What is capitalism
an economic system where it is essentially everyone for themselves; everything is private/ self owned. free enterprise
What is fascism?
an extreme form of communism where there is dictatorship
Whose ideas in the "Communist Manifesto" inspired Lenin?
Karl Marx
What is a totalitarian government?
Absolute total control, where the government controls every aspect of public and private life
Who were the Bolsheviks?
They were a radical group of Russian Marxist who were against the Czar
Who led the Great Purge? What was it?
Stalin- it was when Russia tried to get communism out
Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by whom?
The government
Who led the Bolsheviks when they gained control of Russia?
Lenin
What two social groups does the hammer and sickle represent?
Industry and agriculture
What country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany in 1939?
Russia (Soviet Union)
The Munich Conference was held to address the German threat to whom?
German threat to invade Czechoslovakia
Il Duce" was the title of which leader
Mussolini
What was the motive of US isolationism after WW1?
They believed their involvement was a costly error
What is the policy of appeasement?
to give in
As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, where was there new democracy?
Eastern Europe
What happens to your money during inflation?
It becomes worth less
What happened to European nations during the Great Depression?
They experienced instability in their new democracies. The countries that depended on the US for trade had their economies fail
Where was the first Fascist Party formed?
Italy by Mussolini
What living space did Hitler desire tor the "master race"?
it was called lebensraum, it consisted of eastern Europe and Russia
What are the three countries in the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Poland
What is blitzkrieg?
A military strategy that depended on the element of surprise
The Germans first successfully used the blitzkrieg in an attack on whom?
Poland
What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during and after the war?
Free trade among nations and the right to choose your own government. Served as the Allie's peace plan to end WW2
What was the crucial lesson learned from the Battle of Britain?
Hitlers forces could be stopped
Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
Eisenhower
What is the US response to the Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
Cutting their oil supply
Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the pacific?
MacArthur
What battle was the turning point in the Pacific against Japan and allowed the Allies to begin taking the offensive?
Battle of Midway
What did the Allies' strategy of island hopping include?
Taking the small ones first to isolate the big ones
How did the Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of the Jews?
The night of the broken glass; when Nazis went to Jewish owned buildings and broke the glass, killing hundreds of Jews
Why were thousands of US citizens put in internment camps during the war?
US citizens who were labeled as Japanese were considered a threat
What was the goal of Hitlers "final solution"?
To exterminate the Jews
What combination led to German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
The cold, Russian winter (weather) and the amount of Russian soldiers
What battle was the last offensive push for Germany?
Battle of the Bulge
What was addressed in the Nuremberg Trials?
act against humanity
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?
To end the war as quickly possible
What two cities was the atomic bomb dropped on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What economic aid package was designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after WW2?
The Marshall Plan
What term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe?
The Iron Curtain
What alliance was between the US, Canada and 10 Western European nations?
NATO
What is the purpose of the Truman Doctrine
To stop the spread of communism by supporting countries that reject it
What is the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
Which leader won China's civil war, and what name did he give to the country?
Mao Zedong; People's Republic of China
During the war in Korea, what did President Truman and Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about?
The use of nuclear weapons to bomb China
What was the name of the most infamous Nazi extermination camp?
Auschwitz in Poland
What were the Third World Countries?
Developing countries not aligned with the US or Soviet Union
How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis?
Khrushchev believed that the US was too weak to oppose the Soviet Union
What American president is credited with starting the fall of the Soviet Union?
Ronald Reagan
Hitler and the Nazis call these people the superior race
Aryan
What are Kamikaze?
Suicide missions from the Japanese to bomb US ships- shows they value their country more than individual life
What does Mein Kampf mean?
my struggles