USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Hitler believed the welfare of his country was more important than personal freedoms.

(A) ** True

(B) False

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the “pure” German race, which he called “Aryan, ” Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain the necessary “Lebensraum, ” or living space, for the German race to expand.

Concept note-2: -The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, and the subsequent declarations of war on Germany made by Britain and France, but many other prior events have been suggested as ultimate causes.

Concept note-3: -appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain’s policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Concept note-4: -More than fifty nations in the world were fighting, with more than 100 million soldiers deployed. Countries like America and Britain were part of the Allied powers. Japan and Germany were part of the Axis powers. Explore this section to learn more about World War II.