Chapter 24
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- What put the Japanese National Militarists in charge over the Imperialists?
- The successful invasion of Manchuria.
- what was the magniot line ?
- a system of fortifications built along France's eastern border.
- What was the main reason most Americans were against allowing the Jews to immigrate to the U.S.?
- They were worried they would take American jobs and threaten the economic recovery.
- What two countries promised to protect Czechoslovakia early in the German attack?
- France and Great Britain.
- What were the 3 German Empires according to Hitler?
- The Holy Roman Empire, The German Empire, and the Third Reich
- What were the Nuremburg laws in Germany?
- They stripped the Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property.
- What was the reason many disliked Jews?
- They blamed the Jewish people for theri economic failures, and they blamed them for losing WWI.
- What foreign countries were involved in the Spanish Civil War?
- America, Germany & Italy
- What country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany?
- Soviet Union
- What was Hitler's dream?
- Hitler, who had been born in Austria, dreamed of uniting all German speaking people.
- What did Hitler really accomplish by invading Denmark and Norway?
- Hitler planned on building bases along the coast to attack Great Britain.
- What was the Weimer Republic?
- The German government setup after the war.
- What is a totalitarian government?
- A government that exerts complete control over its citizens. People have no rights.
- What German ocean liner was refused port in the U.S. and forced them to return to Germany?
- The St. Louis.
- What Jewish people were accepted to immigrate to the United States.
- Those with exceptional merit. (Ex. Albert Einstein)
- Who was Neville Chamberlain's political opponent that accused him of appeasement for signing the Munich agreement?
- Winston Churchill
- Who were referred to as the "merchants of death" and why?
- Bank and manufacturers. Because many people felt America was dragged into WWI because of their greediness.
- Why was the Legue of Nations established after WWI?
- To prevent aggressive acts.
- What were the failures of the WWI peace settlement?
- The treaty of Versailles cause resentment and anger. Germans did not think it was fair that they were blamed for the war and that they were stripped of colonies because of being blamed.
- What caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
- The invasion of Poland.
- What is appeasement?
- giving up principles to pacify an aggressor.
- What was the Rome-Berlin Axis?
- An alliance formed by Hitler (Germany) and Musolini (Italy).
- What were Stalin's primary goals ofin setting up the "perfect communist state"?
- Agriculture and Industrial growth.
- What gave rise to Facism in Italy?
- Unemployment, inflation and the threat of communism.
- What were the three goals Hitler presented in Mein Kamph?
- Uniting all German speaking people, Racial Purification, expansion of living space.
- What does the Latin word faces mean?
- A bundle of rods tied around an ax. It had been a symbol of unity since ancient Rome.
- What was the problem with the Jewish people emmigrating (leaving) from Germay
- Foreign countries would only allow a certain number in.
- What was the Legue of Nations response to Musolini's invasion of Ethiopia?
- An economic boycutt
- What was Hitler's forst move in his campaign for racial purification?
- He ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs.
- What did blitzkrieg represent?
- Use of advances in military technology-such as fast tanks and more powerful aircraft to take the enemy by surprise and to crush all oposition.
- What was the Munich agreement?
- An agreement that turned over the Sudetenland to Germany control. It was established because Hitler promised Great Britain and France that it would be his last invasion.
- How did Hitler rationalize the invasion of Denmark and Norway?
- He said he was protecting their freedom and independance because Russia (Stalin)'s was invading other countries in the region.
- What was the first test of Germany's military strategy, blitzkrieg?
- The invasion of Poland
- What French General fled to England and setup a government in exile after France fell to Germany?
- Charles DeGaulle.
- What does luftwaffe mean?
- Air Weapon
- What is Facism?
- A government that stresses the interests of the state above those of individuals.
- What was Chechoslovakia's main defense from a German attack?
- The mountains.
- What belif did the Japanese nationalistic militarists share with Hitler that led to the attack on Manchuria?
- The need for more living space for a growing population.
- In the early Soviet Union, what were privately owned farms replaced with?
- Collectives-huge government farms worked by hundreds of families.
- What did the Nuetrality Acts outlaw?
- The sale of arms or loans to countries at war.
- What were the two reasons Hitler wanted to annex Chechoslovakia?
- To provide more living space for the Germans and for its natural resources.
- Where was Sudetenland?
- The western border regions of Czechoslavakia where German speaking people lived.
- What was Kristallnacht?
- When German storm troopers smashed the windows of Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues accross Germany.