What act of terror made the Nazi anti-Semitic program a clear reality?

1
What act of terror made the Nazi anti-Semitic
program a clear reality?

• Kristallnacht

2
What was appeasement?

• Britain Frances policy of giving Hitler small
  pieces of territory to keep him happy

3
What kinds of propaganda were used by the Nazis?
Who was their minister of propaganda?

• marches, rallies, radio, print Joseph Goebbels

4
What was the Nazis economic policy?

• Gear all production toward strong military state

5
At what point before WWII did Hitler say he was
done adding territory?

• after Sudetenland

6
Where did Hitler look for territory after
Czechoslovakia?

• Poland

7
What treaty guaranteed his security on the
eastern front?

• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

8
Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

• the U.S cut off shipments of oil

9
What was the Vichy government?

• controlled non-occupied France during WWII

10
What event led to hardships on the German
homefront?

• failure of Soviet Invasion

11
Name two places Hitler took territory before the
war started.

• Czechoslovakia, Austria, Rhineland

12
What event started the war in Europe?

• Germanys invasion of Poland

13
How long did it take Germany to conquer Western
Europe at the start of the war?

• 9 months (9/39-6/40)

14
What was the Battle of Britain (or Blitz)?

• massive German air raids over a period of months
  in 1940

15
What law allowed us to provide supplies for Great
Britain while remaining neutral?

• Lend-Lease Act

16
What was the Atlantic Charter?

• An agreement on war goals between Churchill and
  Roosevelt signed in 8/41 (before we entered the
  war

17
Where did the U.S. enter the fighting in the war
against Germany?

• North Africa

18
What offensive operation by the Germans
eventually helped lead to their downfall?

• invasion of the USSR

19
What was the Allied invasion of Normandy called?

• D-Day/Op. Overlord

20
How long did it take the Japanese to establish
control of the entire Western Pacific?

• 5 months (12/41-4/42)

21
What two kinds of fighting were most common in
the Pacific?

• naval air battles amphibious assaults (island
  hopping)

22
What battle was considered the turning point in
the Pacific?

• Midway

23
Where did the Japanese resort to the greatest
amount of kamikaze activity? Why was this island
geographically significant?

• Okinawa, less than 500 miles from Japan

24
What was the name of the program to create the
A-Bomb? Where did many of its scientists come
from?

• Manhattan Project, Europe which they left
  because of anti-Semitism

25
What were Trumans two main options to defeat
Japan?

• invasion or A-Bomb

26
On what two cities was the A-Bomb dropped?

• Hiroshima Nagasaki

27
Identify two things that were controversial about
the use of the A-Bomb.

• used on civilians, radiation, start arms race,
  unknown effects

28
Where was the next major campaign after winning
in North Africa? Why was it difficult to fight
there?

• Sicily (Italy), rugged mountainous terrain

29
What did we use to attack German manufacturing
and military centers from 1942 until the end of
the war?

• Long range Bombers

30
What was so difficult about attacking Omaha beach
on D-Day?

• Faced a big cliff and a shallow beach

31
What invasion marked the beginning of the end for
the Germans in Europe?

• D-Day/Operation Overlord

32
What was the last major German counter attack?

• Battle of the Bulge

33
Name two places where the Big 3 met to discuss
post war plans.

• Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam

34
Name two things the U.S. wanted from the Soviets
at Yalta.

• in the U.N., out of Eastern Europe, help vs, Japan

35
Name two things the Soviets wanted out of us and
the British at Yalta.

• Friendly satellite states in Eastern Europe,
  reparations and forced labor from the Germans

36
How did WWII solve the problems of the Great
Depression?

• boosted production wages, created full
  employment

37
How did the governments raise money for the war
effort?

• Selling war bonds

38
Name two goods that were rationed during WWII.

• rubber, gasoline, sugar, flour, meat products

39
Identify three uses for propaganda.

• recruit for war effort, conserve/ration, dont
  blab, hate the enemy, believe in our cause, stay
  united