History 2 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Where did each nation agree to limit the number of their warships
Washington Naval Conference
What country was the largest producer of chemicals prior to WWI
Germany
Which two people pioneered work in radioactive matter
Pierre and Marie Curie
Whose who agreed to settle disputes by negotiation rather than by war signed what act
Kellogg-Brand Pact
Weapons used in WWI
- Machine Guns
- Poisonous Gas
- Tanks
What was formed in Germany after WWI
Weimar Republic
Appeasement
avoiding conflict by making concessions
Who let let Hitler take Sudetenland at what conference
Britain and France at Munich Conference
Existentialism
philosophy that encouraged free choice and accepting consequences
What did Hitler refer his German army was
Third Reich
Who surrendered and ended its involvement in WWI on what date
Japan on September 2, 1945
What was the code name for the Nazi’s program of “mercy killing”
Operation T-4
Who was the president during WWII and died shortly before the war ended
Roosevelt
The US dropped two atomic bombs on cities where
Japan
