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Name 1st of 4 steps which led to the Holocaust | HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMETISM |
Name 2nd of 4 steps which led to the Holocaust. | JEWS BLAMED FOR WWI AND DEPRESSION |
Name 3rd of 4 steps which led to the Holocaust. | EXTREME NATIONALISM COMBINED WITH TOTALITARIAN REGIME |
Name 4th of 4 steps which led to the Holocaust. | BELIEF IN MASTER RACE |
What was Hitler's plan for the extermination of the Jews called? | THE FINAL SOLUTION |
What did Hitler blame on Germany’s Jews? | DEFEAT IN WWI AND ECONOMIC DEPRESSION |
The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group is called what? | GENOCIDE |
Hitler believed all Germans were members of what? | THE MASTER RACE |
Who was the emperor of Japan during WWII? | HIROHITO |
Who was the head of the Japanese military during WWII? | HIDEKI TOJO |
Who was the Nazi dictator of Germany? | ADOLF HITLER |
Who was the Soviet dictator of the USSR during WWII? | JOSEF STALIN |
Who led the U.S. military from Washington, D.C.? | GEN. GEORGE C. MARSHALL |
Who was the British prime minister during WWII? | WINSTON CHURCHILL |
Who was the leading U.S. general in Europe? | GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER |
Who was the leading U.S. general in the Pacific? | GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR |
Who led the U.S. at the end of WWII? | HARRY S. TRUMAN |
What was the result of bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? | 1)BEGINNING OF THE ATOMIC AGE 2)JAPANESE SURRENDER 2 SEPT 1945 (END OF WWII) |
Atomic bombs were dropped on these 2 Japanese cities. | HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI |
On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Europe. This was called what? | D-DAY (INVASION OF NORMANDY, OPERATION OVERLORD) |
This caused the U.S. to enter WWII | JAPANESES SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR |
The continent of Europe was controlled by Germany after the fall of this nation. | FRANCE |
Victory in this aerial battle saved Britain from German invasion. | BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
What event began WWII? | GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1939 |
What treaty failed to solve the problems of Europe between the wars? | TREATY OF VERSAILLES |
PACIFISM | The policy to have peace at all costs |
APPEASEMENT | The policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in order to maintain peace |
Name 1st OF 6 causes of WWII. | AGGRESSION BY TOTALITARIAN POWERS |
Name 2nd of 6 causes of WWII. | NATIONALISM |
Name 3rd of 6 causes of WWII. | FAILURE OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES |
Name 4th of 6 causes of WWII. | WEAKNESS OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS |
Name 5th of 6 causes of WWII. | APPEASEMENT |
Name 6th of 6 causes of WWII. | ISOLATIONISM AND PACIFISM IN EUROPE AND USA |
Name 3 countries invaded by Japan before WWII began | KOREA, MANCHURIA, AND CHINA |
What philosophy guided Japanese politics before WWII? | MILITARISM |
Who led the U.S. during WWII? | FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT THEN HARRY S. TRUMAN |