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Reading Review - Chapter 16 Section 1 &2: Dictators Threaten World Peace & War in Europe
KEY TERMS:
1. Joseph Stalin & totalitarian
2. Benito Mussolini & Fascism
3. Adolf Hitler & Nazism
4. Neutrality Acts
5. Munich Agreement & appeasement
6. non-aggression pact
7. blitzkrieg
Reflection Questions:
8. What caused the rise of totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy, and Japan during the 1930s?
9. How did the League of Nations respond to Japanese, German and Italian aggression?
10. What factors contributed to America’s growing isolationism after WWI?
11. Describe FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy? What were some examples of America being a “Good neighbor”?
12. How effective were the Neutrality Acts at keeping America neutral & what was moving America toward war?
Chapter 16, Section 3 : The Holocaust
KEY TERMS
1. Kristallnacht
2. The St. Louis
3. “Final Solution”
4. ghettos
5. concentration camps
Reflection Questions:
6. What were the Nuremberg Laws passed in 1935 in Germany?
7. How did the United States respond to Jewish refugees and the St. Louis?
8. How did Hitler attempt to achieve his “Final Solution”?
9. How many Jews died in the death camps and Nazi massacres?
10. In your opinion, could and should the United States have done more to directly stop the Holocaust?
Chapter 16, Section 4 : America Moves Toward War
KEY TERMS
1. “cash and carry”
2. Lend-Lease Act
3. Atlantic Charter
4. Axis & Allies
5. Hideki Tojo & Pearl Harbor
QUESTIONS
6. How did the United States begin to prepare for war when WWII broke out in Europe?
7. What impact did the War have on American industry and the economy in bemoaning the “Arsenal of Democracy”?
8. What conflicts did the United States have with Germany even before they declared war in 1941?
9. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
10. What was the American reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?