Fill in the Blanks Chapter 24-25 History QuestionsOnline version Chapter 24-25 History Questions by Cheyenne 1 What was the spark that started World War I ? The of the Francis 2 About how many Americans died during World War I ? , 3 What four new weapons were used during World War I ? Airplanes , flame , machine , poison , submarines , 4 Which political party overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and who led that party ? , 5 What problems existed in Germany that made it possible for Hitler and the Nazis to take power ? The lost faith in ; they wanted a strong to make Germany powerful again ; they suffered from unemployment and hyperinflation ; they resented the terms of the Treaty of . 6 How did Stalin build a totalitarian state ? He put all farms and businesses under govt . ; he forced people to work in , jailed and / or executed them or forced them into camps . 7 How many American soldiers died during World War II ? , 8 What new weapon caused Japan to surrender and where was this weapon used ? atomic and Nagasaki , 9 What other new weapons were invented during World War II ? , 10 How were the Jews and others lured into the gas chambers ? The told them they were going to take . 11 Who was the Jewish girl who wrote a diary about her family ? s life in hiding from the Nazis ? 12 The Holocaust . ? s racial ideas were expressed in his book ( Mein Kampf ) . In this book he argued that determines how history turns out and the were the master race . 13 He also said that Germany had to rid herself of , , people , and ( Gypsies ) to be racially pure . 14 The result was the , when about million were murdered along with millions of the other peoples listed above and political prisoners .