An example of totalitarian aggression before 1939 (Hint: Failure of appeasement)

1. An example of totalitarian aggression before 1939 (Hint: Failure of appeasement) Mussolini invade Ethiopia

2. The genocide of millions of European Jews by the Nazis was known as the _________. Holocaust

3. In the beginning, Germans deprived Jews of their rights by: 1. 2. Not allowing them to hold public office Not allowing them to hold businesses or property

4. Jews were required to wear a: Yellow star… the Star of David

5. Russia ______ became a Communist country before WWII and was renamed the ____ also called the _____ _____. USSR Soviet Union

6. A foreign policy of a country claiming territory beyond its borders for economic and strategic reasons is called: Imperialism…(expanding your EMPIRE)

7. Militarism is: The glorifying and building up of the military in preparation for war

8. What did the Treaty of Versailles do to the Germans? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Blamed them for WWI Had to pay war reparations Took away land & colonies No more alliances No more imperializing Not allowed to rebuild military

9. Long term CAUSES of WWII: • (Basically the same as causes • of ____) WWI Imperialism Militarism Nationalism Alliances Totalitarianism…2 forms are: Fascism and Communism

10. Immediate or “kick off” Event that finally started WWII was Hitler’s invasion of _______. POLAND

11. Totalitarianism is: 2 Totalitarian governments: 1. 2. Type of government with a single party dictator which has TOTAL CONTROL over its citizens Fascism Communism

12. A type of government that has: a strong centralized government headed by one party with a dictator and a economy which DOES allow private ownership of property Fascism is:

13. The main difference between fascism and communism is that in a fascist gov. you can own _______ ________ and businesses that are heavily regulated by the gov.but, in a Communist gov. you cannot. Communists have _______ economies.(gov. control of all products made or grown) Private property command

14. What policy did England and France follow before WWII? APPEASEMENT Did it work? NO

15. Examples of how Italian Appeasement DID NOT work is that Mussolini imperialized by seizing: Ethiopia (Africa)

16. Examples of how German Appeasement DID NOT work is that Hitler seized: and And he made alliances and built back up Germany’s military which was against the ______ __ ________ The Rhineland, The Sudentanland Czechoslavkia Treaty of Versailles

17. Examples of how Japanese Appeasement DID NOT work is that Hirohito imperialized by seizing Manchuria (China)

18. 2 Fascist countries during WWII were: 1.______ 2.________ known as the Nazis Italy Germany

19. The years of WWII were: 1939-1945

20. 2 sides of WWII: ________ vs.___________ 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. (_____ will also support the Allies Allies Axis Powers Germany France Italy England USSR (SOVIET UNION) Japan USA China

21. Leaders during WWII: Allies: France= England= USSR/Soviet Union= USA= Axis Powers: Germany= Italy= Japan= de Gaulle Churchill Stalin FDR and Truman Hitler Mussolini Hirohito

22. The U.S. followed a foreign policy of _____________ before WWII. This means: ISOLATIONISM They “isolated” themselves from foreign conflicts

23. Which U.S. president was the first to originally establish the policy of isolationism? GEORGE WASHINGTON

24. Before America entered WWII we were helping the Allies by: • Lending them weapons & • supplies (Lend Lease Act) 2. Taking economic actions against Japan

25. 2 acts taken by FDR against Japan in 1941 before Pearl Harbor was: 1. 2. An embargo on the sell of aviation (airplane) gasoline and other goods “Froze” Japanese assets in the U.S.

26. The fighting in WWII happened in many places or _________. Most of the fighting was in 3 Theatres. They were: 1. 2. 3. Theatres Europe the Pacific Ocean North Africa

27. Theaters of War: Where WWII Was Fought Europe Atlantic Ocean Asia North Africa Pacific

28. Prohibiting trade with a certain country or of certain goods is known as an ________. embargo EMBARGO= NO CARGO

29. The event that brought America into WWII was: The next day ________declared war on Japan The bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th 1941 Congress

30. *The Japanese knew that a surprise attack on ___________ ___________ would give them control of the ___________ __________ because it would destroy much of our Pacific fleet of __________ ____________. PEARL HARBOR PACIFIC OCEAN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

31. The Japanese wanted to get America involved in WWII because: They wanted to stop the U.S. from supplying the Allies with weapons (Lend-Lease Act)

32. After Hitler invaded in Poland in Sept 1939 there was NO FIGHTING until May 1940 which is why at first many people called WWII a ________ ______. PHONEY WAR

33. The German word for Hitler’s lightning war is ______. THE RUSH IN OR BLITZ WOULD START WITH THE GERMAN AIRFORCE OR __________ IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY GROUND TROOPS. blitzkrieg LUFTWAFFE

34. 2 technologies that helped Hitler’s blitzkrieg were ________ and _____ airplanes tanks

35. In June 1940 one Allied power fell to the Axis Powers. It was called the____ __ ______. The southern part of France was allowed to set up its own government under German control and was called _______France but, it was eventually taken over by the Germans. Fall of France Vichy

36. Who led the free French military forces after the Fall of France? Charles de Gaulle

37. 3 more European countries conquered by Hitler in 1940 were: 1. 2. 3. Denmark Norway Luxembourg

38. The battle in which England came close but, did not fall to the Axis Powers was the: 1. Battle of Britain

39. Battle of Britain The Blitz - From September 7th the city of ________was heavily bombed. Hitler hoped to destroy the morale of the British people. He was unsuccessful and ______ did NOT Fall! London Britain

40. WWII in the Pacific Japan By 1942, _______ was winning the war in the Pacific. In America, fear of Japanese spies led to the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans in ____________ camps. Internment

41. WWII in the Pacific Famous American leader of the Pacific fleet was General _________ ________. In the Philippines, the American and Filipino forces were defeated in 1942 and on the _________ Peninsula. Douglas MacArthur Bataan

42. WWII in the Pacific Most of the 80,000 prisoners of war captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to undertake the infamous “_______ ______ _______" to a prison camp. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 men, weakened by disease and malnutrition and treated harshly by their captors, died before reaching their destination. Bataan Death March

43. Bataan Death March Gen. MacArthur was ordered to ________, where he started to plan for a return to the ________. He made the famous quote “___________________.” Australia Philippines I Shall RETURN

44. WWII in the Pacific By the summer of 1942 U.S. Marines landed at _________ in the _________ Islands. General MacArthur’s troops began recapturing islands in the Pacific by a strategy known as _________ ________. Guadacanal Solomon Island-Hopping

45. WWII in the Pacific The turning point in the Pacific was when the Japanese advance was stopped at the: 1. 2. Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Island

46. WWII in the Pacific In October 1944, General MacArthur returned to and recaptured the __________ at the Battle of _________ ______ Philippines LEYTE GULF

47. WWII in the Pacific *Two other important battles in the Pacific: 1. 2. Iwo Jima Okinawa

48. WWII in North Africa British attacked the German- Italian Army in North Africa at the Battle of __ _______. American forces under General _______ ___ _________ close in on the Germans ending the Axis powers from taking _____ and the ______ Canal. El Alamein Dwight D. Eishenower Egypt Suez

49. May of 1943 _____ powers surrender in ______ ________. Axis North Africa

50. November 1942 The Germans were unable to take the Soviet city of ________ because: 1. 2. (This was the same reason that _______ was unable to conquer Russia) Stalingrad Huge “Red” Army Freezing winter conditions Napoleon