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Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Per _______Ch. 11 & 12: World War II Study GuideMussolini exploited the public’s fears by portraying fascism as a bulwark against what other form of government?What is the other name for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party?What part of the world did many military officers in Japan believed Japan was destined to dominate?What was appeasement?The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the SovietUnion to divide which country?President Franklin Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for what?The Neutrality Act of 1939 permitted the United States to sell arms to warring countries, but only on what basis?What did the Fight for Freedom Committee do?In July of 1940, Congress gave President Roosevelt the power to put economic pressure on Japan by doing what?Which event finally brought the United States into World War II?The Nazis reserved their strongest hatred for Jews, although they also held other groups incontempt, including homosexuals, the disabled, Gypsies, and what other group?What was Kristallnacht? What did it mark in history?Following the unification of Austria and Germany, around 3,000 Austrian Jews tried to do apply for visas to go where?What happened to many of the Jewish refugees aboard the SS St. Louis?The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to do what?Nuremberg Laws were? Auschwitz was?Cuba did what with regards to the passengers aboard the SS St. Louis?Shoah means what? Gestapo were?During World War II, the army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from what?What was the “Double V” campaign?The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of what?What were some difficulties facing cities with war industries?What was the Sunbelt?Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps did what? cost-plus contracts were what? “Rosie the Riveter” was what?Liberty ship Korematsu v. the United States decided what? B-25 bombers replaced what type of planes?In June 1942, decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States to the planned Japanese attack on what island?Why were the Japanese unable to decipher the messages of the Navajo code talkers?A key to the American success at the Battle of Midway was what?What were the three parts of the American plan that called for the defeat of the Japanese by General Douglas MacArthur’s troops?Did President Franklin Roosevelt agree with Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s plan’s to attack Germany and invade Morocco and Algeria?In May of 1943, German troops in North Africa did what?Before D-Day, the Allies placed dummy equipment along the coast of Britain for what purpose?Why did the invasion of France have to begin at night? To hide what?How did the American landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day go?What were the three technologies that helped turn the favor for the Allies in the spring and summer of 1942 Battle of the Atlantic?On November 8, 1942, the American invasion of North Africa began under the command of which general?Capturing Stalingrad was the key to Hitler’s strategy to destroy what countries economy?At the Tehran Conference, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin agreed on what?On June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000 soldiers set sail for the coast of what country?The Germans’ goal in the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through what port?Invading Iwo Jima proved difficult for American troops because of the island’s rugged terrain and what else?General Curtis LeMay attempted to destroy Japan’s war production by doing what to Japanese cities?In order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan, American military planners chose to first invade where?What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?What was the main factor that helped Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany ?What was the Lend‐Lease Act?What leader transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an Industrial Power?Who were the leaders for the following nations: Austria? Spain? Britain? France?On what did the German Military strategy of Blitzkrieg depend?What following countries was an AXIS power?When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?Which nation signed and nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?What is Genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?What were some of the main reasons that WWII occurred?Identify some of the Failures of the World War I Peace Settlement?How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?What kind of leader was Mussolini? ................
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