Chapter 13/14 history trst

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What was decided at the Yalta conference

Germany's unconditional surrender and plans for post war world

How did the government spending different between the Great Depression and World War II

Great depression; economy and homeless World War II; military equipment

Who was A. Philip Randolph and what did he want

He was the head of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, protest unfair treatment of AA

What caused many Germans to lose their life savings

Hyperinflation- Price increases are out of control

What was the Battle of the Bulge

Bulge in the allied battlelines created by the German advance

What was the purpose of a victory garden

Americans planted gardens in their backyard during rationing in order to join the war effort

What were some of the major Nazi death camps

Auschwitz (Birkenau), Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek

What is the policy of isolationism

Avoid involvement in foreign war

Why did Hitler think he could remilitarize the Rhineland on the border of France and Germany

Because the league of Nations wouldn't do anything and it was his land and territory

What was operation overlord

Codename battle of Normandy, allies invasion towards western France, allies advancement

What was the purpose of German air raids on Britain

Create disorganization among the enemy forces with mobile force and concentrated firepower

Why did Hitler attack Denmark and Norway

Denmark was a stepping stone to Norway: The Germans arrived there to deny it to the British ! The British landed forces at Trondheim & Norway but were soon forced to withdraw because of poor resources & lack of support.

What did Erwin Rommel do

Desert fox, German Marshall WW2

What happened that made the British prime minister think that the appeasement did not work

Invasion of Czechoslovakia

What was important about the battle of Midway

Island hopping; US ended the Japanese advantages

What impact did Hitler's suicide have on Germany's war effort

It halted German forces and the third Reich

What affect did blaming Jews for the economic problems of Germany build anti-Semitism

It made Jews as a scapegoat

The allies used Silicily to attack where?

Italy

What was a kamikaze

Japanese pilot sacrifice their lives by crashing their plane towards American warship

What role did the League the Nations lack of action have in encouraging Hitler's aggression

League of Nations didn't get involved

Why would Japanese-Americans put into interment camps

Military thought that Japanese-Americans would be spies for Japan

What was the essential component of fascism

Nationalism, dictatorship, expansionism

What role did Hollywood play in the war effort

Propaganda films

How did making an appeal to the Italian people help the allies in Italy

The attack and capture of Italy was much easier

Why was there a need for the allies to protect shipping

So supplies can get to Europe

What was the quarantine act

States to work with peace loving countries to quarantine aggressive nations and stop the spread of war

Why was the battle of coral sea so important

That US permitted Japanese invasion of a British controlled island New Guinea

What was the result of Hitler defending the Rhine River

The Allies invaded Germany successfully

Why what the Nazis become so powerful in Germany

The Nazi party came up at a time in which Germany was suffering; Nazi promise vision of hope for Germany

What was the effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

The US join the war

After World War II, what did the US do in Europe and Japan

They help rebuild

Why did many people support the idea of giving Hitler the Sudetenland

They thought of it as appeasement in hopes for Hitler to stop doing that things

Why did people in the US want to follow the policy of isolationism

To preserve America's freedom to choose the time and place for such action

What was the Manhattan project

Top-secret program of building the atomic bomb


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