WWII - US

How are dictators able to rise to power after countries suffer hardships?

• People want strong leaders to solve their problems.

• Dictators promise freedom.

• Dictators allow everyone to vote.

• Dictators promise to end fascism.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin
• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• FDR

The Japanese made a surprise attack on which U.S. island......

• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Key West, Florida
• Sitka, Alaska
• Cuba

Why did the United States join WWII?

• the bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Germans attacked a U-boat. 
• because the U.S. likes to join in foreign affairs. 

Totalitarianism is a form of government that

• asserts total control over the lives of its citizens

• allows for individuality

• equality distributes the wealth of the nation to its people

• does not have any historical examples

A government where the state has complete control over every part of public and private life

• Totalitarianism

• Gulag

• Communism

• Reparations

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of totalitarianism?

• free and open discussion of ideas

• a single party system with one candidate

• government control of communications and media

• government elimination of op positional groups

Who became the dictator of Germany and led that country into WWII?

• Winston Churchill
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler

What is a dictator?

• Someone who helps a country in need
• Someone who gives control of the government to the people
• Someone who gains complete control of a country's government

_________ is to teach people to accept a system of beliefs (thoughts) without questioning.

• Propaganda

• Indoctrination

• Terror

• Charisma