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Regular WWII Review 2023
Regular WWII Review 2023
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Why does Captain Miller reveal what he did for a living back in the states?
To distract the enemy
To make sure no one won the pool.
To stop the men from fighting each other.
To win the pool that the soldiers have on him.
2
This document ended the war and set the stage for WWII
Nuremberg accords
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
3
America dropped atomic bombs on which country at the end of WWII?
Japan
China
Germany
Russia
4
Which of the following did Hitler take or demand in the lead up to the war?
Austria
Danzig
Czechoslovakia
Poland
5
In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the U.S....
eight valuable naval bases in the Western Hemisphere
a role in developing the atomic bomb
6
The West Coast was declared a military zone, and all people of __ ancestry were evacuated to 10 internment camps.
Japanese
German
Italian
7
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Dwight Eisenhower
8
Which superhero became a super soldier to fight in WWII?
Thor
Captain America
The Hulk
Hawkeye
9
Which of the following was a direct result of Doolittle's Raid?
Instigated war with Japan
Boost to American morale
10
During WWII the US became an Arsenal of Democracy, What does this mean?
We set fire to major world capitals
We began mass producing military supplies for our allies
Rosie became a superstar
We began placing Japanese Americans in internment camps
11
The Allied powers were
Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy
Italy, USA, Britain, France
USA, Britain, France, Russia
12
Hitler's biggest mistake in the war was his decision to
create concentration camps
invade the United States
invade the Soviet Union
13
Define
Anschluss.
appeasement
unification
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Throughout the 1930's, the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by...
demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations
retreating further into isolationism
15
The significance of the Battle of Stalingrad is, it put the Germans on the defensive for the rest of the war.
False
True
16
One internationalist action by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first term in office was...
joining the League of Nations
formal recognition of the Soviet Union
17
The spending of enormous sums of on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that
the Germans might acquire such a weapon first
a nuclear weapon was the only way to win the war
the Japanese were at work on an atomic bomb project of their own
18
Why was the United States able to expand its war production so quickly after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
US could expand its production bc the government had built extra factories.
US could expand its production bc the government had begun to mobilize the
19
Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of _____________.
Stalingrad
Britain
the Bulge
20
What early efforts did FDR make to help the British?
Destroyers for Bases
Lend-Lease Act
Hemispheric Defense Zone
Nothing!
21
During WWII, most Americans economically experienced
a continuing struggle to find employment
hardships due to rationing of essential goods
prosperity and doubling of personal income
22
Post WWI inequalities, economic depression, and social unrest created desperation for new, stronger leadership.
True
False
23
Shortly after Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets
Germany invaded Poland and started WWII
Britain and France signed a similar aggreement
24
In September 1938 in Munich Germany...
Hitler declared his intention to take Austria
Hitler signed the Axis Treaty with with Japan
Britain and France consented to Hitler taking the Sudetenland
25
The Axis powers were
USA, Britain, France
Italy, Germany, Japan
Germany, Russia, Japan
26
Germany invaded _________________ to start WWII.
USSR
Poland
France
Italy
27
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 came as a great surprise because...
no American officials suspected that Japan might start a war with the US.
FDR suspected that if an attack came it would be overseas
FDR believed the attack would be in Malaysia or the Philippines
28
Who was the President of the United States at the start of WWII?
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
29
The US remained selectively neutral in WWII by passing a series of these:
Neutering Acts
Neutrality Acts
Monster Mashes
Lend Lease Acts
30
The event that shook Americans and moved them to make an enormous effort against Hitler's aggression in Europe was:
the fall of France
Hitler's moves on England
the invasion of Poland
31
After the US entered WWII in 1941, the term "enemy aliens" referred to:
Japanese living in the US
Italians living in the US
Germans living in the US
32
Why did FDR decide to invade Algeria and Morocco first?
To meet the European troops the US were going to fight along side
To give the US experience before invading Europe
33
Saving Private Ryan is loosely based on the story of which of the following families:
The Smith Brothers
The Niland Brothers
34
African Americans did all of the following during WWII
except
rally behind the slogan "Double V"
fight in integrated combat units
