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Chapter 16 Study Guide
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1. In what countries did totalitarian governments come to power?
2. What was the goal of the militarists who took control in Japan?
3. How did the League of Nations respond to the aggression?
4. What type of foreign policy did the United States adopt after World War I?
5. What laws did Congress pass regarding foreign policy?
6. Why did many Americans have difficulty with a policy of neutrality?
7. What foreign policy actions did Hitler take after he came to power?
8. How did Britain and France respond to Germany’s actions?
9. What action freed Hitler to invade Poland?
10. What new tactics did Germany use in attacking Poland?
11. What was the “phony war?”
12. What happened to France after the phony war?
13. What was Britain’s situation at the end of 1940?
14. What was the result of the Battle of Britain?
15. What did the Nazis do to the Jews after taking power?
16. Why was it almost impossible for Jews to escape from Germany?
17. What was the goal of the “final solution”?
18. What did the Nazis do to the Jews?
19. How did the Nazis industrialize the killing of the Jews?
20. What other brutalities took place in concentration camps?
21. How have Holocaust survivors been affected by their experiences?
22. What did the United States do after the war began in Europe?
23. How did the formation of the axis alliance affect the United States?
24. How did Roosevelt help the Allies?
25. Why were some Americans opposed to providing foreign aid to the Soviet
Union?
26. What did the Germans do that threatened the lend-lease program?
27. What was the Atlantic Charter?
28. How did the United States end up with an undeclared war with Germany?
29. Why was Japan on a collision course with the United States?
30. What even precipitated America’s entry into World War II?