Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

to bring the war to the quickest possible end

Why was Isoroku Yamamoto?

masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during WWII

Charles de Gaulle was the

leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French military

Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?

Masterminding the Japanese naval strategy

What was the goal of the Final Solution?

It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior

Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps?

their ancestry - Japanese descent

What combination led to the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad?

Russian winter and Russian troops

What crucial lesson was learned at the Battle of Britain?

Hitler's advances could be blocked

What happened on December 7, 1941?

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

What did kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?

Valued national honor more than individual life

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1
How did the Lend-Lease Act benefit the United States?
All of the above
Lent the Allies American troops
Enriched the U.S. economy
Allowed Allies to purchase food and medicine
2
What group was tried during the Nuremberg Trials?
Communists
war criminals from all Axis powers
the Luftwaffe
Nazis
3
Who went on the Bataan Death March?
Allied prisoners of war
Chinese civilians
Japanese soldiers
Allied soldiers
4
What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
declare war on Japan
cut oil supplies to Japan
broke off peace talks with Japan
began a boycott of Japanese-made products
5
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
to revenge those who died in the Bataan Death March
to bring the war to the quickest possible end
to punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
to destroy weapon plans in Japan
6
Why was Isoroku Yamamoto?
ordering and overseeing the Bataan Death March
breaking the Japanese secret code during WWII
masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during WWII
leading the Japanese government during WWII
7
Charles de Gaulle was the
French general who negotiated France's terms of surrender
the prime minister of France
prime minister of the puppet government in southern France
leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French military
8
Which concentration camp was responsible for the deaths of over 1,000,000 people?
Dachua
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Warsaw
9
Which country was not a part of the Axis powers?
Germany
Australia
Japan
Italy
10
What was the name of the invasion of Normandy, France?
The Allied Offensive
Operation Freedom
D-Day
Operation Invasion
11
Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?
Leading the Japanese government
Masterminding the Japanese naval strategy
Breaking the Japanese code
Ordering the Bataan Death March
12
Where the atomic bombs dropped?
Dresden and Berlin
Leyte Island and Midway
Tokyo and Hong Kong
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
13
What was the goal of the Final Solution?
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
It was a system for wining the war before the Americans entered
It was a process to divide up his territories among his generals
It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia
14
Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps?
their ancestry - Japanese descent
Radioing helpful information to the Germans
German descent
Pearl Harbor attack
15
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet invasion of Finland
German invasion of Poland
Soviet invasion of Poland
16
What event caused the surrender of France?
Holocaust
Pearl Harbor
Luftwaffe invasion
The fall of Dunkirk
17
Which battle turned the tide of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Coral Sea
Doolittle's raid on Japan
Battle of Guadalcanal
18
Who did Hitler sign a non-aggression pact with, only to break it and invade them
United States
Soviet Union
France
England
19
What combination led to the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad?
Number of British troops
Russian winter and Russian troops
American air strikes
Lack of food and fuel
20
What crucial lesson was learned at the Battle of Britain?
British were inexperienced
Hitler's advances could be blocked
RAF needed more planes
Germany had a powerful air force
21
Which battle marked the final German offensive?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Leyte Gulf
22
Which of the following occurred on D-Day
Allied bombing of Nagasaki
Allied bombing of Hiroshima
Allied invasion of Italy
Allied invasion of France
23
What happened on December 7, 1941?
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Poland
Japan invaded China
The Allies invaded North Africa
24
The slaughter of European civilians, particularly Jews, by the Nazis became known as what?
the Vast Massacre
the Great Atrocity
the Holocaust
the Cold War
25
Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
General Erwin Rommel
General George Patton
General Bernard Montgomery
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
26
Which country did Germany invade to start World War 2
England
France
Russia
Poland
27
What did kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
Valued national honor more than individual life
Hated Americans enough to die
Did not mind dying because they were going to lose
Full of despair
28
Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?
James Doolittle
Franklin Roosevelt
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
29
Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
the internment of Japanese-Americans
the Holocaust
the use of nuclear bombs
the firebombing of Dresden
30
Who organized and oversaw the demilitarization of Japan?
U.S. Congres
U.S. Army
emperor of Japan
Diet of Japan

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