The US was expected to lead the postwar rebuilding because the US

strongest power & little devastation

How did WWII affect the American economy?

factories ran 24 hrs a day producing military supplies

Why was Joseph Stalin angry with Allied forces in July 1942?

Allies did not help the Soviets fight the Germans

Sonar technology helped the Allied war effort during World War II by

helping Allied ships find & destroy German U-boats

Why did Germans surrender at the Battle of Stalingrad?

Hitler didn't send enough supplies & soldiers

What was President Roosevelt & Winston Churchill's strategy to defeat the Axis Powers?

building up troops in Great Britain to invade France

extermination of an entire group of people

Why was island hopping so important to the Allies' victory in WWII?

Allies could take strategically important islands

The Battle of Stalingrad affected the rest of WWII by

caused Axis powers to retreat from the Soviet Union

The Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to

send billions of dollars for supplies to Allied countries

What happened in the zoot-suit riots?

white mobs attacked Mexican Americans

Why did Great Britain & France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?

They had pledged to defend Poland when Germany attacked.

Why was D-Day so important?

French beaches secured - start drive to Germany

What was the strategy for the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge?

Go through Allied lines & capture Antwerp, Belgium

Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government

controls every aspect of citizens' lives

The U.S. Selective Service Training & Service Act of 1940

was first peacetime draft in the country's history

What was the Holocaust?

tried to exterminate an entire race

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The US was expected to lead the postwar rebuilding because the US
had to make up for bombing Japan
was power hungry
was given millions after Germany surrendered
strongest power & little devastation
2
In what country did the Bataan Death March take place?
Japan
China
India
Philippines
3
What Tuskegee Airman later became the first African American general in the U.S Air Force?
Philip Randolph
Stokely Carmichael
Benjamin O. Davis
Martin Luther King
4
How did WWII affect the American economy?
factories ran 24 hrs a day producing military supplies
the Depression got worse
agricultural production suffered because fewer consumers
unemployment skyrocketed
5
Japanese Americans known as issei were
immigrants born in Japan
Americans who ran the Japanese internment camps
American citizens who served in the war
Japanese people who escaped internment camps
6
Why was Joseph Stalin angry with Allied forces in July 1942?
long-range bombers dropped bombs on Soviet factories
Allies did not help the Soviets fight the Germans
Allies didn't give Soviets credit for inventing sonar
Roosevelt & Churchill didn't listen to Stalin
7
Sonar technology helped the Allied war effort during World War II by
helping pilots avoid anti-aircraft fire
helping planes fly long distances to drop bombs
Allowed bombing raids at night to pinpoint targets
helping Allied ships find & destroy German U-boats
8
Why did Germans surrender at the Battle of Stalingrad?
Their leader defected to the Soviet Union.
Hitler didn't send enough supplies & soldiers
Axis powers retreated from Soviet Union
They wanted to escape to the U.S.
9
What was President Roosevelt & Winston Churchill's strategy to defeat the Axis Powers?
aiding Japan in the fight against China
building up troops in Great Britain to invade France
placing Asia first
attacking Italian forces in West Africa
10
What banned the production of cars so auto plants could make military equipment?
Selective Service Act
War Production Board
Civil Service
Internment
11
What is genocide?
deportation of an entire group of people
extermination of an entire group of people
extermination of a nation's political opponents
deportation of a nation's political opponents
12
How did Harry Truman become president?
FDR resigned
FDR had a stroke
FDR didn't run for 4th term
FDR lost the election
13
What American general was forced to retreat from the Philippines, but said he'd be back?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Hidecki Tojo
J.F. Kennedy
14
Who did freedom fighter execute after German forces fled Italy?
DeGaulle
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
15
Why was island hopping so important to the Allies' victory in WWII?
could rest away from Japanese fire
could take every island on way to Japan
could capture Japanese without casualties
Allies could take strategically important islands
16
The Battle of Stalingrad affected the rest of WWII by
caused Axis powers to retreat from the Soviet Union
boosted the morale of Soviet troops
forced Stalin to command his troops
gave Allies time to attack Italy
17
The Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to
lend armed forces to the war effort
stay out of the war in Europe
allow American land to be used by Polish refugees
send billions of dollars for supplies to Allied countries
18
What happened in the zoot-suit riots?
Mexican Americans rioted in protest of discrimination
white mobs attacked Mexican Americans
soldiers protested against Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans went on strike
19
Why did Great Britain & France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?
They wanted to fight Czecholovakia.
Hitler signed an agression pact with Stalin
Hitler signed alliance with Mussolini.
They had pledged to defend Poland when Germany attacked.
20
Why was D-Day so important?
French beaches secured & went to Paris
tricked Germans- in France
French beaches secured - start drive to Germany
could bomb German cities
21
Germany's surrender on May 8, 1945 was known as
V-E Day
D-Day
Peace Day
D-J Day
22
Which of these was a key battle in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of El Alamein
23
Why did the Japanese finally surrender on September 2, 1945?
Americans said they'd bomb Tokyo
Americans bombed Hiroshima
Americans bombed Nagasaki
Japanese couldn't win without Germany
24
What was the strategy for the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge?
Go through Allied lines & capture Antwerp, Belgium
Drive into eastern France
Attack Allies head-on so they'd surrender
Go through Italy to capture Paris
25
What indicated that German forces were expecting an invasion of France?
guarded by 2 boats named Utah & Omaha
Germans took over Canada
German soldiers waiting on the beach
barbed wire & mines planted
26
Hitler's rebulding of the German military violated the
Treaty of Versailles
Monroe Doctrine
Geneva Convention
Munich Conference
27
According to Admiral Nimitz, what battle partially avenged our losses at Pearl Harbor?
Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Okinawa
28
Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government
is controlled by religious leaders
is part communism & part facism
has one monarch that rules
controls every aspect of citizens' lives
29
The U.S. Selective Service Training & Service Act of 1940
was first peacetime draft in the country's history
allowed Americans to serve in foreign countries
oversaw the conversion of factories to war production
ferried planes between bases for use by women pilots
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What was the Holocaust?
controlling key portions of land
tried to exterminate an entire race
attempt to deport an entire race
attempt to overthrow the US through force

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