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World War II

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    Test review for Interwar Period and World War II.
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  • Why did Stalin join the Allies instead of countries similar to the USSR during the war?
    Hitler invaded the Soviet Union
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  • What years did the war occur between?
    1939-1945
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  • What event most famously caused the Great Depression?
    Stock Market Crash in 1929
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  • Describe a totalitarian government?
    Government has complete control
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  • Describe anti-Semitism.
    Prejudice against Jews
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  • Put the events in order:
    Fall of France, Invasion of Poland, Invasion of the USSR, Battle of Britain
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  • This image best describes what event?
    Kristallnacht - Night of the Broken Glass
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  • Describe "island hopping"
    US takes small islands throughout the Pacific on their way to Japan's mainland
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  • What battle was the first victory the US had over Japan after Pearl Harbor?
    Battle of Midway
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  • Nazi officials are put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity at what international trial?
    Nuremberg Trials
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  • Who are the permanent five (P5) members of the UN AND what power do they possess?
    US, USSR, UK, France, China - veto power
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  • Germany bombed the city of London nightly for months during what battle?
    Battle of Britain
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  • The US gave money to Europe to rebuild after the war with the Marshall Plan to prevent:
    Prevent communism
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  • Democracy and capitalism can be found in what section of divided Germany/Berlin?
    West
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  • Dictatorship and communism can be found in what section of divided Germany/Berlin?
    East
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  • Leader of Great Britain throughout most of the war who was against appeasement?
    Winston Churchill
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