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WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This nation won the Battle of Britain: France • Britain • Poland • Austria • Germany | Britain |
| At the end of the war, Japan and its capital city were divided into four sectors, with the US, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union each occupying and administering one zone. | False |
| This day,6-6-1944, marked the greatest amphibious invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe by Americans, British, & Canadian forces on the cost of France: • D-Day • V-E Day • Thursday | D-Day |
| Who was the Supreme Commander of US forces in Europe: • Patton • Marshall • MacArthur • Eisenhower (correct answer) | Eisenhower |
| This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods: • rationing • Manhattan Project • War Production Board | rationing |
| The result of this led Hitler to call of the invasion of Britain indefinitely: • Luftwaffe • blitzkrieg • appeasement • nonaggression pact • Battle of Britain | Battle of Britain |
| The US entered WWII as a direct result of: • the attack on Pearl Harbor • the invasion and division of France • the invasion and divsion of Poland • attacks on US ships in the Atlantic | the attack on Pearl Harbor |
| December 7, 1941 is the date of: • Kristallnacht • the beginning of the war in Europe • the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor • President Roosevelt's election to a third term | the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| When Churchill and Roosevelt made war plans in December 1941, they decided the top priority was to: • defeat Japan • defeat Germany • create the United Nations • make an alliance with the Soviet Union | defeat Germany |
| In 1941, Germany invaded *, in spite of the pease treaty signed between the two nations just prior to the invasion of Poland: • Japan • China • France • Britain • Soviet Union | Soviet Union |
| Which of the following allowed Britain, France, and their allies to obtain US weapons without having to pay cash up front? • the Lend-Lease Act • the Nuremberg Laws • the Neutrality Act of 1939 • the Neutrality Acts passed prior to 1939 | Lend Lease Act |
| At the end of WWI, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between the two world wars, MOST of these democracies: • thrived • became Communists • were torn apart by civil wars • were replaced by dictatorships | thrived |
| In 1941, the US declared war on *. • Japan • China • France • Germany • the Soviet Union | Japan |
| In response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941, the US: • declared war on Japan • cut oil supplies to Japan • broke off peace talks with Japan • ended its trade embargo against Japan | cut oil to Japan |
| Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement toward Germany: • before the war began • when they declared war • when the US declared war • after France was invaded and divided | before the war began |
| This term refers to Japanese Americans who were born in the US of immigrant parents: • Nisei • Eisei • Sensei | Nisei |
| This Army Chief of Staff pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps: • George Marshall • A. Phillip Randolph | Marshall |
| The GI Bill of Rights increased the standard of many defense workers by providing a free education, and job training, as well as federal loan guarantees for buying homes and farms and starting businesses. • True • False | True |
| Who was the leader of the first Fascist government? • Hideki Tojo • Adolf Hitler • Francisco Franco • Benito Mussolini | Benito Mussolini |
| Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation? • Austria/Joseph Stalin • Spain/Francisco Franco • Britain/Charles de Gaulle • France/Neville Chamberlain | Franco |
| D-Day was the code name for the Allied invasion of • Italy • France • Japan • North Africa • Germany | France |
| This nation was the first country to be invaded and taken over by Germany: • France • Britain • Poland • Austria • Soviet Union | France |
| Adolf Hitler was NOT: • a nationalist • the inventor of Naziism • elected to office • a militaristic expansionist • a supporter of the Treaty of Versailles | a supporter of the Treaty of Versailles |
| In 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard a warship of the coast of Newfoundland. Together, they drafted the *. • draft • Axis Powers • trade embargo • Lend-Lease Act • Atlantic Charter | • Atlantic Charter |
| This was created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation: • rationing • Selective Service System • Office of Price Administration | Office of Price Administration |
| Benito Mussolini was NOT a: • fascist • nationalist • militaristic expansionist • invader of Ethiopia • communist | communist |
| The Atlantic Charter, drafted by Winston Chruchill and FDR, was a: • peace treaty • declaration of war • nonaggression pact • statement of war aims | statement of war aims |
| In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the Soviet victory EXCEPT: • a brutal winter • a massive Allied invasion • a massive Soviet counterattack • Hitler's refusal to order a German retreat | a massive Allied invasion |
| All of the following were leaders of totalitarian governments EXCEPT: • Joseph Stalin • Francisco Franco • Benito Mussolini • Neville Chamberlain | Neville Chamberlain |
| Japan's militarists were NOT: • expansionists • invaders of Manchuria • China's allies • aggressive | China's allies |
| This general commanded the invasion of North Africa: • Majdanek • Patton • Truman • Eisenhower | Eisenhower |
| This nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union: • France • Britain • Poland • Austria • Germany | Poland |
| The Axis powers' alliance worried FDR because he saw that the US, if drawn into the war, would have to: • join the Allies • fight on US soil • fight on two oceans • take in millions of refugees | fight on two oceans |
| By signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression: • Luftwaffe • blitzkrieg • appeasement • nonaggression | appeasement |
| Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940? • Germany, Japan, and Italy • Germany, Japan, and Spain • Germany, Italy, and Austria • Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union | Germany, Japan, and Italy |
| Britain and France declared war in response to the • Soviet invasion of Finland • Italian invasion of Ethiopia • German invasion of Poland • German invasion of Czechoslovakia | German invasion of Poland |
| The Battle of the Bulge was significant becase it marked the: • last German offensive • liberation of the death camps • Allies' first victory in a land battle • Axis powers' first loss in a land battle | last German offensive |
| What did the Selective Service System oversee? • the rationing system • the drafting of soldiers • the pricing of goods and wages • the production of military goods | the drafting of soldiers |
| In 1939, Congress passed the *, which permits nations to buy American armaments as long as they pay cash and carry the goods home in their own ships: • trade embargo • Lend-Lease Act • Atlantic Charter • Neutrality Act of 1939 | Lend-Lease Act |
| This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called: • Manhattan Project • War Production Board • Office of Scientific Research and Development • Nisei | Manhattan Project |
| Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose? • the Munich Pact • the Atlantic Charter • the Lend-Lease Act • the Treaty of Versailles | the Munich Pact |
| In which nation were the Nuremberg Laws passed? • Italy • Germany • the US • the USSR | Germany |
| Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler shared similar attitudes toward all of the following EXCEPT: • nationalism • ownership of property • centralized government • militaristic expansionism | ownership of property |
| The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to: • build the atomic bomb • decide where to drop the atomic bomb • decide whether to drop the atomic bomb • design a variety of new weapons, including the atomic bomb | build the atomic bomb |
| This country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg: • France • Britain • the Soviet Union • Austria • Germany | Germany |
| Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland? • Italy • Spain • Italy and Japan • the Soviet Union | the Soviet Union |
| After the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain: • Joseph Stalin • Adolf Hitler • Charles de Gaulle • Winston Churchill • Neville Chamberlain | Charles de Gaulle |
| Where was the Battle of Britain fought? • on British soil • on the French coast • in the skies over Britain • in the waters surrounding Britain | in the skies over Britain |
| Which nation's actions finally forced the US to enter the war? • Italy's • Japan's • Germany's • the Soviet Union's | Japan's |
| The term GI, meaning "Government Issue," was applied to all of the following EXCEPT: • US Soldiers • US government-issued weapons • US government-issued war bonds • US government-issued uniforms and supplies | US government-issued war bonds |
| Which of the following did Germany agree to in order to avoid fighting a two-front war? • the Munich Pact • the Atlantic Charter • the Treaty of Versailles • a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union | nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union |
| Who said, in response to the Munich Pact, "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war": • Adolph Hitler • Charles de Gaulle • Winston Churchill • Neville Chamberlain | Winston Churchill |
| Along with the United States, all of the following nations were made permanent members of the United Nations Security Council EXCEPT: • France • Britain • Germany • the Soviet Union | Germany |
| The initial success of this German offensive battle was due mainly to the Allies' being caught off guard: • D-Day • Operation Torch • Battle of the Bulge • Battle of Stalingrad • Battle of the Atlantic | Battle of the Bulge |
| Where was the first Fascist government formed? • Italy • Japan • Spain • Germany | Italy |
| The Battle of Britain forced Germany to: • join the Axis powers • fight a three-front war • put off the invasion of Britain • enter into a nonaggression pact with Britain | put off the invasion of Britain |
| In 1940, Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime one of these in the history of the US: • draft • trade embargo • lend-lease Act • Neutrality Act | draft |
| This death camp was the first liberated by the Allies: • Aachen • Majdanek • Aushcwitz | Majdanek |
| Which one does NOT belong? • Hiroshima • Manhattan Project • Navajo code talkers • J. Robert Oppenheimer | Navajo code talkers |
| In 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at *. • Japan • China • Dunkirk • Pearl Harbor • Germany | Pearl Harbor |
| Militaristic leaders gained control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s as a result of: • a civil war • Hideki Tojo's becoming prime minister • US shipments of arms and supplies to China • their successful invasion of resource-rich Manch | • a civil war |
| In 1941, the * passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supllies to "any country whose defense was vital to the US." • trade embargo • Lend-Lease Act • Atlantic Charter • Neutrality Act | Lend-Lease Act |
| This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland: • Luftwaffe • blitzkrieg • appeasement • Battle of Britain • nonaggression | blitzkrieg |
| This involved the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa: • D-Day • V-E Day • Operation Torch • Battle of the Bulge • Battle of the Atlantic | Operation Torch |
| Britain and France were drawn into war with Germany because: • Hitler had taken power in Germany • they had promised military aid to Poland • Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia • Germany had pulled out the League of Nations | Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia |
| Which one does NOT belong? • Okinawa • Iwo Jima • Nagasaki • Guadalcanal | Nagasaki |
| Convoys, sonar, and radar, helped the Allies to win this battle: • Aachen • Operation Torch • D-Day • Battle of the Bulge • Battle of the Atlantic | Battle of the Atlantic |
| This day marked the end of the war in Europe: • D-Day • V-E Day • Wednesday | V-E Day |
| The Nazis practiced genocide, which is the: • acting out of anti-Semitic beliefs • deliberate extermination of a specific group of people • terrorizing of the citizens of a nation by a government • killing of people for the express purpose of c | deliberate extermination of a specific group of people |
| Which of the following economic problems was targeted by the Office of Price Administration? • inflation • recession • depression • unemployment | inflation |
| Francisco Franco was NOT: • Spanish • a socialist • a totalitarian • helped by Hitler and Mussolini • an elected leader | an elected leader |
| He was F.D.Roosevelt's vice-president: • George Patton • Harry S. Truman • Dwight D. Eisenhower | Harry S. Truman |
| Germany, Italy, and Japan: • the Axis Powers • the Allies • the Atlantic Charter • NATO | the Axis Powers |
| Where were atomic bombs dropped? • Aachen and Majdanek • Okinawa and Iwo Jima • Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Leyte Island and Midway | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| In 1941, Japan took over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the US places a * on Japan: • draft • trade embargo • Atlantic Charter • Neutrality Act | trade embargo |
| During the war, crop prices, crop production, and farm income fell dramatically. • True • False | False |
| The British prime minister signed the Munich Pact: • Joseph Stalin • Adolf Hitler • Charles de Gaulle • Winston Churchill • Neville Chamberlain | Neville Chamberlain |
| The terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occupation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part: • France • Britain • Poland • Austrian • Soviet Union | France |
| This general led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation: • Aachen • Majdanek • Patton • Truman • Eisenhower | • Patton |
| he Japanese American Citizens League lobbied the Japanese government to compensate the Japanese Americans sent to internment camps for their lost property. • True • False | False |
| In 1941, Kideki Tojo became the prime minister of *. • Japan • China • France • Britain • Germany | Japan |
| During the war, the unemployment rate fell dramatically. • True • False | True |
| Prior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to: • Luftwaffe • blitzkrieg • appeasement • nonaggression pact | nonaggression pact |
| In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on *. • Japan • China • France • Britain • the United States | the United States |
| During the war, the population of states and cities with military bases and defense industries rose dramatically. • True • False | True |
| The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by J. Robert Oppenheimer. • True • False | False |
| Which one does NOT belong? • Nazis • war crimes • Joseph Stalin • Nuremberg trials | Joseph Stalin |
| The Selective Service System was intended to ease servicemen back into civilian life by providing free education and guaranteeing mortgages and business loans. • True • False | False |
| At the Yalta Conference, Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo met to begin planning for the postwar world. • True • False | False |
| Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose? • Kristallnacht • the Munich Pact • the Nuremberg Laws • the Treaty of Versailles | the Treaty of Versailles |
| The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on: • a system of fortifications • "out-waiting" the opponent • surprise and overwhelming force • the ability to make a long, steady advance | surprise and overwhelming force |
| When the US entered the war, all of the following nations were-- partly or completely -- under Axis control EXCEPT: • China • France • Poland • the Soviet Union | the Soviet Union |
| In following a policy of appeasement, Britain and France were: • declaring war on Germany • giving in to Hitler's demands • entering into a formal defense alliance • pressuring the US to enter the war | giving in to Hitler's demands |
| After the war, the Japanese Americans Citizens League (JACL) pushed the government to compensate those Japanese Americans drafted into the military for their lost property. • True • False | False |
| Who, when forced to abandon the Philippines, made the vow, "I shall return"? • last German offensive • liberation of the death camps • Allies' first victory in a land battle • Axis powers' first loss in a land battle | last German offensive |
| Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"? • Axis nations and their leaders • US Navy ships and their crews • German U-boats and their crews • Japanese warplanes and their pilots | German U-boats and their crews |
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