The Soviets set up an elected legislature & gave all citizens over 18 the right to vote. What was the name of the legislature?

Lenin adopted a new policy because people weren’t working in the factories because the government was taking what they produced. It allowed some capitalistic enterprises.

Under Russia's New Economic Plan, what did the government keep control of?

Lenin’s compromise with capitalism helped the Soviet economy to recover & ended armed resistance to the new government. By 1928, food & industrial production climbed back to prewar levels. The standard of living increased, too.

When Lenin died, who came to power in Russia?

Lenin thought Stalin would be a great leader & would lead Russia to do great things.

Which country controlled India at this time?

What did India want from Britain after WWI?

The British did not care for the Indian beliefs & customs. The Indian’s were frustrated. Many wanted independence from British rule.

A new leader emerged & was able to unite Indians across class lines. People who liked him called him Mahatma, or “Great Soul.”

Who was from a middle class family & at 19, he went to England to study law. Then he went to South Africa. For 20 years, he fought laws that discriminated against Indians in South Africa.

In Gandhi's struggle against injustice, he began to develop a tactic of this. He called it satyagraha or “soul force.”

Who was a man who worked for Indian Independence? He was part of the Muslim league. He & others feared that the Congress League was only looking out for the interests of the Muslims.

What party was made up mostly of Hindus, but did have Muslim members? Gandhi was a part of the League. Most did not want full independence from Britain.

Jinnah was a part of what league? They wanted full independence from Britain for India.

What acts were passed which allowed British officials to arrest or imprison any Indian citizen suspected of sedition?

Urging people to disobey the government is known as what?

What happened when a group of large, but peaceful people were protesting? A general had ordered no meeting of large groups of people. This general had British soldiers open fire on the crowd. What was this called?

Which general from Britain ordered troops to open fire on a peaceful demonstration of Indians at Amritsar?

In the crowd of peaceful protestors at Amritsar, they all knew of the order to not meet like this.

After the Amritsar Massacre, Gandhi felt India should be independent from Britain.

Gandhi decided to take a stand against the British salt monopoly, which he saw as a symbol of British oppression. Gandhi set out with 78 followers on 240-mile march to the sea. What was this known as?

In the Salt March, led by Gandhi, many joined as they walked to the sea.

When did India become independent from Britain?

At the beginning of the 1900s, China was controlled by whom?

In the middlish part of the 1900s, who came to power after the Chinese emperors?

What were the 2 warring warlord parties?

Who is this?

What event began in America and spread to the rest of the world? They didn't realize how interconnect they were to each other. The stock market crashed. Banks failed. People lost their jobs.

Who became the Italian prime minister? He was the Italian prime minister until 1943. He founded the Italian Fascist Party.

What ideology has authoritarian leader? An ultranationalist political ideology? A dictator for a leader? Very militaristic.

Who became prime minister of Germany in 1933? By 1934, he was dictator of Nazi Germany & transformed Germany into a totalitarian state.

What country did Mussolini take first? Italy had had a previous battle with this country and had lost. Italy was completely embarrassed. They did take this country the second time.

Which countries did Hitler annex in 1939?

Which country did Germany invade that began WWII?

Why did Hitler invade Poland first?

Who became the leader of the Japanese militarists in the 1930s? By 1941, he was prime minister of Japan.

In what ways did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?

Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace is known as what?

Which of these were neutrality acts of the United States at the beginning of WWII?

It was the longest continuous battle of WWII. It ran from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.The allied forces held a blockade against Germany. U-boats & warships battled in the Atlantic. It was an allied victory. What battle was this?

a government order that restricts commerce with a specified country or the exchange of specific goods

What was the name of the brutal political campaign led by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to eliminate dissenting members of the Communist Party & anyone else he considered a threat? Although estimates vary, most experts believe at least 750,000 people were executed during this horrible activity, which took place between about 1936 and 1938.

The bombing of an island in Hawaii by Japan. This caused America to enter WWII.

Germany began with the invasion of Belgium. German airborne troops landed in Belgium, too. The Belgian front was broken, & when the Germans got to the French border, they attacked through a very dense forest. Naval & commercial ships helped evacuate people in France. What battle is this?

What was the name of the underground community built by the French to keep Germany out of France? They had airplane hangers, places for tanks, rooms for living, a gym to work out in.

What was the RAF? The air force of which country?

The Luftwaffe was which countries air force?

On what date did the bombing of Pearl Harbor happen?

On which of these dates did Hitler invade Poland beginning WWII?

On which of these dates is the ending of WWII?

It was the deadliest battle in human history. This battle was between Germany & Russia. Nearly 2 million people died or were badly injured. It dragged on for years. Neither side seemed to gain any ground. Russia won turning the tide of the war to the Allies.

Why was Normandy Beach selected for D-Day?

It’s codename was operation “overlord.” It was possible because of Allied forces elsewhere. They kept Germany busy on many sides.

A major battle in which the United States Marine Corps & Navy landed on & eventually captured this island from the Imperial Japanese army. The American invasion was called Operation Detachment. They wanted the 2 airfields on the island. The 5 week battle had some of the fiercest & bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Ocean.

The largest & bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in WWII. What battle was this?

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, what happened to the Japanese America that lived in the United State?

Why was Hiroshima chosen as the bombing site?

What happened to Hiroshima when the atomic bomb hit?

What were some of the long-term effects the atomic bombs had on the people, cities, and government of Japan?

What convention attempted to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of

war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations of what was acceptable during wartime?

The trial of Nazi war criminals was called what? Testimony was heard and they were killed.

Who was a British statesman, soldier and writer? He served in WWI. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

Who was the president for most of WWII?

Who had a reputation of erratic judgment? He was a lonely political figure until Hitler’s challenge brought him to leadership of a national coalition in 1940.

He brought England to unity in support of the war.

What was the genocide of European Jews during World War II called? Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.