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How did Americans at home support the war?
Buying government bonds
Rationing
Working in munition factories
All of the above
2
What was a major cause of WWII in Europe?
An Assassination
Great Depression
Spanish Civil War
World War I
3
This battle will prove to be a setback that made Hitler stop an amphibious invasion of Britain.
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Atlantic
4
What became the FIRST Japanese atomic target?
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Okinawa
5
A naval battle that weakened the Japanese threat in the Pacific Ocean in 1942.
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway
6
Who was President of the US at the beginning of WWII?
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
7
What was one of the Allied conferences where they discussed the conclusion of the war?
Munich Conference
Potsdam Conference
The Berlin Meeting
Casablanca Congress
8
Which territories will
NOT
be invaded and become a part of Germany prior to World War II?
Rhineland
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
9
What was the main reason that Harry S. Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
He wanted to save American lives
He wanted to be a good president
He wanted Germany to surrender
He wanted the war to last longer
10
The World War II leader who became the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
11
World War II will officially begin with:
The Blitzkrieg attack of Austria
The Blitzkrieg attack of Belgium
The Blitzkrieg attack of Poland
The Blitzkrieg attack of Czechoslovakia
12
What country started out as an ally of the Axis side but changed to the Allies during WWII?
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
13
What was the event that was the turning point of the war in Europe?
D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
The Invasion of Sicily
V-E Day
14
What event happened on June 4, 1944 and led to the liberation of France?
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
V-J Day
V-E Day
15
The term that refers to the on-going period of tension without actual combat after World War II
Cold War
The Cold Crisis
The War to end all wars
Superpower Smackdown
16
What was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews called?
The J-Genocide
The Kristallnacht
Holocaust
The FInal Problem
17
Who occupied Germany at the end of WWII?
Soviet Union & France
United States & France
All of them
France & Great Britain
18
Marines raise the American flag after capturing this island in the Pacific.
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
19
Why did the United States, under FDR's leadership, declare war on the Axis powers?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany occupied France
Germany invaded Poland
Japan used internment camps for Americans
20
World War II will be fought between:
1914-1918
1941-1947
1939-1945
1929-1939
21
Which two countries created the policy of appeasement to stay out of war with Germany?
Czechoslovakia & Great Britain
Germany & USSR
Great Britain and France
USSR and Poland
22
Who signed the non-aggression pact and which country did it impact?
Germany & USSR; Poland
France & Germany; Belgium
Germany & USSR; Czechoslovakia
Germany & Great Britain; Poland
23
What happened to Hitler?
Executed by his officers
Committed suicide
Stood trial in Nuremberg
Escaped to Argentina
24
Both Hitler and Mussolini will:
Gain the support of the socialists
Be democratically elected to office
Overthrow their governments with violence
Gain the support of the Pope
25
Germany, Italy, and ________ made up the Axis Powers during World War II.
France
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
26
The "independent" fascist section of France created after Germany occupied them was called:
Fascist France
Nazi France
Nice France
Vichy France
27
Why did the U.S. need to ration rubber and gasoline during WWII?
Americans were greedy with how they used rubber and gas.
Rubber and Gas had become scarce and were needed for war.
Rubber and gas were rationed so the government saves money
The U.S. had all the rubber and gas and wanted to keep it.
28
Hitler will be arrested early in his career for:
High treason against the Kaiser
Attempting an uprising in Munich
Organizing a march on Berlin
Attempting to burn the Reichstag
29
This major turning point in the Pacific Theater as the US forces sank 4 aircraft carriers.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Battle of Okinawa
30
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Truman
Mussolini
Adolf Himmler
Adolf Hitler
31
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1940 until July 1945?
Harry S. Truman
Frank D. Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churcill
32
What countries were a part of the Allied Powers?
U.S, Canada, Great Britain
All of them
U.S., France, Great Britain
France, Canada, Great Britain
33
Who was the German general in charge of the Nazi armies in North Africa?
Mussolini
Oppenheimer
Himmler
Rommel
34
Who did Hitler claim burned down the Reichstag and used it as an argument for dictatorial rule?
The British
The Communists
The Nationalists
The Fascists
35
Stalingrad was so difficult for the Germans to capture because:
They were not prepared for winter
Did not have adequate aerial support
They sent most of their army to capture Moscow instead
Could not use their tanks due to the roads being destroyed
36
What was the name of Hitler's party in Germany?
National Worker's Party
The Liberation Front
The National Socialist Front
National Socialist German Worker's Party
37
The Germans will outflank the French defenses set up after World War I by going around the:
The Mason-Dixon Line
The Maginot Line
The Alps
The Bulge
38
Hitler's idea of
Lebensraum
maintained that:
Only small populations could maintain a powerful country
Only large populations could maintain a powerful country
The master race must have an adequate amount of good land
A pure race was necessary for national survival
39
Where did the majority of German casualties occur?
North Africa
Russian front
Normandy
Italy
40
Hitler will turn his attention to the Soviet Union because he believed that:
Stalin was about to invade Italy
Stalin was plotting with Great Britain
Stalin was creating a secret alliance with the United States
Stalin was winning over Italy's support
41
This event started WWII.
Germany attacking the Soviet Union
Italy attacking Africa
Germany attacking Poland
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
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He was leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Adolph Hitler
Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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Among the decision reached at Yalta was the decision that Germany would:
Czechoslovakia and Poland would divide Germany
Germany would go back under the Treaty of Versailles
Be controlled by the Soviet Union
Be divided into Allied controlled areas
