HISTORY EXAM: CHAPTER 26
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 at the tehran conference, stalin, roosevelt, and churchill agreed | To a participation of postwar Germany |
| although hitler rose to power in Germany his actual birthplace was in | Austria |
| in december 1936, chiang kai-shek ended his military efforts against communists and | Formed a front against japan |
| hitler was confident that the western states who had signed the treaty of versailles would | Not use force to maintain it |
| at ___ heroic efforts by the british royal navy and civilians in private boats managed to evacuate 338,000 allied troops | Dunkirk |
| at the beginning of 1943, the allies agreed to seek form the axis powers nothing short of | Unconditional surrender |
| hitlers goal was to create a | Third reich, or german empire |
| truman wanted to avoid an invasion of japan because he believed that | Americans would suffer heavy losses. |
| lenin intended his economic policies to | Allow the economy to re-build itself |
| hitler demanded and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia | Sudetenland |
| japan had conquered southeast asia during WWII using the slogan | "Asia for the Asiatics" |
| Some people did not believe or acknowledge the full horrors of Hilters slaughter of civilians for all of the reasons EXCEPT one | Collaborators refused to help the nazis hunt down jews |
| hitler inaccurately associated the concept of an a the concept of an Aryan race will all of the following except | Jews |
| on December 7, 1941 japanese | Launched a surprise attack on the us pacific fleet pearl harbor |
| parliamentary systems failed in most eastern european states, in part, because | These systems had little democratic tradition |
| the kristallnacht which happened on november 9, 1938 was | A destructive rampage against german jews led by nazis. |
| the tehran conference in 1943 set in motion a plan that would ultimately result in | Germany being divided along a north-south line into east and west |
| The ___ was the period of political tension following WWII | Cold War |
| Stalin wanted to create a buffer to protect the Soviet Union from the West by creating | Satellite, pro-Soviet state governments |
| Japanese leaders miscalculated American intent and thought that the US would accept | Japanese domination of the Pacific |
| Hitler ended Germany's economic woes, unemployment, and the depression by | Public works projects and a rearmament program |
| Franco's military regime in Spain was supported by | Germany and Italy |
| The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of all of the following groups EXCEPT | Italians |
| The turning point of the war in Asia that established US naval superiority over Japan in the Pacific was the Battle of | Midway Island |
| Churchill called postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe the | "Iron Curtain" |
| Two days after Hitler's invasion of ___ Britain and France declared war on Germany | Poland |
| When the Einsatzgruppen proved to be too slow for the Nazis they | Built special extermination camps in Poland |
| ___ administered the Nazi's Final Solution | Reinhard Heydrich |
| At the Potsdam Conference, Truman demanded ___ throughout Eastern Europe | Freely elected governments |
| At the Yalta Conference, the Allies agreed to | The establishment of a United Nations organization after the war. |
| In order to address labor shortages during the war, Japan | Brought in Korean and Chinese laborers |
| Hitler's right of superior nations to "living space" | Lebensraum |
| Great Britain's policy of ___ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe. | Appeasement |
| Hitler's blitzkrieg, or "lightning war" was | A form of attack that used tank divisions supported by air attacks |
| Chamberlain's Munich Conference with Hitler in 1938 resulted in Britain | Feeling that peace was secured |
| The ___ were special strike forces charged with the task of rounding up and killing the Jews. | Einsatzgruppen |
| Stalin's Five Year Plans were based on all of the following EXCEPT | Communism |
| Which country was referred to as the "soft underbelly" of Europe by Winston Churchill | Italy |
| After 1941, Germany ruled some areas like Poland through direct annexation, but most of occupied Europe was run by German officials with | Local collaborators |
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