World war 2

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How did the reparations Germany was ordered to pay in the Treaty of Versailles help lead to Hitler and the Nazis coming to power in Germany?

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The reparations caused economical problems for Germany which made them want a change in the government.

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Definition of reparations? (Select all correct answers):
- Payments from the losing country to the winning countries in war
- Used to pay damages from a war
- Loans made from the losing country to the winning countries in war
- Money collected by charities through donations
- Extra money printed

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Used to pay damages from a war

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How did the treaty of Versailles help cause Hitler’s early attempt to conquer other places and increase the size of Germany?

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Germany was trying to get back land they had lost in the treaty and unite German people who were no longer under German rule.

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Which leader’s rise to power is this describing? He was appointed to chancellor, but when a terrorist attack happened, he used his emergency powers to gain full power of the country.

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How Hitler became dictator of Germany

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Which leader’s rise to power is this describing? He came to power by gaining support from the army. After he had the army on his side he marched to the spiral and demanded to be prime minister. He could not be refused and the old prime minister was replaced.

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How Mussolini became dictator of Italy

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Which leader's rise to power is described by using a government position to appoint powerful allies, increasing his own power?

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How Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union

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Appeasement

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Giving in to an aggressive power to avoid a conflict

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Why did allied appeasement of Germany fail to prevent a war?

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Repeated appeasement made Hitler believe Europe would never be willing to fight a war to stop him.

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Why wasn’t the League of Nations able to stop Germany, Italy, and Japan’s aggressive actions?

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League countries did not have to send military to support actions, so the League could not get enough military force to stop them.