WHAP: MC Ch 29 (World War 2)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Joseph Stalin | _ _ led the USSR into a revolution that turned it into a industrial and military power |
| Stalin | _ means man of steel in russian |
| priesthood | before becoming a communist Stalin was a member of the _ |
| Leon Trosky | _ _ was the person stalin kicked out to get power |
| dictator | Stalin was the _ of Russia |
| industrial | stalin mainly wanted to increase russia's _ power |
| five-year plans | the _ _ _ introduced by stalin, used multiple times, was used to increase industrial production |
| united states, canada | the USSR's five year plans represented the transformation that happened in the _ _ and _ decades ago |
| peasantry | the only way to pay for the industrialization of the USSR was to squeeze the _ |
| collectivization | the _ of agriculture squeezed the peasantry, making them into collectives |
| amount, keep | under the collectivization of ag., the peasants were supposed to give a certain amount to the _, and they could keep the rest of the crop |
| kulaks | the _ were the better off peasants |
| kulaks | the _ did not like the plans of stalin, so they resisted giving up their property |
| executed, gulags | stalin sent most of the kulaks to be _ or to _ |
| kulaks, famine | the devastation and lack of resources due to the _' rebellion caused a _ after it was suppressed |
| armaments | the second five year plan by stalin was created to increase their amount of _ |
| NKVD | the _ was Stalin's secret police force |
| total war | under the five year plans the economy of the soviets represented a _ _ economy |
| paranoia | Stalin's _ caused a climate of terror and fear. he expelled most of his trusted associates |
| antiparty | Stalin in paranoia accused a lot of leninists with _ activities |
| weakened | the execution of many red army top generals _ the army |
| women | _ got jobs under the stanlisnists |
| female | _ employees were terminated first because women only worked for "pin money", according to theories |
| Black Thursday | the stock market crash of _ _ caused the collapse of the economy |
| Smoot-Hawley | the _ _ tarriff in the US was a high import tax which crippled export companies |
| dawes | the initial plan, called the _ plan, was called off when the global economy took a dive south |
| colonial | france and britain survieved the depression by forcing their _ holdings to only by their products |
| autarchy | _, indepdence from the world economy, was advocated by nationalists |
| new deal | the _ _ was introduced by FDR, and was a series of governmental programs intended to re-start the world economy |
| nonindustrial | _ nations erected a wall of import duties to protect their economies |
| export | nonindustrial nations dependent on _ economies were the hardest hit by the depression |
| fascisti | the _ were fighting units established by fighting units in italy of unelployed vets and unemployed people |
| action | the fascisti demanded _ to be taken by the government |
| Benito Mussolini | _ _ was the socialist party leader of Italy, expelled because of his support for the war |
| fascist | the _ parties glorified nationalism and warfare |
| publicity | the fascist parties always excelled in _ |
| fascist | Mussolini implemented _ party members into all aspects of the governmentr |
| unemployment, lowered, services | Mussolini's fascists lowered _, _ living standars, but increased the amount of public _ |
| Adolf Hitler | _ wrote the Mein Kampf where he outlined his radical goals and beliefs |
| master race | hitler wanted to create a _ _ of aryans to insure racial purity to prevent a depressions. |
| lebensraum | Hitler wanted to expand to create _, or a room to live for the German |
| German | _ speaking territories were okay if hitler conquered them.....generally |
| Fuhrer | the _ was the name for the leader of the third riech |
| Women | _ were discouraged to work in Nazi germany |
| conquest | the nazis did not focus on popularity, or prosperity, but on _ |
| naval | in response to Germany's violation of the treaty of versailles, Britain signed a _ agreement with Germany |
| economic | due to bad _ conditions, Britain and France did not start a war with germany |
| Axis | the Germans and the Italians signed a agreement called the _ |
| export | the blockade of Japan's _ market from the US and China caused a depression |
| China | the Japanese thought a colonial empire, to be created by annexing _, would be the best way to solve economic problems |
| Manchuria | The chinese government first challenged japanese rule in _ |
| civilian | _ ministers in japan were dominated by the milirary |
| Shanghai | the Japanese took over - when theere was a border |
| Manchukuo | Japan recognized the independence of _, or manchuria |
| Chinese Communist Party | the _ _ _ was the main challenge to the power of Chiang Kai-shek |
| persecuted | kai-shek _ communists and labor leaders, forcing them to flee to SE china |
| Mao Zedong | _ _ was a chinese communist party leader, coming out of the Kai-shek prosecutions, who called for violent efforts for change |
| wealthy, poor | Mao planned to distribute the land from the _ to the _ |
| social | Mao planned for a _ revolution, and a archetypical chinese peasant revolution |
| peasants | Marxist-Leninist ideology favored industrial workers over _, but Maoists were the opposite |
| women | Mao was a activist of _'s equality |
| medical, nursing, arranged, foot binding | mao allowed women to go to _ and _ schools, and banned _ marriage as well as _ _ |
| guerilla | the communists fought the chinese gov with _ tactics |
| Long March | the _ _ of the communists was their 1000km trek to a remote province |
| Junior | _ japanese officers gave the impetus for the sino-japanese war |
| western | the _ authorities supported china in the sino-japanese war |
| Chinese | the _ communists and government were united in their struggle against the japanese |
| quagmire | the Japanese invasion did not serve to actually promote economic stability, but pushed them deeper into a _ |
| violence, Nanjing | the incredible _ of the Sino-Japanese war was best shown in the Rape of _ |
| Taxes | Kaishek raised _ on peasants to pay for the war, even though it caused a famine |
| Yan'an | Mao created a new government from the capital of _, listening to the needs of the peasants |
| offensive, defensive | in WW2, the advantage was for the _, in WW1, the advantage was for the _ |
| Wehrmacht | the _ was the name for the german armed forces |
| Blitzkrieg | the _ was the combined use of tactics by the germans, alternatively known as the lightning war. |
| localized, macro | in ww2, battles were not _, but on a _ level |
| targets` | in ww2, civilians were legit _, to be exterminated |
| Poland | _ was conquered by the german government in a matter of a month |
| polish | the _ infantry were eliminated by the germans |
| morale | the _ contributed to the collapse of the French in WW2, not the lack of resources |
| RAF | the _, or the british air force, was better equipped, and thus won the battle of britain |
| engima | _ was the secret german language for coding in ww2 |
| Stalin | hitler turned on _, and attacked the USSR |
| Stalingrad | Hitler attacked _ because it was the center for russian oil |
| temporary | Italian victories in Solmalialand and Egypt were _, as the british counterattacked |
| El Alamein | _ _, in egypt, the British survivived because of better tech |
| war | Japan chose _ to get the southeast asian islands |
| Yamamoto | Isooku _, the commander of the Japanese fleet, warned against the Japanese-American war |
| Pearl Harbor | the attack of _ _ was intended to get the americans to allow the conquest of SE Asia |
| Battle of Midway | in the _ _ _, the Japanese lost a lot of their key assetts |
| Japan | when _ bombed the US, the US joined the Allies |
| Teheran | after Churchill, stalin, and roosevelt met in _, they opened a new front in France |
| D-Day | the attacks of _ _ was the invasion of France |
| one | after D-day, the germans held out only for _ more year |
| Hiroshima, Nagasaki | the bombings of _ and _ were the reasons that ended the war in japan |
| surrendered | some historians say that Japan may have _ without the nuclear attacks |
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