10. Soon he had complete control of the ________________ and acquired the
powers of a _______________. He and the _______________ began working
to rebuild Germany’s military, making it stronger to defy the ______________.
11. The _______________ improved for a time, but people lost many of their
______________ rights.
12. In 1939, Germany invaded ______________. With that, _______________ and
Great Britain decided something had to be done. They declared war on
Germany, and ______________ ______________ ____ began.
13. World War II was the ________________ conflict in human history. It is
estimated that over ______ ________________ people lost their lives as a
result of the war.
14. The British, French, American, and Soviet allies _______________ Germany
and Berlin into four zones, each under the control of one ally. The goal was to
_______________ the country so it would not feel the need to attack its
neighbors again.
15. Beginning in 1945, the _______________ _______________ was a period of
distrust and misunderstanding between the Soviet Union and its former allies in
the West, particularly the United States.
16. In 1948, the Western Allies wanted to _______________ Germany, but Stalin
disagreed. He declared the Soviet section of the country ____________
Germany; the reunited sections became _______________ Germany.
17. In 1961, communist leaders built the _____________ _____________ to
separate the
communist part of the city from the free sections.
18. In November 1989, the Berlin Wall was _____________ down, and Germany
began the process of ________________.