The rise of dictators | ||
#1 | Who rose to power in Germany after the president died? |
Adolf Hitler |
#2 | What was one major issue all countries who eventually rose to dictatorship have in common? | poor eeconomy |
#3 | What were two problems Italy faced | -food shortage -high inflation -unemployment and violent strikes |
#4 | What were two causes in Japan which eventually lead to a dictatorship? | -government corruption -1920s Japanese economy -too much western -great depression 1929 -militarists take power and control |
#5 | What were three reasons for the development and rise of totalitarian dicatators in Europe? |
-anti-smeitism -racism -social Darwinism -economic upheaval |
Important People during WWII | ||
#1 | Who was Hitler? |
Germany's cancellor who eventually rose to power and became Tolitarian Dictator of Germany. |
#2 | Who was the leader of Russia durong WWII? |
Joesph Stalin |
#3 | What was one of the major leaders on the allied powers? |
-Loid George (Great Britain) -President Wilson (USA) -Clemencun (France) |
#4 | Who was the president of Germany before Hitler came to power? |
Hindenburg |
#5 | What were three things Mussolini wanted to do? |
1.) End employment 2.) Gain more land 3.) Make the nation strong |
During the War | ||
#1 | What were the names of the two groups fighting in the war? | Allies and Axis Powers |
#2 | When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |
#3 | What was a mjor battle that occured which eventually freed France from Germany? | D-Day |
#4 | When did the US join the world? | December 8, 1941 |
#5 | What triggered the war? | When Germany invaded Poland in 1939 |
Before the War | ||
#1 | Who were the countries of the Axis Powers? | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
#2 | What was one country that signed the munic agreement? | -Germany -Great Britain -France |
#3 | What is fascism? | Any centralized,authoritarian government system that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights. |
#4 | Where did Japan expand to? | Manchuna (China) |
#5 | What are two similrities between facism and communism? | -dictatorship -one party rule -secret police -state is more important than individual -censorship -brainwashing |
Winning the war | ||
#1 | Who won the war? |
Allied Powers |
#2 | What did the US do to try to get Japan to surrender? |
Threaten Japan that if they didn't surrender they would face "complete destruction" and "utter devastation" and eventually dropped an atomic bomb. |
#3 | How many atomic bombs did the US drop on Japan?
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two |
#4 | What finally made Japan surrender? |
After the second atomic bomb, Emperor Hirohito intervened and forced the government to surrender. |
#5 | What were three major things that the allies had done which helped Germany surrender from war? |
D-Day, the US producing twice as much productive capacity as the Axis powers combined, Germany underestimating the Russian army, and allies surrounding Berlin, location of Germany. |
Final Question | |
Why did Germnay invading Poland trigger the war? | It triggered the war because Germany promised not to invade any country during the Munich conference to try to lead to a peaceful war free world. |