World War 2 Test- World History

Spanish general who rose to power as the leader of the Nationalist forces, ruling as a dictator

a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to defend its national interests

How did Hitler justify his demands for the annexation of the Sudetenland? (2 possible)

 Blamed immigrants, migrants, and Jewish people for Germany's problems

What was the Lend-Lease Program?

Where is Sudetenland located?

Japan attacked America and America joined the war.

Americans planted gardens to combat food shortages

American forces captured Iwa Jima.

totalitarianism led by Hitler focused on intense nationalism and dictatorial rule

Americans rationed sugar, meat, butter, and gasoline using raioning coupon booklets

America attacked Okinawa and won

Germany invaded and captured France

Turning point of war in Eastern Europe

The worst economic downturn in U.S. history, lasting from 1929 to 1939.

What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

 Pushed for more overseas territory to improve the Japanese economy and protect their nation from foreign colonizers

Allied forces land in Normandy. Turning point of war in western Europe

Allied forces marched victoriously into Germany.

a political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned

the belief in superiority of the German race 

First battle completely by air. Britain defeated Germany. 

a political philosophy in which a dictator holds total power and individual freedoms are denied.

after WW2, towns and cities had to be rebuilt and America played a role in rebuilding nations.

Giving in to your principles and granting concessions to your enemies to avoid war.

What was the Munich Conference?

Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders.

The Nazis effectively used propaganda to win the support Germans to facilitate persecution, war, and genocide.

the Nazi sponsored murder of 6 million jews

factories that produced war materials 

to collect old metal to produce military armaments

Discouraged international trade, making imported goods from other countries more expensive.

How did President Roosevelt respond to the Great Depression? (two possible)

African Americans were treated well during the war

Used to imprison and kill Jews

Germany invaded Poland, officially beginning WW2

America drops atomic bombs on Japan and they surrender.

How did President Hoover respond to the Great Depression? (two possible)

Turning point of the war in the Pacific when USA sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers

American Japanese were sent to internment camps during the war.

The Federal Reserve did not act quickly enough to help banks that were failing and banks had to close.

Germans who lived in Czechoslovakia

Who were the main Axis powers?

The unemployed living in shantytowns. People living in whatever they could junk together.

Leader of the Soviet Union before, during and after World War II

What were the main Allied countries?

to help pay for war, americans purchased these

 took power by claiming he wanted to restore Italy to its former glory during the Roman Empire.

information, especially of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.