chapter 22 Flashcards

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british commander helped defeat germany in north africa

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Barnard motgomery

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2
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accoding to roosvelt what date (month day and year) that would live in infamy

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december 7 1941

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3
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“desert fox”

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Rommel

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4
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natioalistic militaristic totalitarian movement

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Fascism

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5
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country never invaded by german soliders

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Britian

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6
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yielding to the demands of an aggressor in order to preserve peace

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Appeasement

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7
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“lighting war”

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blitzkrieg

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8
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massacre of millions of Jews and other that the Nazis considered “lesser peoples”

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holocaust

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9
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Allied strategy for the defeat of Japan

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island hopping

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10
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commander of the all american forces in the far east

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douglas MacArthur

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11
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Japanese sucide pilot

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Kamikaze

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12
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dictator of italy

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Bento Mussolini

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13
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prime minister and military leader of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

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14
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dicator of the soviet union

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Joseph Stalin

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15
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british prime minster who practiced appeasement

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Neville chamberlain

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16
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british prime minister during the WW2

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Winston churchill

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17
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republican candidate for president in 1940

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Wendell Willkie

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18
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supreme allied commander in Europe

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dwight D. Eisenhower

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19
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U.S. president at the close of WW2

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Harry truman

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20
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German dictator and head of the Nazi party

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Adolf hitler

21
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Island American forces captured as a final prepartion for the invasion of Japan

22
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country Germany invaded in operation Barbarossa

23
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Agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt listed their “common principles”

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Alantic character

24
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section of northern France did the Allied expeditionary Force land on D-day

25
became prime minster after Winston Churchill
clement Allee
26
battle the Nazi's counterattacked against the Allied invasion of Europe,almost stopping the advance into Germany
battle of the buldge
27
secret weapon brought the Pacific war to an end
atomic bomb
28
country Germany invaded beginning WW2
poland
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city the first atomic bomb was dropped
hiroshima
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Act empowered the president to supply any allied nation on almost any terms he wished
land lease act
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last nation to fail to germany
France
32
american spokesperson for Isolationism
charles Lindburgh
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country forced to give germany some of its territory as a result of the Minch confernce
czexhoslovaki
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this critical battle was major turning point of the war. The US had broken the Japanese radio codes,and knew where the Japanese would attack
battle of midway
35
system for conserving vital goods for diversion to the war effort
rationing
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island three miles from tokyo began the drive to defeat Japan
Guadelcanol
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special segregated areas where the Jewish were forced to live in crowded unsanitary conditions.Often considered holding areas for the inhabitant's ultimate transfer to the concerntration camps
ghetto
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during the war the american government removed Japanese-American from their homes and relocated them,fearing they might be loyal to Japan
interment camps
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which country did germany break a non-aggression pact
Russia-sovout union
40
Mein Kampf proposed
end democracy in germany and unit all germans elimanate all Jews
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what was the main provision of neutrailty act of 1939
It gave permission for warring nations to purchase wapons from the US on a cash bases
42
what came first in WW2
the germna occupation rhineland came first
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steps the US support the war from home
rationing recyling creation of war production board
44
3 factors kept the US out of WW2
great depression isoltionism resiment of war debts
45
what happened last WW2
fall of france
46
due to the war americanse saw increase in
national debt taxes number of women working
47
explain the arguments for and against the use of atomic weapons on Japan
Traditional bombing blockade of the coast of Japan and help Russia could have led to a Japanese defeat. Themendous loss of life possibilities on both sides with an invasion of Japan.Japan and Germany both in the hunt for the bomb and plan to use against the US.
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who surrendered first the german surrender of the japanese surrender
japanese
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where did the United States place thousands of Japanese Americans in without charging them with any crimes?
internment camps