Origins of WII/U.S. Enters WWII

He was known as "il duce" and had followers called "blackshirts."

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Vladimir Lenin

WWII began September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded which country?

• Soviet Union
• Czechoslovakia
• Poland
• England

The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.

• Genocide
• Mein Kampf
• Appeasement
• Blitzkrieg

Name given to anti-Jewish violence in November of 1938

• Gestapo
• Kristallnacht
• Auschwitz
• Dachau

A single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.

• Totalitarianism
• Fascism
• Appeasement
• Auschwitz

An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.

• Totalitarianism
• Facism
• Genocide
• Blitzkrieg

Which issue best characterizes the years leading to the Second World War?

• Expansion of the race for space flight
• Rise of dictators and totalitarian states
• Introduction of new information technology
• Concern for climate change and conservation

Who promised to restore Germany to its former power?

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Napoleon Bonaparte

What country was punished most severely by the Treaty of Versailles?

• Italy
• Japan
• Russia
• Germany

True or False:  The League of Nations stepped in and stopped Japan and Italy from invading China and Ethiopia

• True
• False