Which is NOT a reason Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan?

The U.S. needed to test it's new nuclear weapon

Why didn't President Roosevelt get involved in the rise of Totalitarian governments in Europe?

Most Americans didn't support joining a war in Europe

Why did Hitler sign a non-aggression treaty with Stalin?

to allow Germany to invade Poland without opposition

One consequence of WWII on the U.S. was that we:

Remained deeply involved in world affairs

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Japanese Internment during WWII?

They could be used as wartime labor

Upon entering WWII, what did U.S. and Great Britain make their highest priority?

Invade Europe and defeat Germany

What was the major purpose of the Yalta Conference in 1945?

How to restructure Europe after the war

Which best describes the Marshall Plan?

provided financial assistance to Europe

What do the Yalta and Potsdam have in common?

They dealt with post WWII issues

Why might Americans oppose the Lend-Lease act?

They thought it would pull us into war

What happened to many Japanese Americans on the West Coast after Pearl Harbor?

They were sent to concentration camps

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1
Which of the following was a declaration by the US to aid any country threatened by communism?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Truman Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
2
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
June 6, 1944
January 9, 1943
September 6, 1942
December 7, 1941
3
Which is NOT a reason Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan?
The U.S. needed to test it's new nuclear weapon
Dropping the bombs would save Japanese lives
Japan was unwilling to surrender
Dropping the bombs would save American Lives
4
What is the nickname of the woman in this poster?
Rachel the Reformer
Randi the Rafter
Rosie the Riveter
Rhonda the Racker
5
Why didn't President Roosevelt get involved in the rise of Totalitarian governments in Europe?
Roosevelt thought it would worsen the Great Depression
Britain and France asked the U.S. to stay out of Europe
Roosevelt didn't believe the U.S. could defeat Hitler
Most Americans didn't support joining a war in Europe
6
Before Churchill, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain used this policy to deal with Hitler
Containment
Enabling
Appeasement
Isolation
7
Which of the following is NOT a tool used by Totalitarian governments to gain/hold power?
Propaganda
Democratic Elections
Secret Police
Censorship
8
Why did Hitler sign a non-aggression treaty with Stalin?
to prevent the League of Nations from entering the war
to insure that Germany had sea access
to show that he had changed his views on communism
to allow Germany to invade Poland without opposition
9
One consequence of WWII on the U.S. was that we:
U.S. returned to isolationist tendencies
Avoided foreign conflicts
Remained deeply involved in world affairs
reduced military spending
10
Which of the following was NOT a reason for Japanese Internment during WWII?
They were acting as spies
They might help the Japanese if Japan invaded the West Coast
They could be used as wartime labor
We didn't know who was loyal and who wasn't
11
The project to develop the Atomic Bomb
Nuclear Project
Manhattan Project
Executive Order 9066
Three-Mile Island Project
12
Upon entering WWII, what did U.S. and Great Britain make their highest priority?
Send armies to the Russian Front to help the Soviet Union
Strike at the Japanese Home Islands
recapture Pacific possessions lost to the Japanese
Invade Europe and defeat Germany
13
Which was the CLOSEST the U.S. and Soviet Union came to actually fighting during the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Korean War
Bay of Pigs invasion
14
When Stalin killed or imprisoned millions of political threats or undesirables
Genocide
Holocaust
Great Purge
Exile
15
What was the major purpose of the Yalta Conference in 1945?
where to launch the invasion of Japan
discuss opening a second front against Germany
which countries to include in the U.N.
How to restructure Europe after the war
16
The attack shown in this map is known as:
Battle of the Bulge
Miracle at Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
D-Day
17
What country did Germany invade to kick off WWII?
France
Japan
Poland
Great Britain
18
In Korematsu v. U.S., what did the Supreme Court rule about Japanese Internment?
Constitutional
Korematsu must be deported
Unconstitutional
Korematsu was right
19
Which best describes the Marshall Plan?
Provide humanitarian aid to developing countries
provided financial assistance to Europe
Provide military aid in countries fighting communism
Increased involvement in the United Nations
20
What do the Yalta and Potsdam have in common?
Stalin was not invited to the conferences
The allies planned how to invade Hitler's "Fortress Europe"
They dealt with post WWII issues
They focused on how to contain communism
21
Why might Americans oppose the Lend-Lease act?
They were upset they weren't making money
They thought it would pull us into war
They thought it would worsen the Great Depression
They wanted to back Germany, not Britain
22
How did the U.S. respond to the problems faced by postwar Germany?
Constructed the Berlin Wall
Provided financial assistance
Gave control of Germany to the Soviet Union
Established a defensive alliance against German aggression
23
This was the idea that once one country fell to Communism, its neighbors were next
Marshall Plan
Domino Effect Theory
Truman Doctrine
Containment
24
What happened to many Japanese Americans on the West Coast after Pearl Harbor?
They were deported
They were forced to join the military
They were sent to concentration camps
They were imprisoned
25
What was the name for the tactic the U.S. used to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific?
Trench Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Genocide
Island Hopping

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