stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
US History 2 Review: World War II Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
US History 2 Review: World War II
US History 2 Review: World War II
29 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
18 plays
A #history quiz to review for a test: US History 2: World War II
Flashcards
29 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
29
Answers
1
At the end of World War I, what was the international peace-keeping organization called?
League of Statesmen
League of Nations
League of Leagues
Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2
Who is your favorite teacher?
B. Shecks
The Sheck Man
Sheckyrox
Mr. Sheckman
3
After Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia and made a pact with Stalin, he invaded
England
Japan
Poland
Italy
4
What led the government to evacuate Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II?
prejudice and fears inflamed by the attack on Pearl Harbor
terrorist attacks by immigrants living on the West Coast
fear for the safety of Japanese Americans on the West Coast
a need for labor to build a railroad
5
In September 1940, Japan allied itself with
the Axis Powers
the Dutch East Indies
the Allies
the North Koreans
6
What is Mr. Sheckman's favorite color?
blue
burnt sienna
moss
orange
7
What is Mr. Sheckman's Twitter name?
@djshecky
@bshecks
@bsheckmanLHS
@bshecksalot
8
Which of the following best characterizes Roosevelt’s first hundred days in office?
He avoided direct action and sent problems to committees
He concentrated on programs that strengthened big business
He had 99 problems and Mr. Sheckman wasn’t one of them
He pushed Congress to pass laws to improve the economy
9
What is the point of this question?
to get you to think too much
to ask nothing at all
to take up space
to make you think about pizza
10
What action did the Nazis take to strip Jews of their German citizenship?
passed the Nuremberg Laws
smashed in windows of their stores
forced all Jews to emigrate
opened the Warsaw ghetto
11
Through their island-hopping strategy, the Allies put themselves in a position to
bomb Japan
defend China
retake Pearl Harbor
circle the globe
12
Hitler used which of the following military strategies when invading Poland?
the Maginot Line
a blitzkrieg
a schnitzel
U-boat attack
13
Lebensraum
was the term Hitler used that meant
more living space for the Germans
more power for Germany over Italy
a dream of German domination of the Soviet Union
more books throughout Europe
14
During the early years of World War II, the United States
remained neutral but supplied weapons to Britain and France
stopped trading with all nations at war
organized peace talks between the Allies and the Axis powers
sent troops to the soviet Union
15
Mr. Sheckman's class is:
Litty
Fresh
Extra
Fire
16
Who inspired the British people to resist the German invasion?
Winston Churchill
Hugh Grant
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph Stalin
17
The goal of the Manhattan Project was to
build a better New York City
develop an atomic bomb
defend New York City from submarine attacks
devise a strategy for invading Japan
18
The Axis Powers were named for the “axis” between which two European capitals?
Paris and Berlin
Berlin and Rome
Paris and Moscow
London and Paris
19
What are the names of Mr. Sheckman's two boys?
Ben & Jerry
Harry & Larry
Derek & Chandler
Billy & Joel
20
In 1988, Congress passed a law awarding each surviving Japanese American internee
passage back to Japan
$20,000 tax-free money and an apology
a medal of honor
a new home
21
Hitler signed a Nonaggression Pact with
Britain
Spain
Poland
the Soviet Union
22
Great Britain held out against the German attack at the Battle of
Britain
Dublin
Paris
Stalingrad
23
Where did one of the greatest rescues in the history of warfare take place?
Dunkirk
Warsaw
Madrid
Paris
24
Which of the following took place on D-Day?
the start of the Allied invasion of Italy
the first British and American landings in North Africa
the landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
25
After Congress passed a war declaration on Japan, which two countries declared war on the US?
Russia and China
Italy and Germany
Germany and Norway
Russia and Germany
26
How did Mussolini use gangs of Fascist thugs in Italy?
to terrorize his opponents
to guard Allied prisoners
to model black shirts for Mr. Sheckman
to invade Ethiopia
27
What is Mr. Sheckman's room number?
507
537
527
557
28
What prompted the United States to enter the war in 1941?
Germany’s invasion of the Rhineland
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
the imprisonment of Jews in German concentration camps
Benito Mussolini’s aggression in Italy
29
The greatest rock band of all time is:
One Direction
The Backstreet Boys
The Average White Band
The Beatles
