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What year did WW1 start and end in?
1914-1918
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What were the two nicknames for WW1?
“Great War” and “War to end all Wars”
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three central powers during WW1
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
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How long was US involved in WW1
7 months
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three new weapons/warfare used in WW1
trench warfare, machine guns, tanks, chemical warfare
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exact date and time armistice took place
11 am, November 11, 1918
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allied powers WW1
GB, France, Russia, US
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Who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who got assassinated which sparked WWI? Who and what country was the person from who assassinated him?
**Archduke Ferdinand, he was killed by a Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip.**
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What army did Hitler fight for during WWI? What was his rank?
Germany- lance corporal
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What country was Hitler born in?
Austria
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1. What does the word NAZI stand for?
**National Socialist German Workers’ Party**
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Mein Kamp in English
my struggles
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What was the name of the revolution Hitler was arrested for in 1923
**The Beer Hall Putsch**
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Hitler was sentenced to prison for how many years? How much of that time did he serve? What was the crime he committed?
**Five years. Served nine months. High treason.**
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What is the term for discrimination against Jewish people?
**Anti-Semitism**
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these laws were passed in 1935 stating that Jewish  people were no longer citizens and they banned Jewish marriages; these were known as what?
**Nuremberg Laws**
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What year did Hitler come to power in Germany?
1933
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The night that 276 synagogues, 7,000 Jewish business, and 30,000 Jewish men were taken to concentration camps were known as what?
**Night of broken glass**
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What was the Reichstag in Germany?
**German parliament**
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Who was the President of the United States during WWII?
**Franklin D. Roosevelt**
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Who were the three major Allied Countries during WWII?
**Great Britain, the United States, france**
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Hitler and the Nazi’s were masters at this.
propaganda
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What was the country that Germany invaded that led to Britain and France declaring war on them?
**Poland**
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Who was the President of Germany in 1933? What role did he appoint Hitler too?
**Paul Von Hindenburg. He appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany.**
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Who were the three main axis countries?
**Germany, Italy, and Japan**
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What year did WWII start? What year did it end?
**1939- 1945**
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What was the event and the date that it occurred which made the United States enter the war?
**bombing of Pearl Harbor- December 7, 1941**
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written question- What were the four main causes of the start of WWII? Describe their effect on the war.
Treaty of Versailles, Hitlers actions, Failure of league of Nations, Failure of appeasement.

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written question- What were the four major points of the Treaty of Versailles? What did this Treaty do? Why did it have such a big impact on WWII? 
Germany was forced to take blame for WW1. They had to pay war reparations an give back land they took. This ruined Germany’s economy
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