

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Interment

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17
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British champion of appeasement.

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Neville Chamberlin

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18
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German army

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Wehrmacht

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19
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Republican candidate for president in 1940

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Wendell Willkie

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20
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Act empowered the president to supply any Allied nation on almost any terms he wished.

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Lend lease Act

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Agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt listed their “common principles” and goals in the war effort?

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Atlantic Charter

22
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Winter battle did the Nazis counterattack against the Allied invasion of Europe, almost stopping the advance into Germany.

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Battle of the bulge

23
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Allied strategy for the defeat of Japan.

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Island hopping

24
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Japanese suicide pilot.

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Warfare that was mainly air combat over England.
Battle of Britain
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British commander helped to defeat the Germans in North African.
Bernard Montgomery
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Section of northern France did the Allied Expeditionary Force land in 1944
Normandy
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December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
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U.S. President during most of World War II
Franklin Roosevelt
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Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Dwight D. Eiesenhower
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Country German soldiers invaded, beginning WWII.
Poland
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Cities in Japan bombed by United States.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Bomb that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy.
Atomic bomb
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Government limitations on the purchase of scarce goods.
Rationing
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Jews and others that the Nazi's considered "lesser" people
Holocuast
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The union of Austria and Germany.
Auschluss
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How did Roosevelt feel about the taxes and raising them for war effort?
He was for it
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Hitler's book Mein Kampf proposed?
Eliminate all Jews, end democracy in Germany, and want a new German order.
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German occupation of Rhineland, invasion of Poland ......which on came 1st
Occupation of Rhine : land, before Poland unification with Austria sutenland.
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Who was the leading spokesman for the isolationist America First Commitees?
Charles Lindbergh
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German invasion of what country sparked WWII?
Poland
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Main provision of the Neutrality Act of 1939?
To purchase weaponry from the US on a cash basis and carry it on their ships?
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Roosevelt 4 freedoms?
Freedom of Speech, Worship, Want, and Fear
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Event that brought US into WWII
Pearl Harbor
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Who was the American admiral commanding the US forces at the Battle of Midway?
Chester Nimitz
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Who did the war not see an increase in ?
Consumer goods national debt,taxes.
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Rosy the Riveter symbolizes...........
Women working
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American forces first fought the Germans in......
North Africa
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What type of warfare was the Battle of Britain ?
Air
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Why did American stay out of WWII for so long?
- Traditional Isolationist Policy - Great depression:keep the focus on domestic rather than international concerns. - Nonpayment of war Debts.
51
Explain ways in which the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a failure?
They were Aircraft carrier. So Japan missed most of them. It inspired American to fight in war,and awakened sleeping giant the US.