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A World in Flames Chapter 13

Section 1 1. The Rise of Dictators

DICTATOR COUNTRY IDEOLOGY

2. What role did the United States initially take in World War II? 3. What does “neutrality” mean?

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Section 2 1. What three steps did Hitler take to increase Nazi power?

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3) 2. How did the rest of the world respond to these actions Hitler took? 3. How did World War II start? 4. Define blitzkrieg: 5. Why did the Maginot Line fail?ete bunkers and fortifications along German border 6. What happened at the Miracle of Dunkirk 7. Who won the Battle of Britain and why? 8. Who was the spirited leader, the prime minister, of the British government? Section 3 1. Explain the Nazi ideology: 2. What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws? 3. Why is that significant? 4. “First they took our address, then they took our citizenship, then they took our home, then they took our family, and finally our life.” – Elie Weisel Explain the steps Hitler took to dehumanize the Jews during the Holocaust:

Step 1. “First they took our address…”

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Step 2. “..then they took our citizenship…”

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Step 3. . “…then they took our home…”

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Step 4. “…then they took our family…”

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Step 5. “…and finally our life.”

Example: _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Define: Kristallnacht 6. What are some reasons that other countries had a limit on Jewish immigration into their country? 7. What was Hitler’s “Final Solution”? 8. What is the difference between a concentration camp and an extermination camp? Section 4 1. How did FDR continue to help Britain while the United States officially remained neutral?

Neutrality Act of 1939

Destroyers-for-bases

Lend-Lease Act

Hemispheric Defense Zone

2. What did the Atlantic Charter declare? It committed the United States and Great Britain to a postwar world of: _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ 3. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?