chapter 16/17 - us history

japan, italy and germany

these three countries saw war as the only way out of the great depression; they eventually make up the axis powers

japan

an island nation that counted on other countries for much of its food and raw materials; it attacked manchuria because of coal and iron

manchuria

this country was attacked by japan because of it's rich coal and iron

coal and iron

the two things manchuria was rich in

imperialistic

japan became this because of their dependence on foreign goods

stimson doctrine

a document that said the U.S. would not recognize any territorial gains made by force

puppet state

this is a state that is independent in theory, but its officials and actions are controlled by another nation; japan set up one of these

axis powers

an alliance of germany, japan and italy

paul von hidenburg

the german president; he oversaw the government but did not have leadership duties as we think of with our president; also had to agree and give final approval for a new chancellor

chancellor

the name of the leader of germany

adolf hitler

hindenburg approved this man as chancellor of germany; german dictator

island

the type of nation japan is

january 30, 1933

the day that hitler became chancellor of germany

nazi

a political party that was specific to germany; eventually took over because they won majority of the votes

enabling act

hitler would then get his party members in germany's parliament to pass this which made hitler dictator of germany

fascists

the political belief that the state is more important than the individual and that the state should have a strong centralized government headed by a dictator with absolute power; the nazis were these

benito mussolini

the person who coined the term fascism; the dictator of italy; he took power in 1922 and had been making his people many promises since he took over; italian dictator

1922

the year that benito mussolini took power

totalitarian

when there is complete control over the people of a nation, individuals have no rights, and all opposition is suppressed by force; both hitler and mussolini were this type of leader

anticommunist

besides being totalitarian leaders, mussolini and hitler were also this but hitler did not agree to the same things that mussolini did

communism

the idea that everyone is equal and all wealth should be distributed equally to everyone

blonde, blue

the hair color and eye color that hitler thought was superior to everyone else and the "master race"

jews, slavs, asians and non-whites

the four groups that hitler thought were inferior and should serve the germans or be exterminated

SS and SA

hitler's two armies that did his work

SS

one of hitler's armies also known as the black shirts

SA

one of hitler's armies also known as the brown shirts or storm troopers

black shirts

the nickname for the SS

brown shirts or storm troopers

the nicknames for the SA

swatiska

both armies wore these on their arm; the symbol of the nazi party

beat up, imprisoned or killed

the three things nazis would do to anyone who would oppose their party

union leaders, communists and jews

the three main groups of people that the nazis targeted

treaty of versailles

the chief goals of the nazi party were to make germany the dominate power in europe and to undo the results of this; hitler was going to re-arm despite this

one state, one people, one leader

the motto of the nazi party

joseph stalin

dictator of russia

winston churchill

british prime minister

hideki tojo

japan's military leader; there was an emperor, but tojo made most war decisions

league of nations

hitler pulled germany out of this?

violation 1

what violation was this : hitler pulled germany out of the league of nations

secret

what kind of buildup did hitler make of germany's armed forces

violation 2

what violation was this : hitler made a secret buildup of germany's armed forces

mussolini

who threathened world stability first; he also attacked ethiopia

ethiopia

this country was attacked in 1934 by mussolini; it was also annexed to italy in 1936

1934

the year mussolini attacked ethiopia

weak

the kind of countries mussolini continued to attack after attacking ethiopia

italy

mussolini promised the people of this country that he would make this country a great and powerful nation; ethiopia also became apart of this country through annexing

annex

to make it part of yourself

1936

the year ethiopia was annexed to italy

sanctions

penalties; the league of nations tried to apply \________ such as arms embargo and boycott

arms embargo and boycott

the two types of sanctions that the league of nations tried to apply

boycott

a refusal to buy and sell arms

oil

the league of nations wanted \_____ supply nations to refuse to sell \______ to mussolini but they refused

army

mussolini needed oil for his highly mechanized \______

great britain and france

the two countries that would not agree to deny mussolini use of the suez canal which they controlled; they also declared war on germany to begin ww2

suez

the canal that great britain and fance would not deny mussolini to use

1935

the year hitler publicly announced he was going to re-arm despite versailles; and the year the nuremberg laws were passed

violation 3

what violation was this : hitler saw this as an opportunity to publicly announce he was going to re-arm despite versailles in 1935

italy, germany

mussolini was the perfect distraction because world attention was on \_______, not \___________

march 1936

when hitler sent troops into the rhineland

violation 4

what violation was this : hitler sent troops into the rhineland

rhineland

where hitler sent his troops in march 1936; an area in western germany

western germany

where was rhineland

france and germany

what two countries was rhineland in between

flat

what kind of land was rhineland

soliders, weapons

the rhineland was supposed to remain free of \________ and \_________ because this would be a direct threat to the other country.

nothing

france and britain did \________ when hitler armed the rhineland

hitler, germany

\_______ would probably have backed down at this point had they acted because \_______ was not ready to fight a war yet

europe

hitler used britain and france not doing anything to show that germany was a powerful nation in \_______ again

march 12, 1938

the day that hitler annexed austria

violation 5

what violation was this : hitler annexed austria

austria

the country that hitler annexed on march 12, 1938

austria, german

hitler said the germans in \_______ had suffered enough since WWI and it was time they were reunited with their \_______ countrymen

czechoslovakia

hitler then started saying the germans in \__________ had suffered enough since being placed there at the end of WWI

slovakian

what was the president who hitler yelled at and forced him to sign an agreement to annex czechoslovakia with germany

violation 6

what violation was this : hitler sent for the slovakian president who was an older man and after yelling at him for hours, forced him to sign an agreement to annex czechoslovakia with germany

nuremberg laws

these were passed in 1935 in germany; they took the jew's political rights away, took the jew's citizenship away, forced them to be in by 8 P.M, they had to shop during special hours, & wear a jewish star (star of david) somewhere on their clothing so they could be easily identified as a jew

8 pm

the time that hitler made jews stay in their house

star of david

what was the jewish star that hitler made the jews wear to be easily identified

shop

this was something the jews had to do during special hours

political, citizenship

the nuremberg laws took the jew's \________ rights away, and took the jew's \_________ away

two fronts

it is nearly impossible to win a war on this

hitler and stalin

these two men did not like each other but needed to work together in order to win the war

russia

hitler wanted to hold off going to war with this country because he knew he already had to fight britain and france

poland

where the 6 notorious camps are located at; the country that germany (hitler) and russia (stalin) agreed to split after germany invaded it

violation 7

what violation is this : germany invaded and took over poland quickly

september 3rd, 1939

the day that great britain and france declared war on germany and ww2 began

blitzgrieg

this was when a quick and overpowering bombing campaign was used to overwhelm an enemy; it was used when the germans invaded poland and would be used against britain as well

lighting war

what the phrase blitzgrieg means

genocide

the deliberate and systematic killing of a group (or race) of people

auschwitz, belzec, chelmno, majdanek, sabibor and treblinka

the 6 notorious camps located in poland

auschwitz

one of most known death camps in poland

final solution of the jewish question

the quote that hitler wrote in his book, mein kampf, about killing all of the jews

mein kampf

the book hitler wrote; means "my struggle" and included the quote "the final solution of the jewish question"

cyanide

the type of gas used in the gas chambers

6,000

the number of people killed each day from the gas chambers

island and radar

the advantages that britain to know that germany was coming

RAF

radar allowed the \______ to hold their own against the germans during these attacks

royal air force

what RAF stands for

scorched earth policy

when russia burnt everything as they retreated so germany could not live off the land and had to rely on supplies being brought in from germany

selective training and service act

In 1940 the US began a peacetime draft under this act

21-35

the ages of the men who were drafted by the selective training and service act for world war 2