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Which two countries were particularly hard hit by the Depression?

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japan and germany

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How did the Communists win the civil war in Russia after World War I?

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leon trostsky and the red army

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The German attack at Stalingrad was important because

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turning point because it cut off fuel and supplies

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The slogan repeated in fascist Italy was

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II Duce is always right

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The war at sea in the years 1914-1918

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WWI, german subs against British fleet

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Before the twentieth century, what was the only nation in which women had the right to vote?

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new zeland

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Despite Gandhi's wealthy background, he

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attracted poor followers

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Nationalism in Europe led Europeans to view war as

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a justifiable way to avenge the past

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The British invasion of southern Africa was driven by the ambitions of

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cecil rhodes

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the elements in the Treaty of Versailles that angered Germany?

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guilt clause, reparations, loss of land, limited military

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Women during World War I?

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worked in factories until after war

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Indian nationalists during World War I supported Britain enthusiastically and

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hoped to gain their independence

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The russian tsar abdicated

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his throne during March Revolution (March 15, 1917)

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free-trade imperialism in Latin America meant

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economic dependence on european powers

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Gandhi protested British violence and policies by

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nonviolent means, passive resistance

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during World War I, African Americans in the United States

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migrated in large numbers to the south, served in calvary

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Despite the Stalinist terror, Soviet women

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entered jobs and enjoyed freedoms they had never had before

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Until the 1870s, Africans ruled 90% of Africa, however within a decade

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europeans invaded and divided africa

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When Lenin died in 1924, the struggle for power of the Soviet Union resulted in the

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stalins coming to power

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After the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the modern Turkish state

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instituted many progressive reforms, but tried to hold on to traditions

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the British wanted to expand to Southern Africa because of

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gold and diamonds

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In the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire was referred to as the

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sick man of europe

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Joseph Stalin's goal was to

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turn the USSR into an industrial nation

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The influenza epidemic of 1918, 1919

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killed 20 million people

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The new social sciences in the 1920s were unsettling because they

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challenged victorian morality, and middle class values

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a technological advance of the late nineteenth century was

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machine guns, qunine, breechloading rifle, smokless powder

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the ottoman Turks signed a secret alliance with

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germany hoping to gain russian territory

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a new and potent defensive weapon in World War I was

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machine gun

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Eventually, Japanese leaders realized that the war with China

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was a drain on Japanese resources

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The United States purchased the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in large part to

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to keep other colonial powers out

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The stock market crash of 1929 turned into

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the deepest most widespread depression in World History

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Lenin's plan for Russia included

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land to peasants, get russia out of WWII, all power to soviets, turn factories to workers

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on December 7, 1941

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pearl habor

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The United States finally entered WWII

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alliances with great britian and france, pearl harbor

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Gandhi's "unusual" political ideas included

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political ideas, passive resistance actions

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the prime motivation for the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia was

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abundant oil and rubber production

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In the Soviet Union there was a post war economic recovery followed by

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growing inefficency that created shortages on goods and foods

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In 1947 India and Pakistan went to war over the

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the northwest state of Kashmire

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When Indians defied the British and developed a steel industry, it

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inspired national pride and desire for self-rule

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Hitler's goal for Germany was

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repeal treaty of versile, territory for germans, get rid of jews, wanted poland so russia couldnt have it

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There was a small European population in Africa; however,

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made a a deep social impact

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scientific and technological innovations spurred by World War II included

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radar, antibiotics, nuclear weapons, sonar, aircraft carriers, fighter planes, jet engines, tanks, synthetic rubber

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The key to victory in the Pacific ocean was

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us aircraft carrier

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Hitlers popularity came in large part from the German peoples belief that

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economic well-being outweighed personal freedom

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nations became independent at the end of World War II primarily because of

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liberation of colonies

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as India prepared for independence, the most serious problem was the

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struggle between the Hindus and Muslims

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one of the most significant long-lasting consequences of World War II in the United States was the

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recruitment of women and minorities into the work force

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the Indian Civil Service was considered one of the most (blank) bureaucracies of all time.

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honest

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Nazis in the interest of "racial purity," targeted which group of people?

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Jews, gipsy's, Catholics, Armenians, homosexuals, poles, mentally challenged

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if the allies had agreed sooner to allow the Japanese to retain the emperor

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the war might have ended without the use of atomic bombs

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the main cause of environmental stress during WWII was

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economic development that sustained the fighting by stripping the resources

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name control mechanisms of Mussolini over the Italian people.

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crushed political oppositions, censorship, factories under government control, employees were subject to employers, and no more unions

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South African government used policies of racial segregation called

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apartheid

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Hitler's "master race" reserved intense hatred for

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jews

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in the early years of World War II, the Soviet Union invaded which countries?

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poland and the baltic states

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World War II was most important for African independence movements because

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many africans served in allied armies and learned many liberal and military ideas

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before World War II, African nationalist movements were

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small and of little influence

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despite the fact that Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles

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neither Britain nor France tried to stop him

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the final defeat of Japan took longer than victory over Germany in large part because

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US had concentrated its efforts on germany

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Technological innovation after World War II

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increased political power, brought about industrial innovations, intensified environmental distruction, increased production, changed the way people worked, lived and played.

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in 1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia by taking advantage of democratic weakness.

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