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Ch 29 wh test review
Test Review Questions chapter 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allowed the U.S. President to aid American Allies | Lend-Lease Act |
| German City in which Allies held war criminal trials | Nuremberg |
| Giving in to an aggressor's demands to maintain peace | Appeasement |
| Site of Allied War strategy meeting | Yalta |
| Intended to prevent US involvement in a European War | Neutrality Acts |
| "Lightning War" | Blitzkrieg |
| Hitler's plan for the union of Austria and Germany | Anschluss |
| Site of major Russian victory over Russian troops | Stalingrad |
| Opposition to all war | Pacifism |
| Location of first US atomic bombing | Hiroshima |
| What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany? | It gave Germany a free hand in Poland |
| What was one reason why the Spanish Civil War was called a "dress rehearsal" for World War II? | The Nazis used the war to test their new weapons |
| Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because | He wanted the Soviet Union's vast natural resources |
| In what French city did German forces set up a "puppet state" capital after conquering France? | Vichy |
| How did Churchill and Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943? | They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand |
| What was important about the Battle of the Bulge? | It delayed the Allied advance from the West |
| The German Air Force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because | The Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing |
| The U.S. strategy of "island hopping" in the Pacific | Allowed the US to gradually move north toward Japan |
| What was one of Stalin's major goals in Eastern Europe after World War II? | To create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments |
| The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of | Containment |
| The League of Nations voted sanctions against which country for invading Ethiopia in 1935? | Italy |
| Through what action did Hitler violate the Versailles treaty in 1936? | He sent troops into the Rhineland |
| What did the British and French do at the Munich Conference in 1938 to avoid war? | They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland |
| What was usually the first stage of Hitler's blitzkrieg strategy? | The Luftwaffe attacked ground targets from the air |
| How did the Germans change their tactics in preparing for Operation Sea Lion? | They began to bomb London and other cities |
| What U.S. action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the United States in 1941? | The US banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan |
| During World War II, "Rosie the Riveter" came to symbolize | The women who worked in US manufacturing plants |
| In 1942, what priority did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin set in the war? | To achieve victory in Europe before trying to achieve it in Asia |
| What stopped the German advance during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941? | The terrible winter of 1941-42 |
| What was the Manhattan Project? | A code name for atomic bomb research |
| Who were the kamikaze? | Japanese pilots who crashed into Allied warships |
| What action did the Western Allies take after World War II that caused Soviets to strengthen their hold on East Germany? | They helped western Germany rebuild its economy |
| What was the importance of the Battle of El Alamein in 1942? | The British stopped the German advance in North Africa |
| What did the Soviet Union do during Gernany's invasion of Poland in 1939? | It attacked Poland from the East as part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact |
| What happened at Dunkirk in the Spring of 1940? | British Forces successfully retreated across the English Channel |
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