4th Grade History
STUDY GUIDE – CHAPTER 17
Terms to know
- Alliance – a promise between two or more countries to fight together against their enemy in time of war
- Allies – the United States was part of this power during World Was II, against Germany
- Axis Powers – the countries that sided with Germany
- Lusitania
- English passenger vessel sunk by German U-boats
- this angered Americans, but America did not enter the war at this time
- Nationalism – a sense of loyalty to one’s own country
- Neutral nations – the countries that did not form an alliance during WWI
- Roaring 20’s – name for the 1920’s b/c all was going well during those years
- U-boats
- used by the Germans during World War I to destroy England’s ships carrying food and supplies
- called submarines today
- Veteran’s Day – celebrated as a day to honor all who have fought for our country in war
- V-E Day – when Germany surrendered to the Allies
- World War I – from 1914 to 1918
- Zimmerman Note
- promised land in the United States to Mexico
- a letter asking Mexico to enter the War on Germany’s side
- United Nations – an organization set up after World War II to help nations settle their problems
Places
- Great Britian – one of the only countries in Europe not occupied by Nazis
- United States – known as "the great arsenal of democracy"
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the bombing there caused the surrender of Japan
- Pearl Harbor – bombing there caused the United States to enter World War II
- Poland – when Hitler attacked there, World War II began
- Berlin – German city which was divided by the "Wall of Shame" after World War II
Country
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Leader
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Government
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Axis / Allies
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Russia
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Stalin
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Communism
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Axis
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Italy
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Mussolini
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Fascism
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Axis
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Germany
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Hitler
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Nazism
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Axis
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Japan
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Tojo
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Militarism
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Axis
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U. S.
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Roosevelt
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Democracy
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Allies
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People
- Calvin Coolidge – first President to give the inaugural address over the radio
- Archduke Ferdinand – was shot by an angry youth which caused the start of World War I
- Hitler – Nazi leader who broke his alliance with the Soviet Union and attacked them
- Lenin – the cruel dictator who built the Communist empire called the Soviet Union
- Franklin D. Roosevelt – President of the United States during World War II
- Woodrow Wilson – President of the United States during World War I he said, "The world must be made safe for democracy
