124834655 | Great Depression | Where Germany and many other countries economy failed. | |
124834656 | Nazi | Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party. | |
124834657 | Nazi Revolution | In 1923, at a rally in Munich Beer Hall, Hitler proclaimed the _____. | |
124834658 | Aryans | What was the pure and good race according to Hitler? | |
124834659 | Third Reich | Hitler abolished the Weimar Republic and totally disregarded the Treaty of Versailles and in its place created the _____. | |
124834661 | Blitzkrieg | German lightning war. | |
124834662 | Panzers | German Tanks. | |
124834668 | Gray Wolves | German Submarines. | |
124834663 | Luft Waffe | German Air Force. Responisble for destroying enemy planes, bombing military installations, and machine gun attacks. | |
124834666 | Royal Air Force (RAF) | Great Britain's fighter planes. | |
124834667 | The Blitz | Terror bombing London and other British cities in a quick notion. | |
124834664 | The Resistance | Fighters from France who resisted the Nazis. | |
124834670 | Radar | Used for detecting planes. | |
124834671 | Sonar | Used for detecting ships. | |
124834672 | Jeep | General Purpose vehicle (GP) | |
124834673 | Soft Underbelly | Instead of the Allies invading Nazi-held France, they attacked the German's in North Africa and then Italy. | |
124834674 | Pearl Harbor | On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked____. | |
124834675 | US declares War | On December 8, 1941 what did President Roosevelt declare? | |
124834676 | D-Day | June 6, 1944, American, British, Engish, Canadian, and French Army, Navy, Marines,and paratroopers invaded the beaches of Normandy, France. | |
124834677 | VE Day | Germany surrenders, Victory over Europe. | |
124834679 | The Manhattan Project | Scientists created the atomic bomb under this name. | |
124834682 | Emperor Hirohito | Emperor of Japan. | |
124834683 | Charles DeGaulle | Led the French resistance from England. | |
124834684 | Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of England. | |
124834680 | Adolf Hitler | Leader of Nazis; who then became Germany's dictator. | |
124834685 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) | US Pres. during Great Depression. Declared war on Japan. | |
124834686 | George Patton | US general who fought well in Italy, and captured Naples. | |
124834691 | Albert Einstein | Scientist who discovered that the energy in an atomic bomb was possible to unleash. | |
124834687 | Harry Truman | VP under FDR until he died and then he became president. | |
124834688 | Tuskeegee Airmen | All African-American fighting squadron that escorted American bombers on bombing runs. | |
124905656 | Agriculture | What was the most needed export from America that Europe needed post WW2? | |
124905657 | Arab | ethnic group that dominates the Middle East and northern Africa | |
124905658 | Arab-Israeli War | 1948 conflict between Israel and five neighbors | |
124905660 | Berlin Airlift | Effort to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes and walled off the city | |
124905662 | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | This group was created after WW II to coordinate American intelligence activities abroad, conspiracy, and meddling as well. | |
124905663 | Employment Act | Which legislation promised full employment after WW2? | |
124905665 | GI Bill of Rights | What was the most comprehensive bill passed to help assimilate soldiers back into American society post WW2? | |
124905667 | Government | Most challenging part of both Japan and Germany to rebuild. | |
124905670 | Israel | This country was formed in 1947 by the United Nations to give Jews a homeland. | |
124905671 | Japan Germany | List the 2 country's that lost WW2 and needed to be rebuilt. | |
124905674 | Marshall Plan | United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | |
124908636 | dictator | A ruler who has complete power over a country | |
124908637 | totalitarian state | Single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives. | |
124920459 | aggression | Warlike act by one country againist another without just cause | |
124920460 | ration | limited the amount of certain goods that Americans could buy | |
124920461 | concentration camp | Prison camp where civilians who are considered enemies of the state are forced to work. | |
124926204 | death camp | a concentration camp where prisoners will most likely die. | |
124921887 | racism | belief that some races are better than others | |
124921888 | gas chamber | also called "the showers"; place where victims of the Holocaust were killed with poisonous gas | |
124926203 | crematorium | large furnace where bodies are burned to ashes. | |
124926205 | synagogue | a place where Jews practice their religion; similar to a church. | |
124834681 | Gestapo | Secret police...the SS. | |
124926206 | Ghetto | place where Jews were forced to live during World War II. | |
124926207 | prejudice | strong dislike toward someone/something that is not based on reason. | |
124926208 | genocide | the extermination of an entire group based on race, ethnicity, or political beliefs. | |
124926210 | discrimination | treating one person or group worse than others. | |
124926213 | barracks | place where people sleep | |
124926211 | cattle car | trains used to transport victims of the Holocaust to camps. | |
124930524 | Appeasement | Giving up principals to pacify aggressors | |
124930522 | Winston Churchill | Leader of Britian | |
124930513 | Joseph Stalin | Leader of USSR | |
124930514 | Benito Mussolini | Leader of Italy | |
124926212 | Judaism | religion that Jewish people practice | |
124930518 | Fascism | Stressed nationalism, placed state above rights of indviduals | |
124930519 | Totalitarian | Goverment that exerted complete control over it's citizens | |
124908638 | Nationalism | Pride in one's country | |
124930520 | Nazism | German form of Fascism, stressed nationalism over anything | |
124930523 | Blitzkrieg | Attack that stresses lightning fast attacking with overwelming force | |
124930525 | Holocaust | The extermination of 11 million people across Europe | |
124930529 | Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan | |
124930530 | Allied Powers | France, Britian, USSR and Later United States | |
124930521 | Neutrality Acts | Outlawed sale of arms to nations at war | |
124930531 | Lend Lease Acts | Allowing nations to borrow military equipment and pay for it after war is over |
Harless World War 2 Final
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