Apush Dbq War

History Unit 2 Exam Review 1. The causes of the Depression were easy credit; people were easily able to receive loans, lack of financial regulation; the government did not regulate financial services and the shirking demand for exports; Canada relied heavily on exports to boost the economy but as demands decreased, prices did too. 2. People faced living conditions in which they had no choice but to receive relief. In order to receive the relief they were forced to hand over their drivers’ licenses, remove phones from their homes and live in a place for at least six months. People faced homelessness and rations of supplies. Living conditions were horrible for most during this time. 3. The On-to-Ottawa Trek was when the men in relief
Four events that demonstrated anti-Semitism in Germany were the German citizenship of Jews was taken away, Jews were no longer able to own businesses, it was illegal for a Jew to marry a non-Jew and Jews were no longer able to practice medicine. 31. Some activities that began as Canada prepared for war were Nova Scotia women volunteering for service, the War Measures Act of 1914 was proclaimed in Ottawa and people began constructing air raid shelters on the east coast. 32. Canadians prepared for attack by sea by raising national defenses, setting troops from the American border to Alaska and using fishing boats to patrol the Pacific coast. 33. Canadians prepared for attack by air by having rehearsal black outs in case of air raids and creating air raid shelters in their basements. 34. The Battle of Britain was planned by Hitler, he wanted to bomb Britain and pave way for invasion. First the German Luftwaffe (air force) attacked British radar systems on the coast, cutting off British communications. Next they attacked the British airfields with bombs. Soon the Germans began bombing London, destroying buildings and other things. The Allies attacked Berlin, which had a blackout to try and stop the Allies. Britain reigned victorious and showed the world that the Allies were strong and that Germany could not conquer
The battle strategy of D-Day was quite complex. Allies wanted to convince the Germans that their intended target was Pas de Calais, 50 kilometers from the British coat, when it was actually going to occur in Normandy. To disguise the location of the attack, Allies launched preliminary attacks, with fake planes, landing crafts and tanks to mislead German intelligence. Paratroopers were first dropped behind enemy lines to capture and secure strategic points, then bombers attacked German defenses and finally, in the darkness of night, troops began arriving by ship and stormed the beaches of Normandy. 47. The Allies resorted to weapons of mass destruction (atomic bombs) because Albert Einstein warned the USA that Germany was creating its own WMD and the atomic bomb was created in response. The Allies thought that conquering Japan through direct invasion would cost too many casualties. The bomb would likely force Japan to surrender quickly with minimum Allied casualties. 48. The Italian Campaign was an Allied assault on the Italian island of Sicily in July of 1943. Italians offered little resistance. The Allies made it to Italian mainland quickly but were met with more resistance there (German soldiers had been sent in to reinforce). Mussolini was defeated in September of 1943 and murdered by his own