Combined: Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 24) + Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 25)

Question 1

Which nation signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to invasion/division of Poland

Accepted Answer

the Soivet Union

Question 2

The Battle of Stanlingrad marked a turning point in the war

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to plan for the postwar world

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"

Accepted Answer

German U-boats and their crew

Question 5

The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 6

During the war, women in the WAACs served as

Accepted Answer

nurses and radio operators

Question 7

Leader whose totalitarian regime was based on a communist philosophy

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 8

George Patton led the U.S. Third Army to free Paris from German occupation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

On May 8, 1945, or V-E Day, Americans celebrated the liberation of the death camps

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

An example of racial tensions during the war years is

Accepted Answer

the "zoot-suit" riots in Los Angeles

Question 11

In following a policy of appeasements, what did Britain and France do?

Accepted Answer

submitted to Hitler's demands

Question 12

Country that, with England, declared war on Germany after the German invasion of Poland

Accepted Answer

France

Question 13

To combat wartime inflation, the U.S. government did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

increase production of consumer goods

Question 14

Leader who disapproved of the policy of appeasement

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 15

Leader whose political philosophy was based on both nationalism and racism

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 16

Leader of the fascist government in Italy

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 17

General __ led the third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation

Accepted Answer

George Patton

Question 18

On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend

Accepted Answer

suprise and overwhelming force

Question 19

Leader who made concessions to Hitler in hopes of ending German aggression

Accepted Answer

Neville Chamberlain

Question 20

Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust

Accepted Answer

Jews

Question 21

In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the Soviet victory except

Accepted Answer

a massive Allied invasion

Question 22

What caused militarists leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s

Accepted Answer

their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria

Question 23

The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day

Accepted Answer

Nazi-occupied Europe

Question 24

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

Accepted Answer

policy allowing the president to give arms to certain places

Question 25

The problem of __ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration

Accepted Answer

inflation

Question 26

Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?

Accepted Answer

the Treaty of Versailles

Question 27

What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?

Accepted Answer

the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people

Question 28

Which leader transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation to an industrial power

Accepted Answer

Stalin

Question 29

In the years between the two world wars, what happened to most democracies?

Accepted Answer

They were replaced by dictatorship

Question 30

When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?

Accepted Answer

before the war began

Question 31

Nisei are Japanese Americans who were born during World War II

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Country that began the war in thealliance with Germany but ended the war fighting against them

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 33

Which of the following correctly matches the politicians with his nation

Accepted Answer

Spain--Francisco Franco

Question 34

Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose

Accepted Answer

the Munich Pact

Question 35

Country that was split between Germany and the Soviet Union near the beginning of the war

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 36

Nisei who lived in the West Coast were subjected to __ during the war

Accepted Answer

interment

Question 37

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

Accepted Answer

veterans to attend college for free

Question 38

On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?

Accepted Answer

ownership of property

Question 39

Germany's main goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to

Accepted Answer

keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britian/SU

Question 40

When forced to abandon the Philipines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return"

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 41

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans

Accepted Answer

Advance

Question 42

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main goal was to

Accepted Answer

end the war quickly

Question 44

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the

Accepted Answer

last German offensive

Question 45

Which of the following statements accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings for joining the war

Accepted Answer

He wanted to help the Allies

Question 46

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to

Accepted Answer

end the war and save American lives

Question 47

The Supreme Commander of the U.S. forces in Europe was

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 48

Policy carried out by Germany using a strategy called blitzkrieg

Accepted Answer

Militaristic expansion

Question 49

An issue on which Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler did NOT agree

Accepted Answer

private property

Question 50

What happened during the Battle of Britain?

Accepted Answer

Germany bombed Britain for two months

Question 51

Purpose of the Office of Price Administration was to ensure war industries received resources

Accepted Answer

False

Question 52

How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany

Accepted Answer

Germany had attacked Poland

Question 53

Roosevelts decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

Accepted Answer

strong anti-Japanese sentiment

Question 54

African Americans who worked in noncombat positions during the war were called WACs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 55

The general who led Allied troops in battles on the island of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 56

The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by J. Robert Oppenheimer

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when

Accepted Answer

Germany surrendered

Question 58

Which of the following matches a nation with another nation that invaded in the 1930's

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union invaded Poland

Question 59

The Selective Service System provided free education and loan guarantees to veterans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 60

To protest discrimination, ___ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941

Accepted Answer

Phillip Randolph

Combined: Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 24) + Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 25)

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Combined: Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 24) + Mr. E's Histories (USH11 Chp 25)

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