Study Guide for Chapter 16

20.)What other brutalities took place in concentration camps?

People were separated from families, starved, lived in cold, wet, rat and pest infested barracks, were killed in gas chambers, worked and got beaten all day, and were forced to march for long hours.

15.)What did the Nazis do to the Jews after taking power?

Persecuted and killed a estimated 6 million jews.

24.)How did FDR help the allies?

Roosevelt convinced congress to increase spending for defense and revised the Neutrality Act and added the lend-lease act.

28.)How did the US end up in a undeclared war with Germany?

Roosevelt disclosed to Churchill that he couldn't ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany, but "he would wage war" and do "everything" to "force an incident." And a incident arise when submarine warfare broke out

22.)What did the US do after WWII began in Europe?

Roosevelt revised the Neutrality Act.

27.)What was the Atlantic Charter?

It was a joint declaration of war aims between U.S. and Great Britain

23.)How did the formation of the Axis alliance affect the United States?

It was aimed to keep the United States out of the war. If the United States were to declare war on any one of the Axis powers, it would face its worst military nightmare—a two-ocean war, with fighting in both the Atlantic and the Pacific

6.)Why did many Americans have difficulty with a policy of neutrality?

Many Americans had difficulty with a policy of neutrality because they were worried about what would happen to the economy and what would happen if they entered the war too late and their allies had no power.

25.)Why were some Americans opposed to providing aid to the USSR?

Many did not agree with Roosevelt who thought "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". They did not trust the soviet union entirely.

30.)What event brought America's entry into WWII?

Attack on Pearl Harbor

13.)What was Britain's situation at the end of 1940?

Britain was pushing on and continued to fight as Germans bombed Britain every day.

5.)What laws did Congress pass regarding foreign policy issues?

Congress passed the Neutrality Laws regarding the foreign policy.

11.)What was the "phony war"?

For the next several months after the fall of Poland, French and British troops on the Maginot Line sat staring into Germany, waiting for something to happen. On the Siegfried Line a few miles away German troops stared back.

12.)What happened to France after the "phony war"?

France's Maginot Line proved to be ineffective; the German army threatened to bypass the line during its invasion of Belgium. Germany pushed toward Paris.

14.)What was the result of the Battle of Britain?

German bombers continued to pound Britain cities trying to disrupt production and break civilian morale, and civilians in both countries unrelentingly carried on. Britain was hurt and Germany called off the invasion.

9.)What action freed Hitler to invade Poland?

German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia. At nightfall Hitler gloated, "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist." After that, the German dictator turned his land-hungry gaze toward Poland.

7.)What aggressive foreign policy actions did Hitler take when he came to power?

He declared to grow and prosper Germany needed the land of its neighbors. He wanted to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia where Germans still lived.

26.)What did the Germans do that threatened Roosevelt's lend-lease program?

Hitler deployed hundreds of German submarines—U-boats—to attack supply ships.

16.)Why was it almost impossible for Jews to escape from Germany?

So many jews had fled to other countries that other countries wouldn't accept more.

1.)In what countries did totalitarian governments come to power?

Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy.

29)Why was Japan on a collision course with the United States?

The British were too busy fighting Hitler to block Japanese expansion. Only the U.S. and its Pacific islands remained in Japan's way. The Japanese began their southward push. The United States protested this new act of aggression by cutting off trade with Japan.

10.)What new tactics did Germany use in attacking Poland?

The German air force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. At the same time, German tanks raced across the Polish countryside, spreading terror and confusion. This was known as blitzkrieg.

4.)What type of foreign policy did the United States adopt after WWI?

The United States adopted the foreign policy of isolationism/noninterventionism.

2.)What was the goal of the militarists who took control of Japan?

The goal of the militarists that took control of Japan was too get more land to support the growing population

18.)What did the Nazis do to the Jews?

They had the Nuremberg laws, then kristallnacht occurred, then they were placed in ghettos, and then concentration camps.

19.)How did the Nazis industrialize the killing of the Jews?

They killed them often and would bring more in immediately and continue that cycle. They developed quick ways to kill them

21.)How have the holocaust survivors been affected by their experience?

They never forget what happened to them and live with the horrendous memories for the rest of their life.

3.)How did the League of Nations respond to aggression?

They responded with an ineffective boycott. They didn't do anything to stop them.

8.)How did Britain and France respond to Hitler's actions?

They thought it was inevitable, but he invited prime minister and premier to meet with him and they signed a Munich Agreement which turned over land to Germay.

17.)What was the goal of the "final solution"?

To kill all jews.