Chapter 26 World War II Review Flashcards

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Chapter 26 World War IIReview Flashcards
TO STUDY FOR YOUR TEST
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Who was the fascist leader of Italy prior to and
during World War II?

• Benito Mussolini

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Who was the fascist leader of Germany prior to
and during World War II?

• Adolf Hitler

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What was the name of the alliance between Nazi
Germany and Fascist Italy?

• Berlin-Rome Axis (Axis Powers)

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Who was the communist leader of the Soviet Union
prior to and during World War II?

• Joseph Stalin

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What is the major difference between fascist and
communist governments?

• Under fascism the businesses and land are owned
  by individual people, and under communism they
  are owned by the govt.

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Before WWII starts, the militaristic govt. of
Japan began its expansion by invading a part of
what country?

• China (Manchuria)

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What is the name of the African nation that Italy
conquered prior to the start of World War II?

• Ethiopia

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Against the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler moved
German troops into what German territory as his
first aggressive action?

• Rhineland

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What is the first full nation that Germany took
over?

• Austria

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Which European nation fought a civil war which
was won by a fascist dictator with the help of
Germany and Italy?

• Spain

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What is the name for the policy of giving in to
an aggressor nation in order to avoid war?

• Appeasement

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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met
with Hitler in what German city to discuss the
German takeover of the Sudetenland?

• Munich

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After taking over the Sudetenland, Germany soon
took over the rest of what nation that it was in?

• Czechoslovakia

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What country does Germany sign a non-aggression
pact with prior to World War II?

• Soviet Union

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What nation did Germany invade which started
World War II?

• Poland

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What was the name for the style of warfare used
by the Germans in World War II to quickly defeat
their enemies using planes and tanks?

• Blitzkrieg (lightning war)

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What is the first nation that Germany attacked
during World War II that it was unable to defeat?

• Great Britain

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Who was prime minister of Great Britain during
World War II?

• Winston Churchill

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What law allowed the U.S. to give aid to the
Allies before the U.S. entered the war?

• Lend Lease Act

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What event brought the U.S. into World War II?

• Pearl Harbor

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What kind of ship, which would prove to be the
most important in the war, was not at Pearl
Harbor?

• aircraft
• carriers

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Who was President of the U.S. at the start of,
and during most of, World War II?

• Franklin Roosevelt

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What is the name of the law that allows the U.S.
to draft men into the military prior to our
entering the war?

• Selective Service Act

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What is the name for when the govt. divided up
scarce goods for use by its citizens during war?

• rationing

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What was the name for the symbol of women workers
in defense industries during the war?

• Rosie the Riveter

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What was the only work that women were allowed to
do in combat zones during the war?

• Nurses for the Army and Navy

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What was the name of the African American pilots
who overcame prejudice to eventually fly
thousands of successful combat missions in North
Africa and Italy?

• Tuskegee Airmen

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Where was labor leader A. Philip Randolph
successful in getting equal rights for
African-Americans?

• In factories with govt. contracts

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What group of people was hired during the war in
the bracero program, and what kind of work did
they do?

• Mexicans, farm work

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Who are the Nisei?

• Japanese American citizens

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What are the reasons why Japanese were put in
internment camps during the war?

• So they couldnt be spies against the U.S.
• Racism against Asians
• Anger over the Pearl Harbor attack

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After the U.S. enters WWII where do we first
start fighting Germans?

• North Africa

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Who was U.S. general who became the leader of all
Allied forces in Europe?

• Dwight Eisenhower

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What is the first nation that the U.S. attacks in
Europe?

• Italy

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What battle was the turning point in the war in
Europe against the Germans?

• Stalingrad

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What is the nickname for the Allied invasion of
France?

• D-Day

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What was the last German offensive of the war is
known as?

• Battle of the Bulge

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After Pearl Harbor Japan took over many nations
in Southeast Asia. Japan met the most resistance
in what nation which had American forces
stationed there?

• Philippines

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What was the name of the U.S. general who became
Allied commander of all armed forces in the
Pacific war?

• Douglas MacArthur

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What was the name for when the Japanese defeated
the U.S. on the Philippines, and marched our
captured soldiers miles to a prisoner of war camp
and thousands of our soldiers died along the way?

• BataanDeathMarch

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What were the two reasons why the Battle of Coral
Sea was so important in naval history?

• 1st naval battle where ships were not in sight of
  each other and all the fighting was done by
  planes from aircraft carriers
• 1st time in World War II that a Japanese invasion
  attempt was stopped (they were on their way to
  invade Australia)

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What is the name for the battle that was the
turning point in the war in the Pacific?

• Battle of Midway

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What is the name for the U.S. strategy to cross
the Pacific in the war against Japan by attacking
places that were not heavily defended to quickly
get near Japan?

• Island- hopping

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After the Japanese navy was defeated by the U.S.
in the Pacific, what did the Japanese use as a
weapon against U.S. ships?

• Kamikaze pilots or planes

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Name one of the two islands that the U.S. took
with heavy losses, which were close enough to
Japan to send bombing missions from them to Japan
and back?

• Iwo Jima or Okinawa

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What is the common name for the killing of 6
million Jewish people in Europe by the Nazis?

• Holocaust

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What was the Nazi German name for the program to
eliminate the Jewish people from Europe?

• Final Solution

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What is the name of the largest of the Nazi
concentration camps?

• Auschwitz

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What is the name of the U.S. top secret program
to build an atomic bomb?

• Manhattan Project

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What is the name for the U.S. President who came
to power at the end of World War II, who made the
decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

• Harry Truman

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Name the first Japanese city that the U.S.
dropped an atomic bomb on.

• Hiroshima

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Why did the U.S. economy come out of World War II
in excellent shape, especially in comparison to
other nations that fought in the war?

• No battles with the exception of Pearl Harbor
  were fought on U.S. soil

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What did Americans do when the war was over?

• Celebrate!