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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH CHAPTER 35
EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Francisco Franco
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Fascist rebel leader against the Spanish Loyalist govt.; Hitler and Mussolini helped him become dictator of Spain
Question 2: Winston Churchill
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prime minister of GB; led resistance against Hitler; involved with Atlantic Conference
Question 3: Nazi Party
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German Fascist party led by Hitler
Question 4: Atlantic Charter
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1941; US-GB agreement to promote democracy and intentions for improvement post-WWII
Question 5: Wendell Wilkie
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Republican presidential nominee in 1940 and lost to FDR
Question 6: Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act
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1934; signed by Cordell Hull to increase American exports; decreased the tariff
Question 7: "merchants of death"
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a nickname given to the businesses blamed for causing US entry into WWII because they wanted to protect foreign investments in Britain and France
Question 8: "phony war"
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nickname for the early phase of WWI; period of silence and inactivity in Europe
Question 9: London Economic Conference
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international economic conference with the goal of stabilizing currency in order to end the Great Depression, 1933
Question 10: Joseph Stalin
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Russian dictator who at first helped Hitler gain power before becoming a victim of Nazi aggression in 1941
Question 11: Benito Mussolini
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Fascist dictator of Italy; sought to recreate a Roman empire; allied with Hitler; invaded Ethiopia
Question 12: Rome-Berlin Axis
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alliance of Hitler and Mussolini
Question 13: Adolf Hitler
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Fascist leader of Germany; started WWII
Question 14: Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact
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Germany and Russia signed an agreement to avoid war between the two nations; Poland was split up between the two
Question 15: Nye committee
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1934; formed to investigate whether or not munitions manufacturers and bankers were pro-WWI solely to make profit; increased anti-war atmosphere and push to pass Neutrality Acts
Question 16: "Quarantine" speech
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FDR's speech in 1937 that proposed strong US measures against overseas aggressors such as Japan
Question 17: America First Committee
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headed by Charles Lindbergh; isolationist group advocating that the US focus on continental defense and non-involvement in WWII
Question 18: lend-lease
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1941; law that made the US the "arsenal for democracy" by providing supposedly temporary military material assistance to Great Britain
Question 19: China incident
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As Japan was engaged in war with China, four American ships were accidentally bombed and sunk by the Japanese (were evacuating U.S. officials).
Question 20: Good Neighbor Policy
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established and reinforced by FDR to create good relations with Latin America; went against Roosevelt Corollary
Question 21: totalitarianism
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a system of government in which the state is given absolute power
Question 22: Neutrality Acts
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1935, 1937; prohibited sale of arms to belligerents in a war; banned loans to belligerents; citizens cannot travel to countries in war or travel on armed ships; passed to prevent American involvement in future overseas wars
Question 23: Spanish Civil War
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1936-1939; conflict between the rebel Fascist forces led by General Franco and Spain's loyalist government
Question 24: isolationism
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practiced by the US up until WWII; the government and the public did not want to be involved in any international disputes
Question 25: Charles Lindbergh
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leader of America First Committee; spokesman for isolationism
Question 26: "cash and carry"
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also known as the Neutrality Act of 1939; Allies could buy war materials from the US only if they provided transportation and paid in cash