WWII Part 1 Flashcard Review

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The February 1933 burning of the German Parliament building was called...

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Reichstag Fire

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The Nazi government's organized attack against Jewish people throughout Germany and Austria Nov. 9-Nov. 10, 1938. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed and set on fire.

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Kristallnacht

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The genocide (mass murder, extermination) of 6 million Jewish people by the Nazis

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Holocaust

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What was the February 1933 burning of the German Parliament building called?

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Reichstag Fire

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These laws were created by the Nazis in 1935 to limits rights for Jewish people

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Nuremberg Laws

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This law made Adolf Hitler the dictator of Germany in 1933 and allowed him to limit many freedoms.

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Enabling Act

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What caused Germany to be economically and militarily broken after WWI? Options: New Deal, Reichstag Fire, Nuremberg Laws, Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles

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What was it called when the Allies gave in to Hitler's demand by giving him the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia?

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Appeasement

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What term means hatred of and prejudice against Jewish people?

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Anti-Semitism

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One person has total power over a country, individual freedoms are denied, rising in nationalism and racial superiority

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Fascism