Unit 5 & 6 - Inter War Years and World War II

1. What are the similarities and differences between Communism and Fascism (in practice)? Similarities: Both wanted economic recovery; totalitarian leadership- no other parties; empire building. Difference: Fascism supported social classes Communism –wanted a classless society

2. What is the main difference between Fascism in Germany (Nazism) & Fascism in Italy? Germany- to create a Germany empire consisting only of Aryan race, or pure blooded Germans. Italy- take Italy back to the Roman empire days, restore a large empire (but not purifying the Italian race).

3. What is appeasement? Giving in to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict.

4. Give one example of appeasement. Munich Conference/Agreement: Great Britain, France, and Italy signed an agreement that allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland a part of Czechoslovakia that had many ethnic German people.

5. What is isolationism? A policy of limiting a nation’s international relations so that it could exist in peace and harmony by itself in the world.

6. Give one example of isolationism. The United States passed neutrality acts in 1935, 1936 and 1937, all designed to keep the country out of a European World War.

7. What were the causes of WWII? Militarism – Countries like Japan took pride in the size and strength of their militaries. Rise of Fascism The Great Depression – economic troubles in Europe German bitterness b/c of the Treaty of Versailles

8. Who were the Axis Powers of WWII? Germany, Italy, Japan

9. At what battle were the Germans stopped in their conquest of North Africa? They were stopped at the battle of El Alamein in Egypt. They were forced to turn west but met with Allied forces in Tunisia where they were finally defeated.

10. What is the significance of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union? Hitler wanted control of the Soviet Union’s oil-rich Caucasus region. With this invasion Hitler broke the Non Aggression Agreement with the USSR

11. What strategy was most effective for the US in the Pacific? Island hopping - Hopping island to island past strong Japanese points. Their strategy was to capture islands one by one while advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating those that were not well defended. They used air power to cut supply lines and starve enemy troops.

12. What 2 super powers emerged from WWII conflict? United States and Soviet Union

13. What was the Holocaust? The systematic, state-sponsored, persecution, and murder of Jews by the Nazis. The Nazis also murdered the Gypsies, Serbs, Polish intellectuals, resistance fighters from all the nations, German opponents of Nazism, gay people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, disabled people, habitual criminals, and the poor.