WWII Test Review

Characteristics of Fascism Extreme militarism, nationalism, all powerful leader

Military aggression Japan’s invasion of Manchuria, Italy’s attack on Ethiopia, and Germany’s attack on Poland

Consequence of Anti-Semitism Holocaust

Need for natural resources Japan

Outcome of Nuremberg Trials Established principles of responsibility for violations of human rights

Definition of Fascism Political system that glorified the nation above the individual

Cause of Great Depression Stock Market speculation

Happened after US placed embargo on Japan Pearl Harbor

Totalitarian dictatorships gained power because New democracies didn’t meet the needs of the people

Nazis rose to power because Weimar republic was politically and economically unstable

Treaty of Versailles Helped Nazis rise to power

Hitler and Mussolini both Glorified violence

Worked with FDR Winston Churchill

Leader of Nazis Hitler

Intense nationalism, militarism Fascism

Genocide of Jews Holocaust

Leader of Italy Mussolini

Leader of Soviet Union Stalin

Britain, USSR, US Allied Powers

Allied troops land in Normandy D-Day

British Prime Minister Churchill

Germany, Italy, Japan Axis Powers

Japan attacked US Naval Fleet Pearl Harbor

German rapid troop movement Blitzkreig

Tried Nazis for crimes against humanity Nuremberg Trials