Mt. Carmel High School

From Versailles to Pearl Harbor Questions

1. What three groups in the Weimar Republic did Germanys generals claim were responsible for Germanys defeat in World War I?
2. How many German Marks did it take to buy one U.S. dollar in 1914? How many German Marks did it take to buy one U.S. dollar in 1923?
3. What was the purpose of the book, Mein Kampf?
4. Describe the totalitarian state that Hitler created once he took over as president and chancellor?
5. How did Benito Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy? How did he attempt to improve the Italian economy?
6. How did Hitler and Mussolini impact the Spanish Civil War?
7. Describe how the Japanese military ruled Japan.
8. How did Germany gain control of the Sudetenland?
9. How did the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact seal the fate of Poland?
10. How did World War II begin?
11. How did the Neutrality Acts of 1935,1936,and 1937 keep the U.S. out of the war?
12. Describe the Lend-Lease Act and the Atlantic Charter.
13. Describe the events that led to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
14. Why did the U.S. declare war on Germany and Italy? How did the U.S. prepare for war?