3rd Quarter Final Review

1. 3rd Quarter Final Review

2. Post WWI • Authors Ernest ________________ and F. Scott _______________ are identified with the ______ generation. (p. 464) • Hemingway • Fitzgerald • Lost

3. Totalitarians • Il Duce was the title ____________ _______________. • Benito Mussolini • Appealing to _________________ pride was one way fascist leaders in the 1920’sand 1930’s gained popular____________________. • national • support • The _________ blamed most of Germany’s pre-World War II social and economic problems on _______ and the _______________. (pp. 478-79) • Nazis • Jews • Communist • Both the Italian ____________ and the German Nazis used _________ tactics against political ____________ to gain power. • fascist • violent • opponents

4. Totalitarians • Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Stalin’s Russia were all ______________ governments, used ______________ to get rid of opponents, expanded their ____________, but were not __________________, or communist • totalitarian • Violence • Borders • Marxist

5. WWII Starts • The British and French decision to give into Hitler’s aggression was the policy of ___________________. • appeasement • To avoid fighting on two ___________ and to invade _____________ unopposed Hitler signed a ________________ treaty with Stalin on the eve of World War II. • Fronts • Poland • Nonaggression • In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of Germany’s invasion of _______________. • Poland

6. WWII • The German military strategy that depended on surprise and overwhelming force was called ________________. • Blitzkrieg • The Battle of _______________ demonstrated that Hitler’s advances could be ____________. • Britain • halted / stopped • President _________ agreed to use the atomic bomb to save the lives of_______________ and bring the war to a ___________ end. • Truman • Americans • quick • The Battle of Midway was significant because it turned the tide of war in favor of ________________________. • The Allies

7. Holocaust • The attack on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues, called • ___________________ demonstrated the persecution Jews would face from theNazis. • Kristallnacht • The goal of Hitler’s _________ ____________ was the ________ of Jewsand other people the Nazis considered _______________. • Final Solution • genocide • Inferior • The Holocaust and Hitler’s Final Solution are related because the _____________is the term for the genocide that resulted for the ________ _______________. • Holocaust • Final Solution

8. Effects of WWII • The __________ ___________ suffered the highest civilian and militarycasualties because it was invaded and partially occupied during World War II. • Soviets • The _______________ Trials were held to hold the Axis powers responsible forthe ____________________. • Nuremburg • Holocaust • Poland,________________, Hungary, and ____________ became satellites of theSoviet Union because they were ______________ by the Soviets at the end of WWII. • Czechoslovakia • Romania • The economic recovery of Japan following World war II focused primarily on • developing ________________ and an _________________ economy. • industry • exports • One outcome of World War II was the emergence of the Soviet Union as aninternational ________________. • superpower

9. Start of the Cold War • One major purpose of the Yalta Conference in 1945 was to decide how to restructure _________________ after the war. • Europe • The ______________ ______________ was established after WWII by the US and Soviet Union along with 48 other nations created this agency to protect members against aggression and keep_____________. • United Nations • Peace • Winston Churchill described the division between a mostly democratic _________ Europe and a Communist Eastern _________ as an ______ ________. • Western • Europe • Iron Curtain • Competition for ______________ influence over other countries was a primary cause of the _______ War between the _______________ and ______________. • Political • Cold • United States • Soviet Union The ________ _______ was a conflict over political differences, between the United States and the Soviet Union, carried on by everything except _________________ action or war. • Cold War

10. Superpowers • One major goal of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War was to create a defensive _____________ zone in ________________ Europe. • Buffer /safety • Eastern • The ____________ Pact was developed in 1955 as a response to the ___________ ______________ ______________ _________________, or NATO. • Warsaw • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

11. U.S. Cold War Policy • _____________________ was the Cold War policy that attempted to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet Influence. • Containment • When the United States sent military aid to nations resisting _________________, it was continuing the foreign policy first asserted in the _______________ doctrine. • Communism • Truman • _________ _____________ crisis brought the Soviet Union and the US to the brink of ____________ war in 1962. • Cuban Missile Crisis • nuclear

12. Cold War Hotspots • American general _______________ ______________ called for nuclear attacks on China during the ____________ War. He was removed from office as a result of this. • Douglas MacArthur • Korean • The _____________________ was the border of North and South Korea at the beginning of the Korean War. • 38th Parallel • The Vietnamese rebel leader _____________________ revolted against the _____________ in Vietnam. He used the ___________________ party to achieve his goals and take control over the nation. • Ho Chi Minh • French • Communist

13. Fall of Communism • ___________ decreased censorship, released ____________ , and allowed the _______________ to be criticized. • glasnost • dissidents • government • _________________ revived the Soviet economy. • perestroika • ________ and _______ Germany unified as a result of the fall of __________________. • East • West • Communism • when Bosnian Serbs used violence to rid __________ of its ____________ it was a form of ethnic ________________. • Bosnia • Muslims • Cleansing