WWII

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How are dictators able to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? Options: People want strong leaders to solve their problems., Dictators promise freedom., Dictators allow everyone to vote., Dictators promise to end fascism.

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People want strong leaders to solve their problems.

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WWII event where Japan used surprise attack to bomb the United States: D-Day on the shores of France, Pearl Harbor, Invasion of Poland, V-E Day

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Pearl Harbor

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Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

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Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?

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Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.

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What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

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They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

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Which of the following is NOT true about the United States during World War II? Options: The U.S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor., Factories produced war goods and  natural resources were rationed. , Most women stayed home to raise children and tend to their husbands., The Tuskegee Airmen helped the allies defeat the Axis powers.

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Most women stayed home to raise children and tend to their husbands.

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A political system based on extreme national loyalty where the government controls the economy, culture, and all parts of people's lives. Usually the government is controlled by a dictator.

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Fascism

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European leaders initially gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy?

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appeasement

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Germany invaded what country that led to the start of WWII?

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Poland

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The mass slaughter of European civilians especially Jewish citizens, gypsies, disabled citizens and political opponents by the Nazis during WWII is called?

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Holocaust