World War 2

Question 1

Prohibihtion

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policy for biding the manufacture sale and transportation of alchololic drinks

Question 2

Three Mistakes the Japanese made at Pearl Harbor (LONG QUESTION)

Answer 2

1) Did not bomb the aircraft carriers
2) Did not bomb the repair cranes
3) did not bomb oil fuel storage tank

Question 3

Economic Nationalism

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policy that a nation uses to try to improve its economic well being by limited trade.

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Market Speculations

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Risky investments in the stock market

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Black Tuesday

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October 29th 1929 when stock investors rushed to sell their shares resulting in a major financial collapse

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Great depression

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World wide depression in the early 1930s when prices and wages fell, buisness activity slowed, and unemployment rose.

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Herbert Hoover

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A president who tried to revive the american economy but failed so bad it caused another collapse.

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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The president after hoover who took actions and created a relief program called new deal. They granted money to each state. It helped give food, housing, and roads.

Question 9

New Deal

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programs by by president rooselvelyt to repair the depression and cretae new jobs and grant money to the states.

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Social Security Act

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US laws providing for unemployed and old age benefits.

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buying on margin

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putting down 5-10 percet of a stock

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smoot hawley tearrif

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the raising of tariffs on over 20,000 imported items to all time highs. As a result countries raised their tariff on US products

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Appeasment

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Policy trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor

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axis powers

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alliance including Germany, Italy and japan.

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anti- Comintern pact

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agreement between japan and Germany pledging to stop the spread of Russian communism

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Munich conference

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meeting called by hitler in 1938 to discuss the czech problem, which led to the annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany

Question 17

neville chamberline

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a prime minister who accepted hitlers demand for sutland to join germany. later spoke to a cheerig crowd announcing that he found “peace in our time

Question 18

edouard daladier

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a french premeir who joined chamberline on the meeting with hitler. made same decisions as chamerline.

Question 19

German soviet nonaggression pact

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1939 agreement dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence

Question 20

blitzkreig

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german word for “lightning war” fast forceful style of fighting they used during ww1

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phony war

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early phase of ww2 marked by little activity in western europe

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collaborations

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people who are willing to help their countrys enimies

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maquis

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memeber of french underground resistance movement

Question 24

isolationistsy allliances

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people who belive that their own country should not become involved in relations with other nations, especially

Question 25

Winston Churchill

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british prime minister in ww2. stressed the importance of having close ties with the USA

Question 26

philippe petain

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french leader who formed a government and assumed disctorial powers. treaty with hitler.

Question 27

charles de gaulle

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he formed the free french government. He was the genral for escaping britain and africa

Question 28

luftwaffe

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german airforce in ww2

Question 29

battle of britain

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non stop german air raids on britain during 1940 and 1941

Question 30

nutrality acts

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in 1935-1937 the us stated its wish to stay nutral in futur wars

Question 31

land-lease act

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1941 the usa alowed to supply war materials to great britain

Question 32

atlantic charter

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statments created by winston churchill and franklin rooselvelts countires intentions in 1941

Question 33

kristallancht

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'"night of the broken glass" November 9th 1930 when over 7,500 jewish buisness and synagogues were dystroyed in germany

Question 34

dunkirk

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largest military evacuation in history. 330,000 british and allied troops are evacuated from france to england. may 26th-june 4th 1940

Question 35

adolf hitler

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facist dictator of germany in ww2. Natzi party

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Benito musolini

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facist dictator of italy during ww2

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joseph salin

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communist dictator of soivet union (russia) during WW2

Question 38

What date dose hitler invade poland

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september 1st

Question 39

why was the maginot line useless to the germans when fighting the british and french

Answer 39

they just went around it

Question 40

when did pearl harbour happen to destroy the us navy

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december 7th 1941

Question 41

tora tora tora

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a code for the japanese that meant attcks were completed at pearl harbor

Question 42

An epidemic of what disease killed an estimated 50-100 million people around the world from 1918-1919?

Answer 42

influenza

Question 43

France's fortifications along the borders of Germany and Luxemburg were called?

Answer 43

Maginot Line

Question 44

Which antibiotic was discovered in 1928?

Answer 44

penicillin

Question 45

Risky investments in the stock market are called market...?

Answer 45

speculation

Question 46

Putting down 5 to 10 percent of the price of a stock is called?

Answer 46

buying on margin

Question 47

October 29, 1929 when stock investors rushed to sell their shares, resulting in a major financial collapse, was called?

Answer 47

Black Tuesday

Question 48

Worldwide depression in the early 1930s was called?

Answer 48

Great Depression

Question 50

Which of the following did NOT occur during the great depression

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employment rose

Question 51

Policy that a nation uses to try to improve its economic well-being by limiting trade is?

Answer 51

economic nationalism

Question 52

7. Which U.S. tariff (June 17, 1930) raised prices on over 20,000 imported items to all-time highs?

Answer 52

Smoot-Hawley

Question 53

President who tried to revive the U.S. economy from 1929-1931, but failed was?

Answer 53

Hoover

Question 54

U.S. President elected in 1932 and immediately created a program of relief and reform was?

Answer 54

Roosevelt

Question 55

Programs by in which the U.S. federal government established public works to create jobs and granted money to each state to provide for the needy was called?

Answer 55

New Deal

Question 56

U.S. law providing for unemployment and old-age benefits is called?

Answer 56

Social Security

Question 57

Which area of China did Japan invade in 1931?

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Manchuria

Question 58

Who was appointed chancellor of Germany in January 1933?

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Adolf Hitler

Question 59

Which of the following did Hitler and Mussolini not use in their rise to

Answer 59

Freedom of speech

Question 60

What was the name of Hitler's secret state police?

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Gestapo

Question 61

When Hitler eliminated almost 100 of his political opponents was called the Night of the...?

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Long Knives

Question 62

Extremely nationalistic, anti-Semitic, and anti-communist party that rose to power in Germany was?

Answer 62

Nazi

Question 63

What happened to Germany's unemployment from 1932 to 1940

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Decreased significantly

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What was responsible for this change in unemployment?

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military spending

Question 65

Fascism

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Government of hitler and Mussulini

Question 66

what did japan do in 1931

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invaded manchura and china for its natural recources

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what did japan do in 1937

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japan invades the rest of china and 30,000 civilians were killed in the process

Question 68

The Vichy regime was set up to gover what country when the Nazis defeated it in 1940?

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France

Question 69

The commander of all U.S. naval forces during World War II was?

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Nimitz

Question 70

Who was commander of all U.S. ground forces in the Pacific during WW Il?

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MacArthur

Question 71

At what battle did the U.S. turn back a Japanese invasion of Australia?

Answer 71

Coral Sea

Question 72

The decisive battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II, fought June 4-6, was?

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Midway

Question 73

How many Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk at this battle?

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Four

Question 74

what did the us do on July 1941

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cut off oil, scrap metal, and other exports. this led to japan becoming infuriated and bombing pearl harbour.

Question 75

German general, nicknamed "The Desert Fox," who had initial access in North Africa was?

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Rommel

Question 76

emperor of japan during ww2

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emporor hirochito

Question 77

What was the decisive battle in North Africa, fought from October 23 - November 11, 1942?

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El Alamein

Question 78

Who was commander of the British 8th Army during WW Il?

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Montgomery

Question 79

What geographical area did the U.S. invade in November 1942?

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North Africa

Question 80

Why was the war fought in North Africa?

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Suez Canal

Question 81

American general who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa was?

Answer 81

Patton

Question 82

in charge of the Japanese navy. ordered the attack on pearl harbour

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admiral yamamoto

Question 83

person in charge of the 6 aircraft carriers that attacked pearl harbour

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admiral nagumo

Question 84

What was the decisive battle in Europe where Russians defeated the Germans?

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Stalingrad

Question 85

What was the decisive battle in Europe where Russians defeated the Germans?

Answer 85

Stalingrad

Question 86

What Japanese admiral was killed in an ambush by American fighter planes on April 18, 1943?

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Yamamoto

Question 87

Russian general who defended Moscow in 1941 and also won the Battle of Stalingrad was

Answer 87

Zhukov

Question 88

What country did the allies invade in July 1943?

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Italy

Question 89

Who was commander of the U.S. 3rd Army during WW II?

Answer 89

Patton

Question 90

Who was commander of all the Allied troops in Europe and North Africa during WW II?

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Eisenhower

Question 91

Which European city was liberated June 4, 1944?

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Rome

Question 92

Which European city was liberated August 25, 19442

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Paris

Question 93

After 900 days, the sige of which city was lifted on January 27, 1944

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Leningrad

Question 94

Who said:" I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."

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Yamamoto

Question 95

Officer who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Commander Genda

Question 96

Commanded the first strike wave at peal harbor

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Fuchida

Question 97

Japanese code for the attack on Pearl Harbor to begin

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Climb Mt Nitaka

Question 98

Commanded German troops to move across the Mediterranean to take control of Libya in early 1941. They were beaten at the battle of El Alamein

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Erwin Rommel

Question 99

Japanese government realized the most dangerous enemy would be the US Japanese commanders began to plan a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

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Hideki Tōjō

Question 100

region of Italy and the Balkans that Churchill believed to be the weak part of the axis powers

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“Soft underbelly of the Axis”

Question 101

Military strategy of capturing only certain islands of a country and bypassing the others

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Island hopping

Question 102

Battle between Germany and the Soviets in Stalingrad in the summer of 1942; Soviet victory greatly weakened Germany’s forces

Answer 102

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 103

Commander of all allied troops in Europe and Africa

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 104

Important battle in which the Americans defeated the Japanese in 1942

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Battle of Midway

Question 105

Code name for the allied invasion of northwest France

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Operation overlord

Question 106

June 6, 1944 the day allied troops began their invasion on France’s normandy coast

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D-day

Question 107

May 8 1945 the day of allied victory in Europe in WW2

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V-E day

Question 108

September 2 1945 the day the Japanese surrendered to the US in world war 2

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V-J day

Question 109

Forced March by Japanese of prisoners of war in the Philippines in 1942

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Bataan death March

Question 110

Adolf hitlers plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany

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New order

Question 111

Name given to the nazi attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe

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Final solution

Question 112

Head of the SS, lead the final solution.

Answer 112

Heinrich Himmler

Question 113

Shutzaffel or military brach of the Nazi party

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SS

Question 114

Meeting of German officials to plan for systematically exterminating Jews

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Wannsee conference

Question 115

Nazi death camp in which people were systematically murdered

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Auschwitz

Question 116

Systematic elimination of European Jews and others by the Nazis

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Holocaust

Question 117

A teenager girl who was hiding that kept her diary of her experience during the Holocaust

Answer 117

Anne Frank

Question 118

who was commandor genda

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officer who planned the attack on pearl harbour

Question 119

who was fuchida

Answer 119

commandor of the first strike wave at pearl habrour.

Question 120

what was operation market garden

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allied plan to end the war by christamas of 1944.

Question 121

where were the 35000 paratroopers who wereinvolved in operationmaerket garden from

Answer 121

british, american, polish

Question 122

how many bridges were captured in operation market garden

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3

Question 123

how long did the battle or the bulge last?

Answer 123

two months

Question 124

Why did germany do the battle of the bulge

Answer 124

to split america and british line and sign a peace treaty with both