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Economic effects of WWII

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Total cost of war - $350 billion

- paying for war meant high taxes and lower standard of living

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Social effects of WWII

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10 million soldiers killed and 20 million wounded.

Millions of civilians died at war, famine, and disease (6.8 million)

World left with hatred

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Political effects of WWII

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The U.S became a world power

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Which nations became a dictatorship?

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Russia, Italy and Germany

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Which new nations arose?

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Poland and Czechoslovakia

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Which three major nations lost their monarch?

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Austria, Prussia and Russia

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Fascism is on which part of the political spectrum?

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The right, where they want things to go to the past

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Which part is communism in the political spectrum?

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The left, where they want a new future

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What is communism?

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The totalitarian way of industrializing a backward society

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What is fascism?

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The totalitarian way of solving conflicts within an individually more advance society

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Who organized the fascist movement in Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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What is the famous quote Benito Mussolini said?

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“The people are nothing, the state is everything.”

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What was fascism against?

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Democracy and communism

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What was fascism for?

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Dictatorship and extreme nationalism.

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How do fascist rise?

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Through economic issues

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How did fascism rise in Italy?

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People in Italy were poor

High inflation

Heavy taxes

Widespread unemployment

The rich feared communism

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What was Mussolini’s military group called?

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Black shirts

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When did Mussolini seize control over the Italian government?

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In 1922

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What were the black shirt’s slogan?

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“Believe, fight, obey.”

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The German kaiser fled to which country? (William II)

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Belgium

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What government did Germany establish?

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A democratic government

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What was the democratic German government called?

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The Weimar Republic

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What did the Weimar Republic have?

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A weak president

Bi-cameral legislative called the Reichstag

A chancellor (prime minister)

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How long did the the Weimar government last?

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From 1919-1933

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What was the bi-cameral legislative of Germany called?

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The Reichstag

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What did Adolf Hitler form?

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The national socialist worker party or nazi party

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How did the nazi’s come to power?

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Germany had an economy with a lot of inflation

6 million Germans were out of work

Fear of communism

They hated the Treaty of Versailles

  • wanted colonies back
  • wanted to rearm
  • claimed Germans had been “stabbed in the back”
  • thought they were the master race

The Weimar republic had too many political parties

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How many Germans were out of work in 1932?

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6 million

28
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True or false:

Communists and nazi’s had less votes than political parties in the middle?

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False: they had more

29
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What was the name of the book Adolf Hitler wrote and what was it about?

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“Meinkampf” - he outlined his ideas for Germany

30
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What was the name Hitler’s army was called?

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Storm troopers - used to control people

31
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What did Hitler try to do in 1923?

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Overthrow the government

32
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What happened first:
Nazi’s gain power or
Hitler becomes dictator of Germany

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Nazi’s gain power first in 1929 and Hitler becomes dictator in 1933

33
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What was the Gestapo?

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Secret police under Hermich Himmler

34
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What was Hitler’s foreign policy?

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1933 - Hitler takes Germany out of League of Nations

1935 - Saar valley goes back to Germany

1936 - re-arms the Rhineland

The allies refuse to act

35
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Put these in order

Claims atrocities against Germans
Form a nazi party
Create a crisis
Demand a German solution

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  1. ) Form a Nazi party
  2. ) Claim atrocities against Germans
  3. ) Create a crisis
  4. ) Demand a German solution

Then: Germany mobilizes

36
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True or false: the treaty of Versailles forbade the union of Germany and Austria

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True

37
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What did the annexation of Austria mean?

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A common border with Italy
Encircle the Czech Republic
Hitler claims Czechoslovakia is a “dagger armed at the heart of Germany”

38
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What was the Western Rimis called?

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Sudetenland

39
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Who did Czechoslovakia ask for help?

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France and England (they didn’t help)

40
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When did the Munich conference occur and who represented who?

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September 1938

Neville Chamberlain - England
Adolf Hitler - Germany
Benito Mussolini - Italy

41
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What did Hitler want at the Munich conference?

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Only the Sudetenland (he took the rest of Czechoslovakia in 6 months)

42
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What policy did the Allies give to Hitler?

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The policy of appeasement

43
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Put in order the countries Hitler took over:
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland

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  1. ) Austria
  2. ) Czechoslovakia
  3. ) Poland
44
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What did hitler want in Poland?

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A corridor through the Polish corridor

45
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What kind of war did Hitler use on Poland?

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A blitzkrieg

46
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How many days did Poland fall after Hitler’s blitzkrieg?

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Three days

47
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What countries did the Nazi army overrun and who lead it?

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Denmark and Norway led by Vidken Quising

48
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How did the Nazi conquer France?

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By invading flat plains of Belgium

49
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Where did the Nazi’s push the allied armies to?

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Dunkirk on the Atlantic Ocean

  • allies pick their troops from beached back to England
50
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What was the Battle of Britain?

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German Luftwaffe attacked England by Royal Air Force fought back

51
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Why did Germany attack Russia?

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For farmland and oil

52
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Where in Russia did the Nazi’s attack?

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Moscow and Leningrad

53
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How did Russia respond to Germany attacking them?

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Scorched earth tactics

54
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What was Hitler’s new order?

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Europe would be a single nation run by Berlin

Russian slaves would feed Europe

55
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What was the Battle of Stalingrad? (Turning point)

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Lasted six months

  • Hitler ordered troops to “fight to the death”
  • German surrenders
56
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What was the attack Japan had on the U.S?

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Pearl Harbor

57
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When the allies invaded France from Britain, what was this called?

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Operation Overload or D-Day

58
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?

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Hitler drives a wedge into Belgium but is defeated

59
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What is V-E Day?

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Victory in Europe

60
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Dunkirk was the scene of what?

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The rescue of 300,000 French and British troops.

61
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Hitler tried to defeat Britain by what?

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Bombing British industrial centers and non strategic centers

62
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When WWII broke out the United States what?

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Declared its neutrality

63
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During WWII the allied invasion of France on D-Day was significant because it what?

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Forced Germans to fight a two-front war

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