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Social Studies Flashcards

1
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During the 1930s Germany wanted to gain territory of china

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Japan

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2
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Britain and France controlled most of Africa before war

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True

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3
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Appeasement is the act of submitting to an enemy’s wishes in order to keep the peace

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Demands

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4
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To grow the government congress required every man to help out

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Army

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5
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Roosevelt agreed with Churchill Erica’s should focus first on defeating Hitler

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Europe/N.Africa

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6
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In order to free Europe the British and the Americans fought the Germans in N. Africa

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True

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7
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Why did France declare war on Germany

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They were friends with Poland and the Germans attacked Poland

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8
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Why did Hitler invade the USSR

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Germany wanted there natural resources and their rich-soil land

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9
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What event caused the US to enter war

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The attack on Pearl Harbor

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10
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Why did fighting continue in Italy after the country surrendered to the Allies

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Fighting continued in Italy because it is apart of the Axis Power which the Allies are against

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11
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Leader of the Nationist Party in China

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Chaing Kai-shek

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12
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Leader of the communist in china

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Mao Zedong

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13
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Emperor of china

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Hirohito

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14
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Prime minister of Britain

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Winston Churchill

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15
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The main general over Germany’s forces in N.Africa

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Erwin Rommel

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16
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Became premier of Japanese in October 1941

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Hideke Tojo

17
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Commanded the British forces in N.Africa

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Bernard Montgomery

18
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Commanded American progress in N.Africa then continued he fight in Sicily and freed the island

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Dwight EsienHower

19
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Commanded American progress in N.Africa

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George Patton

20
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—————— aggressive actions pushed the world toward war in the 1900s

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Germany’s

21
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Before WW2 most European countries tried to remain ———————

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Nuteral

22
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Congress tried to keep Americans out of war by passing several bills called ———————

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Neutrality Acts

23
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Germany,Italy,and Japan were called the ——————————-

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Axis Powers

24
Q

An—————- is a government order that bans all or some trade with other countries

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Embargo

25
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The Russians asked the ——— for help to defeat Hitler

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USA

26
Q

Once the US declared war the country needed to grow its—————

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Military

27
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The countries that fought the Axis Powers were called the ——————

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Allies

28
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The Allies defeated the ————-army in N.Africa

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German

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