Totalitarian Leaders and WWII

A state of extreme, aggressive military preparedness

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Militarism

• Nationalism

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

• Operation Torch

The Munich Pact incorporated this policy

• Isolationism

• Neurality

• Appeasement

What do Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin all have in common?

• they are Communist dictators

• they are Fascist rulers

• they are Totalitarian dictators

Britain and France had this policy toward Nazi Germany

• neutrality

• appeasement

• isolationism

This was a military tactic used by the US in the Pacific Theatre

• Blitzkreig

• Island-hopping

• Trench warfare

This was a major reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan

• promote US Isolationism

• destroy Japan's industrial centers and save American lives

• Scare Hitler

A political system based on extreme national loyalty where the government controls the economy, culture, and all parts of people's lives. Usually the government is controlled by a dictator.

• Nazism
• Fascism
• Rationing
• Holocaust

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WW II?

• Chruchhill

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Roosevelt

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

• Josef Stalin

• Franklin Roosevelt