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chapter 20 & 21 Flashcards

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Benito Mussolini

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Leader of Fascist army in Italy

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Hideki Tojo

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Joseph Stalin

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Winston S. Churchill

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Neville Chamberlain

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Edouard Daladier

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William Allen White

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Henry Kaiser

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James Doolittle

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Ted Lawson

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Douglas MacArthur

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Supreme allied commander of South Pacific U.S. Fleets

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Chester W. Nimitz

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Supreme allied commander in Europe

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George H. Bush

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Appeasement

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given to bully in often futile hoping he/she is satisfied

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Non-Aggression Pact

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Cash- and- carry

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paying in advance and picking up goods

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Lend-Lease

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Blitzkrieg

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“Lighting war”, war tactic combining rapid movement and close communications of air/ ground forces

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Rationing

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Island Hopping

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Kamikaze

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Operation Overload

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Manhattan Project

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Munich

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Pearl Harbor*

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Midway

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Guadalcanal

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Hiroshima

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Nagasaki

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Selective Service Act of 1940

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Uss Arizona *

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Korematsu v. United States

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Characteristics of fascist governments (3)

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1) absolute ruler (the leader)
2) absence of individual ( liberty)
3) glorify military values

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Provisions of the Neutrality Acts of the 1930’s (3)

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1) arms embargo against belligerents
2) prohibit loans to belligerents
3) prohibit all trade with belligerents

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Provisions of the treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union (2)

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Reasons why the Japanese wished to expand militarily (3)

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FDR’s reaction the the Japanese invasion of Indochina

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Principles expressed in the Atlantic Charter (8)

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Two important decisions made by FDR and Churchill early in the war

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1- defeat Germany first

2- only accept unconditional surrender

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Provisions of the joint declaration issued by the allies (3)

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Functions of the War production board

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Types of Jobs held by women during the war- civilian and military

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Built airplanes, and guns, nurses, and mechanics

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Japanese interned during the war- citizens or aliens?

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2/3 were American citizens and 1/3 were aliens

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Location of the first allied offensive against Germany

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Provisions of the Yalta Agreement (6)

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Democratic reforms introduced to Japan after the War by General MacArthur (5)

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World War II casualties compared to other wars

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a lot of people died

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Hideki Tojo

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Japanese wartime prime minister

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Joseph Stalin

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soviet union leader

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Henry Kaiser

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prefabricated ships, built liberty ships in 3 days; 1st person to offer health insurance

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James Doolittle

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famous aviator; enlisted in American Air Core

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George H. Bush

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U.S. navy pilot shot down by Japanese and saved us Submarine

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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head of Manhattan Project

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Island Hopping

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technique of attacking only the important islands in a chain while by passing ones that aren’t important

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Kamikaze

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Japanese suicide pilots

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Guadalcanal

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1st island offensive against Japanese

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Hiroshima

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1st atomic bomb dropped

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Korematsu v. United States

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supreme ruled that interment of Japanese American citizens was constitutional in interest of national safety

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Provisions of the treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union (2)

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1- Germany and Soviet Union agree to never go to war with each other
2- agree to divide Poland

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Provisions of the joint declaration issued by the allies (3)

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1- Full economic and military cooperation
2- no separate peace with the enemy
3- adopt the principles of the Atlantic Charter

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Provisions of the Yalta Agreement (6)

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1-Germany is to be divided into 4 zones of occupation
2- Germany and Japan demilitarized
3- Germany and Japan leaders tried for war criminals
4- USS reenter war against Japan
5-free election I after Poland
6- UN founded

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Democratic reforms introduced to Japan after the War by General MacArthur (5)

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1- Freedom of Press 
2- Womens Suffrage 
3- Right of labor to organize and form unions 
4- Breakup of trust and monopolies 
5- Land reforms
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Neville Chamberlain

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Great Britain Prime minister during meeting in Munich

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Non-Aggression Pact

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2 countries agree to never go to war with each other

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Lend-Lease

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America loans military supplies to Britain in exchange for leasing british air/naval bases in western hemisphere to avoid violating neutrality

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Rationing

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limiting the amount of a certain product americans could buy

69
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Operation Overload

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Invasion of Normandy (d-day)

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Manhattan Project

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atomic bomb project

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Munich

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southern Germany

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Pearl Harbor*

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december 7, 1941 attack by Japan

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Midway

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Point where U.s assumed Japanese would not win

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Nagasaki

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last atomic bomb dropped later lead to Japanese surrendering

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Selective Service Act of 1940

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establishes the first peace time draft in history of U.S.

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Reasons why the Japanese wished to expand militarily (3)

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1-Need Food
2- Need raw Material
3- natural rulers

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FDR’s reaction the the Japanese invasion of Indochina

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Placed an embargo on steel, oil and iron

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Principles expressed in the Atlantic Charter (8)

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1- no territorial aggrandizement
2- no territorial changes q/o consent of inhabitants 
3- self government 
4- free trade
5- economic cooperation 
6- freedom of the seas 
7- disarm the aggressors 
8- Just and lasting peace
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Winston S. Churchill

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great britain prime minister

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Edouard Daladier

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premier of france

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William Allen White

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CDABHTA

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Ted Lawson

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30 seconds over tokyo

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Uss Arizona *

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1200 killed on battleship during pearl harbor

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Functions of the War production board

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1- supervising the conversation of existing factories during wartime production/ building new ones
2- Allocating raw materials
3- regulate clothing style
4- encourage to collect scrap metal and cooking fat

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Location of the first allied offensive against Germany

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