World History: Interwar and WWII Flashcard

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What was one major effect of the Great Depression in Europe?

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Rise of totalitarian regimes

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Which dictator rose to power in Germany during the Interwar Years?

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Adolf Hitler

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What was the policy of appeasement?

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A strategy to avoid war by making concessions to aggressors

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Which two countries signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

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Germany and the Soviet Union

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What was Blitzkrieg?

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A fast and powerful military attack strategy

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What event brought the USA into WWII?

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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

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What was the main goal of the island-hopping strategy in the Pacific?

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To bypass heavily fortified islands and capture weaker ones

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What was the Holocaust?

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The systematic genocide of six million Jews by the Nazis

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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?

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To prosecute Nazi war criminals

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Which event marked the beginning of World War II?

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The invasion of Poland by Germany