Chapter 37 Understanding main ideas questions 1-6

1.) Each country wanted to be the most powerful, and it raised the growth of rival alliances



2.) They wanted repayment for their losses during the war from the defeated countries.




3.) Depression or a sudden slowdown in business began.



4.) They didn't want another war so they surrendered. 



5.) Germany- In April,1945, the Allied forces joined together at the Elbe River in Germany and the Germans realized they couldn't win the war.
      Japan- The USA dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki



6.) They were to prevent war, lend money to poor countries and, provide them with medical care and better education.