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The military tactic used by USSR in which they destroyed everything the enemy could use was
blitzkrieg
cash and carry
scorched earth
Non-Aggression Pact
2
The ___________ Act allowed the U.S. to lend or lease weapons to the Allies.
Lend-Lease
Neutrality
No Credit
Cash and Carry
3
Who was put on trial during the Nuremberg Trials?
Palestinians
Jews
Hitler
Nazi Leaders
4
Which U.S. president ordered the atomic bomb be dropped on Japan?
FDR
Johnson
Kennedy
Truman
5
Law passed by U.S. to keep our country out of war by banning sale of war materials.
Appeasement
Lend-Lease
Neutrality Acts
Cash and Carry
6
What is V-E Day?
The day a peace treaty was signed ending WWII
The day the Axis Powers surrendered
The day fighting ended in Japan
The day the Allies announced the end of WWII in Europe
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Nation created as result of Holocaust
United Nations
Israel
Egypt
Palestine
8
Non-Aggression Pact signed to prevent war between
Soviet Union and Germany
Italy and France
England and Italy
France and Germany
9
Giving in to the demands of enemies in order to maintain peace is _____________.
Non-Aggression Pact
lend-lease
appeasement
genocide
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NOT a Nuremberg Law
Jewish citizenship taken away
Jews couldn't live in city areas
Jews couldn't marry non-Jews
Jews had to wear Star of David
11
What is V-J Day?
The day a treaty was signed between U.S. and Japan
The day Japan surrendered
The day the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
The day Hitler committed suicide
12
Naval invasion that was turning point for war in European Theater
Dropping of atomic bomb
Pearl Harbor attack
Battle of Midway
D-Day
13
German tactic in WWII based on speed and surprise is ___________
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Appeasement
Holocaust
14
The U.S. used this tactic to reach and attack Japan.
parachutes
Atomic bomb
island-hopping
blitzkrieg
15
The Munich Pact is broken when ____________ is invaded by Germany.
Poland
Austria
England
Czechoslovakia
16
Turning point of WWII in the Pacific Theater
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Dropping of Atomic bomb
D-Day
Battle of Midway
17
The U.S. entered World War II after which event?
Pearl Harbor attack
D-Day
Atomic Bomb
Holocaust
18
The 1935 German laws that stripped Jews of their rights were the ____________.
Holocaust
Appeasement
Non-Aggression Pact
Nuremberg Laws
19
In which battle did German soldiers surrender?
Battle of Berlin
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
20
Which is NOT a Nuremberg Law?
Jews forced to wear yellow star.
Jews could not eat in restaurants
Jews could not go to parks, libraries, or beaches
Jews could not be doctors, lawyers, journalists
21
Which U.S. president asked Congress for a declaration of war after Pearl Harbor?
Johnson
FDR
Kennedy
Truman
22
Movement to create a Jewish nation-state
Human Rights Movement
Zionism
Israelism
Nationalism
23
On what date did WWII begin?
April 5, 1966
Sept. 30, 1939
Sept. 30, 1945
Sept. 1, 1939
24
Japan invades Vietnam; U.S. embargoes what essential good as a result?
electronics
airplanes
oil
machinery
25
What policy did the US take in response to military aggression?
joined the Allies
no policy
isolationism
declared war on Germany and Japan
26
How did the League of Nations respond to the aggression of Italy and Germany?
kicked Germany and Italy out of the League
protested, but did nothing to stop aggression
Stopped the Italians, but did nothing to the Germans
declared war on Germany and Italy
27
Event that formally got U.S. involved in WWII
The Great Depression
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Appeasement
28
How did WWII begin?
Poland invaded Germany
Germany invaded Poland
Germany invaded France
Germany invaded Great Britain
29
Agreement of Hitler, England,France - allows Hitler to take land if he agrees not to take more
Munich Pact
Homestead Act
Nuremberg Laws
League of Nations
30
The 2 theaters of WWII
European and Pacific
Eastern and Western
Axis and Allies
European and Asian
31
NOT an area Japan expanded its empire to during WWII
French Indochina (Vietnam)
India
China
Manchuria
32
Battle in which German Air Force bombed many cities in England to try to make them surrender
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
Battle of the English Channel
33
What was Germany's last ditch effort to retake France?
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day invasion
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Stalingrad
34
The ___________ Policy allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to the Allies if paid with cash.
No Credit
Cash and Carry
Neutrality
Lend-Lease
35
What was Germany's operation to invade the Soviet Union called?
blitzkreig
Operation Barbarossa
scorched earth
Operation Leningrad
36
Military tactic used in Pacific in which US forces move from island to island to attack Japan
island flying
blitzkrieg
quest for Japan
island-hopping
37
Project that created atomic bomb
Nuclear Initiative
Camp David Accords
Manhattan Project
Atomic Project
38
What were the 2 theaters of WWII?
Asian and Atlantic
European and Asian
African and Pacific
European and Pacific
39
Hatred of the Jews is _______________.
genocide
Holocaust
final solution
Anti-Semitism
40
The genocide of European Jews and others by Nazis is known as the ___________.
Atomic Bomb
Blitzkrieg
Lightning War
Holocaust
41
The Allied Powers were _________________________-
Great Britain, Italy, France, USSR
Germany, France, Italy
Great Britain, U.S., France, USSR
Germany, Italy, Japan
42
Transporting Jewish people to concentration and death camps was known as Hitler's
Nuremberg Laws
Final Solution
Last Resort
Night of Broken Glass
43
The Axis Powers were ________________
U.S., Great Britain, Italy
Italy, USSR, China
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, France, USSR
44
2 Japanese cities where atomic bomb was dropped
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Okinawa
45
What was agreed upon in the Munich Pact?
Germany was given France
Germany was given Great Britain
Germany was given Sudetenland
Germany was given Poland
46
What 2 countries appease Germany?
Russia and Poland
U.S. and France
U.S. and England
England and France
47
An enclosed neighborhood for the Jewish population was a _________.
Holocaust
final solution
kristallnacht
ghetto
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Explosive weapon that gets power from rapid release of nuclear energy.
machine gun
atomic bomb
artillery
grenade
49
When was WWII fought?
1919-1929
1945-1950
1933-1947
1939-1945
