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What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
2
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
B-Day
Okinawa
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
3
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Roosevelt
Tojo
Churchill
Stalin
4
TheNuremberg Trials promoted the idea of international justice by
issuing a list of basic human rights.
bringing the Holocaust to an end.
possible for the winners in awar to punish the losers.
holding a nation’s leaders responsible forcrimes.
5
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, France
6
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Roosevelt
Churchill
Eisenhower
Truman
7
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
5 million
11 million
6 million
3 million
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US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Fire Bombing
Island Hopping
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Which battle was the last counterattack of Germany's?
D-Day in Normandy
Midway in the Pacific
Stalingrad in Russia
Bulge in Belgium
10
United Nations wasorganized to
reprimand soldiers
punish Germany.
help small European nations
encourage cooperation
11
Which of the following helped create the Executive Order 8802?
3/4 of the states ratify the 14th amendment
Japanese Americans relocated to internment camps
Supreme Court declares racial segregation unconstitutional
A.Philip Randolph proposes a "March on Washington"
12
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Berlin
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What was the Holocaust?
All of these
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The catastrophe
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
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What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them back to Japan
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
Nothing
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The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
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The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Churchill
Tojo
Roosevelt
Stalin
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After declaring war, the United States government
transformed peacetimeindustries into war industries
repealed the Neutrality Act of 1939.
enacted a draft because few Americanswanted to fight.
withdrew economic support from Britain.
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The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
Churchill
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The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Churchill
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt
20
What country used Kamikaze attacks?
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
US
21
Roosevelt delivered his "FourFreedoms" speech to
appease Germany and other Axis Powers.
persuade Congress to take a neutralposition in the war
increase economic support for Britain.
encourage Congress to support a declaration of war.
22
Oneof the ways that Mussolini maintained his power in Italy was by
allowing freedom of thepress
supporting strikes.
a. disbanding youth groups.
outlawing political parties
23
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
USSR and China
US and USSR
US and China
Germany and Japan
24
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Hirohito
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mussolini
25
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Non-aggression pact
Supplies Act
Buy-Sell Act
Lend-Lease Act