Chapter 25 Review

Question 1

Where did the Chinese Nationalists flee after losing to the Communist Party?

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 2

What key changes were made in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

2, 1

Question 3

True or False: Hitler used the Germans' feelings toward the Treaty of Versailles to take power.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Who was the commander of the Allied armed forces during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 5

Who was the fascist dictator of Italy, known as "Il Duce," who seized control through military force?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 6

Who was the U.S. president during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 7

True or False: Everyone, especially Russian peasants, benefited from Stalin’s plans for collectivization.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Who was the black leader in South Africa who helped lead the country out of apartheid rules?

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 9

What were two factors that either led up to or worsened the Great Depression in the United States?

Accepted Answer

2, 1

Question 10

True or False: France and Britain went to war as soon as Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

True or False: The Battle of Britain convinced Congress to allow the US to come to the support of the Allies in Europe.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

How did the United States help Japan after World War II?

Accepted Answer

The US provided economic support to help rebuild Japan's economy.

Question 13

What was the policy of "containment"?

Accepted Answer

A policy to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world.

Question 14

Which form of government succeeded in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 15

T/F: To reward black Africans for their help in World War II, Europeans loosened their grip on their African colonies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Why did the British divide India into two separate countries after giving them their independence?

Accepted Answer

Muslim and Hindu peoples could not get along and rule under one government.

Question 17

Describe, in detail, how the Allies were able to defeat the Germans.

Accepted Answer

1, 2

Question 18

Who was the nationalist dictator of Germany, known as the "Führer," who demanded the extermination of the Jews?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 19

How were the governments under Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Stalin similar?

Accepted Answer

They all were totalitarian states.

Question 20

How did Hitler and Mussolini respond to the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, during the Spanish civil war?

Accepted Answer

They both supported the dictator and helped him win control.

Question 21

True or False: The battle at Midway Island was a major turning point of the Pacific war in favor of the Japanese.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Who was the military dictator of Japan at the start of World War II who led the attack on the US naval base in Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo

Question 23

How did German reparations help lead to World War II?

Accepted Answer

1, 2

Question 24

True or False: The British won the battle of Britain against the Germans.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Who proposed a plan to give massive economic aid to war-damaged Western European countries?

Accepted Answer

George C. Marshall

Question 26

True or False: Hitler and Stalin made an agreement not to attack each other, an agreement that lasted the entire war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

How did Mohandas Gandhi show his opposition to British rule?

Accepted Answer

He led peaceful protests and promoted "civil disobedience."

Question 28

During World War II, why did Japan move into Southeast Asia with the goal of seizing European colonies?

Accepted Answer

They were in need of food supplies, oil, and rubber.

Question 29

Describe the German’s treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust.

Accepted Answer

2, 1

Question 30

What was agreed upon by the allied leaders at the Tehran Conference?

Accepted Answer

to divide Germany into separate areas after Hitler was defeated

Question 31

Who was the socialist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II who had an on and off alliance with Germany?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 32

How did Hitler's invasion of Russia fail?

Accepted Answer

1, 2

Chapter 25 Review

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Chapter 25 Review

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