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History Unit 8 World War II TestIsolationism - correct answer ✔✔A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other
countries
Appeasement - correct answer ✔✔Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict and to keep peace.
Britain & France used appeasement with Hitler- they gave in to his demands in order to avoid war. 6
months after the Munich Conference, Hitler broke his promise and annexed all of Czechoslovakia
Kamikaze - correct answer ✔✔Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and
crashed them into American ships
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis - correct answer ✔✔An alliance between Italy, Germany, and Japan against
communism. The Axis powers agreed to fight Soviet communism and not to interfere with one another's
plans for expansion; the agreement cleared the way for these anti-democratic, aggressor powers to take
even bolder steps.
Causes of WWII - correct answer ✔✔1. High unemployment, desperation, and feelings of betrayal led to
the rise of totalitarian dictators
2. Fascist dictator's Mussolini and Hitler threatened to conquer new territories for Italy and Germany
3. Extreme nationalism and a need for raw materials led to a desire to expand in Japan under Hideki
4. Britain and France were the leaders of the League of Nations but both wanted to avoid another war,
and the US was focused on the Great Depression
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact - correct answer ✔✔In 1939, Hitler demanded that western Poland be
returned to Germany but he did not want to provoke a war with the Soviet Union. This caused Stalin &
Hitler to agree to the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, promising never to attack each other. Secretly,
Germany & the USSR agreed to divide Poland. Then on September 1, 1939, Hitler ordered the German
military to attack Poland and they invaded them.
Invasion of Poland - correct answer ✔✔Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. After signing
the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin, Hitler had a surprise attack and German tanks and
, troops rumbled across the Polish border. This broke their agreement, and on September 3, 1939 Britain
and France declared war, starting World War II.
**German Occupation of France - correct answer ✔✔Germany invaded Poland and this was the first
time that Germany had used their new military strategy - the blitzkrieg. Hitler annexed the western half
of Poland and the soviets occupied the eastern half.
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs - correct answer ✔✔When the allies won the battle of Okinawa, they
began firebombing Japanese cities, but japan would not surrender. In May 1945, the war in Europe was
over & U.S. began preparing for a land invasion of Japan. But, Albert Einstein wrote President Roosevelt
about the potential to build a nuclear weapon. Then FDR created a secret project called the Manhattan
Project. Physicist Fermi created the nuclear reaction and the bomb was secretly constructed. After FDR
died, VP Truman had to decide how to end the war in the Pacific. They tested the bomb and it was
successful. Once the atomic bomb was ready, they issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan: "surrender
or face destruction". When Japan refused to surrender, Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima on
August 6, 1945. After 3 days, Japan did not surrender so a 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
After the second atomic bomb, Emperor Hirohito agreed to a surrender, which ended WWII.
Events Leading to WWII - correct answer ✔✔1. Treaty of Versailles - Germany not happy with War guilt
cause
2. Axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan.
3. Hitler creates treaty with Stalin (non-aggression pact)
4. 1931-Japan invades Manturia
5. 1933-Hitler comes to power
6. 1939-Hitler invades Poland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, (this causes Britain and France to declare war
on Germany)
7. December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor, US pulled into the war when the Japanese bomb the naval fleet-
>Germany declares was on US because they are allies with Japan
Japanese Aggressions - correct answer ✔✔In 1931, Japanese forces invaded Manchuria in order to seize
its iron and coal mines, and by 1937 they conquered Northern China and killed 300,000 unarmed
soldiers and civilian during the Rape of Nanjing. The League of Nations condemned Japanese aggression
but did nothing to stop the attacks to maintain peace.
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