20TH CENTURY HISTORY

                                                                                CHAPTER 16

                                                                                   REVIEW

DEFINITIONS: Final Solution, Munich Conference, Embargo, Atlantic Charter, Good Neighbor Policy, Genocide, Demagogue, Axis,  Fascism, Luftwaffa, Appeasement, Nye Commission, Blitz, Totalitarianism, Blitzkrieg, Maginot Line, Siegfried Line, Weimar Republic, Arayanism, Buffer State, Hyper Inflation, Lebensraum,  Holocaust, Brest-Litovsk, China Incident, Puppet Government,  Manchuko (Euphemism,  Nye Commission,  Destroyers for Bases, Non-Belligerency, Lend Lease ,  America First

PERSONALITIES   Stalin, Yamamoto, Cordell Hull, El Duce, Hitler, Chamberlain, Deladier

ACRONYMS:       D.M.Z., R.A.F., I.M.F., S.S.S., D. DAY,  N.A.Z.I.,  C.D.A., U.S.S.R.

ESSAYS:

1.     Discuss the various conditions which were instituted by the Neutrality Acts. What was the reasoning behind the passage of this type legislation in the U.S.

2.     Explain why the U.S. adopted a policy of Neutrality in the face of escalating world tensions .

3.     Compare and contrast the views of American Isolationists and  interventionists. Discuss how this shaped the U.S. response to events in Europe and Asia.

4.     Define Non-Belligerency. What policies did F.D.R. initiate in pursuance of this policy as it pertained to the allies?

5.     Discuss the rationale for the rise of Fascist regimes in Germany, Italy and Japan.

6.     What was the significance of the German/Soviet Non-aggression Pact from each country's perspective? Why was it violated by Germany?

7.     Discuss the events that led up to the Munich Conference. What ill-fated policy emerged from this conference? What significance did this policy have for the allies?