Intro to WWII Flashcard

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______ transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial power, while also starving its people.

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Joseph Stalin

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Which politician was famous for his use of appeasement prior to WWII?

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Neville Chamberlain

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The policy of appeasement stated __________

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to give in to the demands of an aggressor in order to maintain peace

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______ was the dictator of Italy during World War II.

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Benito Mussolini

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The United States retreated to its policy of ________ after WWI.

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isolationism

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The "Anschluss" refers to ______

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Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany

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Nazi Germany gained land in THIS order ______: Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia

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Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia

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The Nye Committee was _______

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a United States Senate committee that investigated the munitions industry during World War I

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Kristallnacht refers to _______

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A series of coordinated attacks against Jewish people throughout Nazi Germany.

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These two laws made up the Nuremberg Laws

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Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, and the Reich Citizenship Law