\________ is a type of nationalism that puts the state above the individual.
fascism
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\________ is complete government control over citizens with no opposition.
totalitarian
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\________ is giving up principles to pacify an aggressor?
appeasement
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\________ is loyalty to one's country above all else.
Nationalism
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The rise of dictators caused what?
economic depression and inflation
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The U.S. attacks what countries before they attack Japan?
Germany and Italy
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What as the Doolittle Raid?
Raid on Japan in 1942
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What battle finished off the Japanese Navy?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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What battle was fought in the air and stopped the Japanese advance to Australia?
Battle of the Coral Sea
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What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific where Japanese carriers sunk?
Battle of Midway
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What bill gave free college education and federal loans to veterans?
G.I. Bill of Rights
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What countries did Germany defeat in 1940 that were considered the stepping stone to England?
Denmark and Norway
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What country did Germany take over in 1939?
Czechoslovakia
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What day did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
September 3, 1939
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What day did the war begin?
September 1, 1939
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What day did the war end?
September 2, 1945
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What did U-Boats travel in?
Wolf Packs
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What event was caused by the tension between whites and minorities?
Detroit Race Riot
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What forest did German tanks go through to attack France?
Ardennes Forest
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What group helped the Allies, but never entered the war?
Great Arsenal of Democracy
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What group of laws stripped Jews of citizenship, jobs, and property?
Nuremberg Laws
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What happened when Austria wouldn't join Germany in 1938?
Anschluss
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What is the "Final Solution" and the deliberate killing of an entire population?
Genocide
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What is the name for a phony war with no active warfare?
Sitzkrieg
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What is the name for intense fighting, lighting warfare, and mechanized warfare (planes, tanks, etc.)?
Blitzkrieg
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What is the systematic murder of 11 million people for racial purity?
Holocaust
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What kind of warfare was the Battle of Britain in 1940?
Air war
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What made the U.S. stay out of world affairs?
isolationism
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What name did Mussolini give himself?
Il Duce
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What organization coordinated scientists, radar, etc.?
Office of Scientific Research and Development
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What organization said which companies would switch from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials?
War Production Board
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What piece of land was given to Germany under the Munich Agreement in 1938?
Sudetenland
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What special force fought in the Battle of Britain?
Royal Air Force
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What treaty made Germany the sole cause of WWI, took away their land, and made them a democracy?
Treaty of Versailles
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What was a 1943 report on clearing out Jews from a newly conquered territory?
The Final Solution
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What was France's defense line on the Rhine River?
Maginot Line
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What was Germany's defense line on the Rhine River?
Siegfried Line
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What was skipping some islands and only capturing the important one?
island hopping
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What was the battle where the first land was retaken from Japanese?
Battle of Guadalcanal
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What was the buying of rationed items illegally at inflated prices?
Black Market
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What was the committee that allowed the banks and war material factories to make huge profits in WWI?
Nye Commission
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What was the conference when terms were set to end the war?
Yalta Conference
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What was the costly battle that took Japanese soil?
Battle of Okinawa
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What was the famous battle where the U.S. flag was raised?
Iwo Jima
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What was the formal alliance between Italy and Germany called?
Rome-Berlin Axis
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What was the joint declaration of war aims between the U.S. and Britain?
Atlantic Charter
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What was the last major German offensive of the war?
Battle of the Bulge
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What was the most decorated unit in U.S. history?
Nisei Battalion
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What was the mutual defense treaty between Germany, Italy, and Japan (Axis Powers)?
Tripartite Pact
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What was the name for manufactures under the Nye Commission?
merchants of death
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What was the name of the Nazi Police?
Gestapo
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What was the night of broken glass when Jewish properties were attacked?
Kristallnacht
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What was the program of buying U.S. arms as long as on own ship and paid cash?
Cash and Carry
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What was the project to develop the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
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What was the southern part of France with Petain at its head?
Vichy France
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What was the Supreme Court Case that attempted to stop the confinement of Japanese in internment camps?
Korematsu vs. United States
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What was the system of fixed allotments of goods and coupons?
Rationing
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What was the turning point of the war in Africa?
El Alamein
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What was the turning point of the war in Europe where the Germans surrendered in January, 1943?
Battle of Stalingrad
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What was the unconditional surrender?
Casablanca Conference
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What was U-Boat vs Allied shipping protection?
Battle of the Atlantic
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What were the acts that had two parts that outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war and a third part that extended the ban to nations engaged in civil war?
Neutrality Acts
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What were the attacks on Mexican-Americans by whites in Los Angeles, California called?
Zoot-Suit Riots
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What were the four Death camps?
Chelmno, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau
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What were the Jews forced to wear on their clothes?
Star of David
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What were the names for the death squads who wore black uniforms? (SS)
Security Squadrons
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What were the segregated Jewish areas in cities?
Ghettos
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What were the two cities where war criminals were tried after WWII?
Tokyo and Nuremberg
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What were the war crime trials for Nazi officials?
Nuremberg Trials
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What wing of the Nazi army was Hitler's private defense?
Brown Shirts
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What women's group held noncombat positions?
Women's Army Corps
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When did Germany invade the Soviet Union and started a two front war?
June 1941
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When did Italy surrender after Sicily is taken?
1943
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When did Japan sign the peace treaty?
September 2, 1945
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When did Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
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When did the U.S. send supplies to England and started to be not neutral?
1940
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When did Tojo invade Manchuria?
1931
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When is V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)?
August 15, 1945
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When was D-Day (Operation Overlord)?
June 6, 1944
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When was France defeated?
1940
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When was the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
August, 1945
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When was V-E Day (victory in Europe Day)?
May 8, 1945
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When were the French and British troops saved by seaport allies?
Dunkirk
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Where did the Bataan Death March occur?
the Philippines
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Where did the U.S. send Japanese-Americans?
internment camps
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Where was the Allies first attack?
Africa
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Where was the Germany military built up and moved to in 1935?
Rhineland and Ruhr
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Who became the prime minister of England after WWII began?
Churchill
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Who did FDR beat in the 1940 election?
Wilkie
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Who did Italy declare war on in 1940?
France and England
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Who froze the prices on most goods and raised income tax rates and more people had to pay?
Office of Price Administration
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Who hated the Jews?
Antisemitic
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Who issued an executive order to let all workers participate in defense industries without discrimination?
FDR
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Who made the film "The Desert Fox"?
Rommel
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Who signed a nonaggression pact to avoid a two front war?
Soviet Union and Germany
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Who was a fascist leader during the Spanish Civil War?
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