What document ended World War I? How did it in part cause World War II?
The Treaty of Versailles; its negative consequences for Germany helped Adolf Hitler to rise to power
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What organization was formed after WWI, why did it fail to stop WWII, and what organization replaced it after WWII that was more successful?
The League of Nations; the US did not join which caused it to lack power; the United Nations
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What is the act/belief of giving something to someone, hoping they will be satisfied and stop their aggression/advancement?
Appeasement
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What was the US's policy regarding WWII until 1941 and what caused this to change?
Isolationism; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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What three nations aggressively expanded their borders during the Interwar Period?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Who were these people:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Hideki Tojo
FDR- US pres. for most of WWII
Joseph Stalin- Soviet dictator
MacArthur- US general in Pacific
Eisenhower- US general in Europe
Hideki Tojo- Japanese shogun
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Who were these people: Mussolini, Truman, George Marshall, Hirohito, Churchill
Mussolini- Italian dictator
Truman- US pres at end of war
George Marshall- led Euro. recovery
Hirohito- Japan's emperor
Churchill- British PM
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What event marked the beginning of WWII, who attack what nation, and what two nations would split this attacked nation?
The invasion of Poland, Germany attacked, and Germany and the USSR split Poland
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What two nations had an agreement to not attack each other early in WWII, what was the agreement called, and who broke it?
Germany and the USSR, the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, and Germany broke it
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What tactics did the Germans use to overrun both Poland and France relatively easily?
Blitzkrieg (Lightning war)
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Describe the Battle of Britain. Give both sides, the nature of the fighting, and the result
Germany launched months of aerial bombing on British civilian targets to get the British government to surrender, but the British people prevailed.
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What event ultimately led to the most German casualties during WWII?
The invasion of the Soviet Union
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What event caused Germany to have to fight a war on two fronts and where was this attacked launched?
D-Day in Normandy, France (German occupied France)
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What event ended the war in the Pacific and brought WWII finally to a close?
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What were passed in the last 1930s that took rights away from German Jews and other undesirables and what larger event would help to occur?
The Nuremberg Laws; The Holocaust
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Who were blamed for Germany's defeat in WWI and what is the hatred of these people known as?
