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Who are these men gathered at the Yalta Conference?,  | Allied leaders Churchill, FDR, Stalin (at Yalta), |
Who was Germany's fascist dictator?,  | Adolf Hitler, |
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities -,  | Hiroshima and Nagasaki, |
What event caused the U.S. to enter WWII? When did it happen?,  | Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, |
Who is she?,  | Rosie the Riveter - She encouraged women to work in the factories while men were at war., |
| What conditions led to World War II? | Political instability and economic devastation in Europe resulting from World War I |
| A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. | Fascism |
Who was Japan's military leader during WWII?,  | Hideki Tojo, |
Who was Italy's fascist dictator?,  | Benito Mussolini, |
| What countries were the Axis Powers? | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Who were the Allies? | United States, Great Britain, Canada (and later the USSR) |
Who was the British Prime Minister during WWII?,  | Winston Churchill, |
Who was the brutal communist dictator of the Soviet Union?,  | Joseph Stalin, |
U.S.President from 1932-1945,  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) |
What event in 1939 sets off WWII?,  | The German invasion of Poland, |
For three months Germany bombs London, but does not defeat Britain. This is known ast the -,  | Battle of Britain, |
What battle is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific?,  | Battle of Midway, |
What battle is considered the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe?,  | Battle of Stalingrad,  |
When and what was D-Day?,  | June 6, 1944 - U.S. and Allied troops land in Normandy, France to begin liberation of Europe,  |
What was the Holocaust?,  | The Nazi murder of six million Jews and millions of others., |
What is Anti-Semitism?,  | Hostility towards or prejudice against Jews, |
| Who talked about Aryan supremacy? What did it mean? | Hitler - It was his belief that light-skinned Europeans were racially superior |
These Americans were treated with distrust and prejudice, and many were forced into internment camps -,  | Japanese Americans,  |
