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Name the reasons Germany was angry about the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.

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Germany had to accept war guilt, pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies, lost all overseas colonies, high inflation of their currency, economic depression

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Name the characteristics of "totalitarianism".

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Dictators with complete power, single party rule, demands loyalty of the people, use police power to control the people, increased militarism, territorial expansion, promoted extreme nationalism

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Name the totalitarian dictators and the countries they controlled.

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-Hitler in Germany -Mussolini in Italy -Stalin in the Soviet Union -Hideki Tojo in Japan -Francisco Franco in Spain

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Name the territories that Japan attacked before World War II began.

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Manchuria, China, East Indies

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Name the territories that Italy attacked before World War II began.

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Ethiopia, Libya, Albania

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Name the territories that Germany attacked before World War II began.

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Austria, Sudetenland, all of Czechoslovakia, Poland

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Britain and France as the leaders of the League of Nations used the policy of __________ in which they gave in to German, Italian, and Japanese demands in order to avoid war.

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Appeasement

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Place the following events in the correct chronological order: Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, German invasion of Poland, German annexation of Austria, outbreak of World War II

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1) German annexation of Austria 2) Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact 3) German invasion of Poland 4) outbreak of World War II

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What 3 countries made up the "Axis Coalition" (the Tripartite Pact)?

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Name 3 of the many countries that formed the Allied Powers in WWII.

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USA, Britain, France, USSR, China, Australia, Canada

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What military tactic did Germany use to take control of Europe and France by 1942?

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Blitzkrieg ("lightning war")

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What did the Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937 outlaw?

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Weapons sales or loans to any country at war

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What was the cash-and-carry program?

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In 1939, the USA altered the Neutrality Acts to allow arms sales to Britain, but did not provide loans nor offer to ship weapons to Britain on American ships

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What was the lend-lease program?

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In 1941, France had fallen, Britain was under siege, and the USSR was attacked by the Nazis. In responses, the USA altered the Neutrality Acts by giving full support to the Allies through arms sales and transportation of these weapons on American ships. This program made the USA the "arsenal of democracy".

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What did Britain and the USA agree to when they drafted the Atlantic Charter in 1941?

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Developed a battle plan for war; Agreed to form a United Nations; agreed to Allied goals for the war

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Place the following events in the correct chronological order: Lend-Lease Act, Neutrality Acts, Cash-and-Carry program, Pearl Harbor attack

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1) Neutrality Acts 2) Cash-and-Carry program 3) Lend-Lease Act 4) Pearl Harbor attack

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Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941?

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The USA cut off oil and iron from Japan (embargo) and the Japanese retaliated with an attack; The USA tried to stop the Japanese from expanding further into the Pacific; The USA tried to stop Japan from taking the Philippine Islands

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What was the purpose of the U.S. gov't agency known as the War Production Board?

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To oversee military production during WW2

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Name some ways the USA committed to total war during World War II.

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draft, rationing, victory/war bonds, propaganda, limitations on individual rights (Japanese internment & censorship), government control of wartime industrial production, price controls

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Name the similarities and differences African Americans experienced during World War I and World War II.

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-Similarities: Great Migration; drafted into the army but into segregated units; worked in industrial jobs; faced racial discrimination in new cities; received unequal pay (at least at the beginning the war) -Differences: In WWII, African Americans moved North & WEST; A Philip Randolph helped force FDR to form the Fair Employment Practices Commission which gave black workers equal pay during the war; Black soldiers were allowed to fight in WWII (Tuskegee Airmen)

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Name the similarities and differences women experienced during World War I and World War II.

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-Similarities: Women worked factory jobs; Women served in the military in clerical jobs; Helped ration goods & plant victory gardens; Received unequal pay -Differences: During WWII, 6 million women entered the work force who had never worked before (during WWI, factory jobs were done almost exclusively by women who were already working in lower-paying jobs); Were pilots in the Army & Navy; Special non-combat units were created in the military just for women (WACs and WAVES); Women used daycare centers for their children

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Why did FDR issue Executive Order 9066 that forced Japanese Americans into internment camps?

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Americans believed that Japanese Americans would serve as spies or launch an invasion of the USA

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Who was A Philip Randolph and what significant change did he help bring about on the U.S. home front during World War II?

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He was an African American civil rights leader who was upset by unequal pay scales for black workers; after threatening to march on Washington D.C. during the war, FDR created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to give black factory workers equal pay to whites

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Which European battle helped the USA get Lend-Lease supplies into Europe?

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Battle of the Atlantic

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Which European battle proved to be the "turning point" that allowed the Soviet Union to push towards Germany and eventually seize Berlin?

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Battle of Stalingrad

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What was D-Day?

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European battle that was planned by Dwight Eisenhower and allowed the Allies to launch an invasion on Nazi-occupied France and push towards Germany from the West

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What reason did FDR give as to why he did not order Nazi concentration camps (with Jewish victims of the Final Solution) liberated or attacked when we knew they existed?

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FDR believed that the best way to help those imprisoned in concentration camps was to win the war as early as possible; liberating the camps would divert badly needed supplies from the troops fighting the Germans

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Which battle against Japan proved to be the "turning point" in the war in the Pacific?

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Battle of Midway

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What strategy did the military develop that allowed the United States to quickly take control of the Pacific Ocean in its fight towards Japan?

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Island hopping strategy

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What desperate strategy did the Japanese use to attack U.S. naval ships during the fighting in the Pacific?

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Kamikaze attacks ("divine wind")

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What was Albert Einstein's role in developing the atomic bomb?

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Wrote FDR a letter suggesting that atomic energy could be used to build a nuclear bomb

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What was Franklin Roosevelt's role in developing the atomic bomb?

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Created the Manhattan Project to develop the bomb

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What was Robert Oppenheimer's role in developing the atomic bomb?

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Was in charge of the Manhattan Project and building the bomb

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Explain the significance of the Manhattan project.

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Code name for the secret project to develop an atomic bomb

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Explain the significance of Los Alamos, New Mexico.

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Where the atomic bomb was secretly tested (Operation Trinity)

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Explain the significance of the Potsdam Declaration.

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it was the warning President Truman gave to the Japanese before dropping the atomic bomb (surrender or face prompt and utter destruction)

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Which U.S. president gave the order to drop the atomic bomb?

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Truman

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Which 2 cities were atomic bombed?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Name what FDR, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to at the Yalta Conference in February 1945.

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Demanded the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers, created the United Nations, allow freedom in Europe (self-determination), planned the oversight and division of Germany

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Put the following Pacific theater events in the correct order: Doolittle raid on Tokyo; Japanese surrender; Island hopping strategy developed; Battle of Midway

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1) Doolittle raid on Tokyo 2) Battle of Midway 3) Island hopping strategy developed 4) Japanese surrender

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Name the impacts of WWII on the United States.

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USA joined the United Nations; the Cold War began; the age of nuclear weapons began; the Great Depression came to an end; America entered an era of prosperity in the 1950s; Women lost their high paying industrial jobs; Israel was created; Nazi and Japanese officers were tried and executed for war crimes

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From Unit 2, define unalienable rights.

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rights given to man by God (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)

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From Unit 4, what was the Great Awakening? List important preachers of the Great Awakening.

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period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s; de-emphasized the importance of church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience; Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Samuel Davies

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From Unit 5, list the provisions and/or outcomes of the Missouri Compromise.

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provisions: Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine admitted as a free state, and slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30′ (except for Missouri)

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From Unit 6, what major issue sparked Southern secession leading to the Civil War?

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slavery

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From Unit 5, list the provisions and/or outcomes of the Dred Scott Decision.

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outcome: Scott was told that as he was a slave, he wasn't a citizen and therefore did not have the legal right to bring a case in court in the USA; slaves were property, and as the Constitution clearly protects property, he could not claim to be legally free because he had been in a state where slavery was illegal; therefore Scott was still a slave

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From Unit 5, list the provisions and/or outcomes of the Compromise of 1850.

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provisions: admission of California as a free state; the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law; popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico concerning the question of slavery; the abolition of the slave trade in D.C.; and the federal assumption of Texas's debt

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From Unit 6, what were the advantages/disadvantages of the Union and Confederate militaries?

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Union -advantages: massive industrial base, had THOUSANDS of miles of railroad to move supplies/troops, larger population, telegraph for communication, since much of the US navy was stationed north, when the south broke off, the navy stayed in union hands and as a result the south was blocked for the entire war -disadvantages: poor leadership, since most of the war was fought in the south, North didn't have homefield advantage Confederate -advantages: good leadership; knew the land as the war was fought on their land; most of the southern soldiers already knew the ins and outs of shooting -disadvantages: terrible industrial output, mostly farming land and as a result, south always is short of supplies; only a few hundred miles of railroad; smaller population; because families need men to work fields, it hit the south hard when they died; whole coast blockaded by north

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From Unit 6, what were the causes and amounts of casualties during the Civil War?

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-causes: most casualties and deaths in the Civil War were the result of non-combat-related disease; for every three soldiers killed in battle, five more died of disease -amounts: estimated 1.5 million casualties reported

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From Unit 7, describe the relationship between the US settlers moving west and the Western Plains Indians. Did the actions the US government took to deal with the Plains Indians impact them (Indians) positively or negatively?

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didn't like each other; negatively

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From Unit 7, what are labor unions? What tactics did they use to get their demands met?

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an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests; strikes

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From Unit 9, what were some of the arguments for imperialism?

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-to have increased resources and some strategic positioning of colonies could enhance trade and boost the American economy -kind of along the lines of Manifest Destiny, colonizing foreign lands could lead to America spreading it's wealth, influence and culture abroad -imperialism could be a key component in creating a more civil foreign people

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From Unit 9, what were some arguments against imperialism?

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-the Constitution sets forth a principle that calls for the "consent of the governed", meaning that to imperialize and thus annex other colonies would violate this important aspect of our democracy -a leader that seeks to colonize and act in a tyrannical manner abroad may be more inclined to act in such a way at home in the United States; tolerating despotism in any form could be a tell-tale sign of a flawed government -annexation (particularly in the Pacific) could lead to heightened US involvement in the political and military affairs of the Eastern Asians; to avoid such conflict, only avoiding imperialism could provide an alternative

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From Unit 9, what impact did WWI have on the US economy (good/bad)?

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World War I helped lift the United States out of a recession as European countries increased their purchases of American goods; United States emerged as a creditor nation and assumed the role of primary investor in Latin America and other parts of the world; new jobs in manufacturing and other industries, combined with a shortage of cheap European labor, translated into opportunities for African Americans in New York, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago and other northern cities (Great Migration); during the war, some women took jobs as factory workers or government clerks, while others joined the military as nurses and telephone operators

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Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?

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were a group of Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II whose mission was to send and receive secret coded messages that the enemy could not understand

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