World War 2 Prep

Question 1

By 1937, the aggression in Europe was affecting the USA. In the "Quarantine Speech", Roosevelt

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called for an end to America's isolationist ways.

Question 2

A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights leader in the 1940s, was focused mainly on which of these?

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ending racial discrimination of war industries

Question 3

A government in which a single party or leader controls the total lives of its people is called

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totalitarianism

Question 4

Hitler's style of warfare that used speed and power deep within enemy territory was called a

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blitzkrieg

Question 5

Why did Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act and amend the Neutrality Acts in 1941?

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to allow the USA to lend supplies to ensure its own defense

Question 6

In his "Four Freedoms" speech, Roosevelt stated that

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all people in the world have the right to certain freedoms.

Question 7

What impact did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have on World War II?

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It pulled the United States into World War II

Question 8

The Neutrality Acts passed by the USA as part of a policy of isolationism in the 1930s due to

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growing conflicts in European and Asian countries.

Question 9

What impact did World War II have on the American economy?

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permanently ended the Great Depression

Question 10

Benito Mussolini was the fascist leader of which country during WWII?

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Italy

Question 11

What was the significance of World War II's Normandy Invasion, commonly referred to as D-Day?

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It marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.

Question 12

All of these countries left the League of Nations during the WWII era EXCEPT

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France

Question 13

Why did the United States government for place Japanese Americans into internment camps?

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Many Americans were concerned about their loyalty.

Question 14

Adolf Hitler discriminated against all these folks EXCEPT

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Ethnic Germans

Question 15

Which Native American tribe helped the US Marine Corps by creating a secret code during WWII?

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Navajo

Question 16

A famous group of African American pilots who fought in WWII were known as the

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Tuskegee Airmen

Question 17

In addition to Japanese Americans, who was also discriminated against during World War II?

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Germans and Italians

Question 18

The picture below is an iconic image from World War II and symbolizes which of the following?

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the millions of women who joined the workforce in industry

Question 19

One aspect that distinguished the highly decorated 442nd Regiment was that its members were

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Japanese Americans.

Question 20

The policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy hoping that they will be peaceful is

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appeasement

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