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| What countries made up the Axis Powers at the end of WWII |
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| Italy, Germany, and Japan |
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| What countries made up the Axis Powers at the end of WWII |
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| Italy, Germany, and Soviet Union |
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| What countries made up the Allied Powers at the beginning of WWII |
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| Great Britain, United States, and France |
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| What countries mad up the Allied Powers at the end of WWII |
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| Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France |
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| Who was the German dictator during WWII |
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| What was the worst defeat in U.S. history |
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| What form of government did Hitler establish in Germany |
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| What was the Italian form of government built on extreme nationalism and racism. |
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| What was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII |
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| Why did France and Great Britain declare war on Germany |
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| Japan invaded China in what region |
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| What event pushed the U.S. into WWII |
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| Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| What was the date Pearl Harbor |
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| Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist Soviet Union were all ruled by ____________ |
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| What kind of government did Germany have |
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| what kind of government did Italy have |
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| What kind of government did the Soviet Union have |
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| Who were the main targets of Nazi persecution during the Holocaust |
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| How did women support the American war effort |
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| by becoming riveters, working in factories, joining the armed forces as WACs & WAVES, and serving as nurses, but they did not participate in combat jobs for the military |
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| Americans participated in _________ drills, __________ foods, planted _______ gardens, rationed ____________ goods and natural resources |
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| Blackout, rationed, victory, household |
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| What did the American military develop based on the Navajo Language |
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| Most Japanese Americans were in what camps during the war years |
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| What day was the last major event of WWII |
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| The German defeat at ____________ marked a major turning point in the war in Europe because the Soviet could start attacking Germany from the ______ while the other Allies attacked them from the _____ |
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| What happened in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 that was called Operation Overlord |
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| "The day that will live in infamy"-was what day. |
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| Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
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| Because of WWII, African Americans had increased opportunities because of what |
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| because of the need for labor in factories |
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| What Allied victory marked a major turning point in the war in the Pacific |
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| the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. where in Japan and what date |
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| Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 |
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| U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb where and on what date and marked the end of what |
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| Nagasaki, Japan on August 15, 1945, it marked the end of WWII |
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| A type of government controlled by citizens either directly or through elected representatives |
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| a type of government that controls most parts of people's lives, and the people cannot complain |
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| a type of government, run by on person, that requires the people of the country to be extremely loyal and is often racist |
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| An economic and social system in which most or all property is owned by the state or community as a whole and is shared by all |
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| A policy of racist nationalist, national expansion, and state control of the economy practiced by the Nazis in Germany |
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| a leader who completely rules a country they are usually cruel |
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| accepting a person's or country's demands in order to avoid a fight or war |
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| the law passed during World War II that allowed the United States to sell, lend, or lease war supplies to nations that would defend the United States |
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| to limit the distribution of scarce items |
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| Belief that Caucasian, non-Jewish people are superior to all other people |
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| violence and discrimination against Jews |
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| the intentional killing of an entire group of people based on religion, culture, or politics |
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| Places of detainment for Japanese-Americans during World War II |
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| Hitler's places of containment to hold, torture, and kill millions of Jews and other non-Aryans |
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| The war in Europe reached a turning point when Russia defeated Germany in 1943 |
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| June 6, 1944; Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France to free western Europe |
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| The War in the Pacific reached a turning point with the Allied victory |
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| A Japanese suicide pilot during WWII whose mission was to crash into his target |
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| The two Japanese cities on which the United States dropped atomic bombs to end world war II in 1945 |
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| Term for Germany's fast, violent attacks during WWII (means: "lightning war") |
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| Entering by force as an enemy in order to conquer |
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| the fist nation invaded by Germany; the event that started WWII |
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| Germany's attempt to conquer Great Britain. it started when Germany began bombing London in 1940 |
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| the Japanese attack on the United States naval fleet in Hawaii that brought the United States into WWII in December of 1941 |
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| When did the Germans break through the Allied lines |
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| in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge |
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| Who commanded the Allied forces in the Pacific |
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| Who commanded the Allied forces in Europe and led the plan for D-Day |
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| President Roosevelt passed _____-_____ ___ prior to Joining the war |
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| Nazi criminals were put on trial after the war where in Germany |
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| Who were encouraged to move to the U.S. during the war to help supply labor in our factories to support the war effort. |
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| What were the four causes of WWII |
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| Inflation, Unemployment, high war Debt owed by Germany, World wide Depression |
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| As a result of the Great Depression, Europe experienced _________ and _________ problems |
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| Who was Winston Churchhill |
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| He was a democratically-elected British prime minister during the war |
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| Hirohito, and Hideki Tojo |
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| The Germans Launched what battle when they found a weakness in the Allied lines around the Belgian-German border |
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| What does VE-Day stand for |
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| When did American neutrality end |
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| After Japan attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii |
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| After capturing France, where did Hitler begin bombing |
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| Who was Rosie the Riveter |
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| She was the fictional character of the Propaganda campaign portraying women working in factories to support the war effort |
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| who were the Tuskegee Airmen |
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| They were the first African American military pilots to serve the U.S. |
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| he became president in 1945 when FDR died suddenly |
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| What did Americans Do because of rationing |
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| they planted victory gardens |
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| The Allied invasion of Europe was a massive air and sea attack on German-occupied France. |
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| they killed millions of Jews in what has become known as the Holocaust |
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