Each statement best describes the Double V Campaign EXCEPT:

Fight for democracy for African Americans at home

The Battle of Britain forced Germany to do what to their war plans in Europe in 1942?

Put off the invasion of Great Britain

The term “blitzkrieg” was a military strategy that depended on what?

Waves of plane bombing, artillery/tank strikes, and fast infantry strikes

Which of the following was Joseph Stalin’s main demand of the U.S. and Great Britain from the years 1941-1944?

The invasion of France to create a “Second Front

The building of the atomic bomb was greatly aided by:

European refugee scientists who had escaped from Nazi Germany/Fascist Italy

All of the following were outlawed by Neutrality Acts between 1935-1939 EXCEPT:

Tourist travel to Europe and Asia by American citizens

Which statement best describes the foreign policy change made by the US between the start of WWII and the attack on PH?

The nation shifted from neutrality to military support for the Allies

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Korematsu vs. the U.S. :

Upheld the government’s policy of placing Jap-Americans in internment camps

At the Casablanca Conference, the Allies postponed opening a second front in Western Europe because:

The British were reluctant/preferred to attack Italy ("soft underbelly")

The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the mid-1930s were efforts to:

Avoid mistakes that led the country into World War I

Which action is an example of international appeasement?

Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for the Sudetenland

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1
The Nazi plan that called for the extermination of all European Jews was called:
Krystallnacht
Final Solution
Lebensraum
Anschluss
2
The turning point of WWII in the Pacific came at the battle of:
Okinawa
Midway
Guadalcanal
Coral Sea
3
Each statement best describes the Double V Campaign EXCEPT:
Victory in Japan and Europe
Fight for democracy overseas
Victory in atomic research
Fight for democracy for African Americans at home
4
The Battle of Britain forced Germany to do what to their war plans in Europe in 1942?
Fight a three-front war
Join the Axis powers
Enter into a non-aggression pact with England
Put off the invasion of Great Britain
5
The term “blitzkrieg” was a military strategy that depended on what?
Intense trench warfare
Emphasis on fighting a two-front war
Waves of plane bombing, artillery/tank strikes, and fast infantry strikes
A system of sending waves of infantry one after another
6
The turning point of the European War in favor of the Allied powers came at the battle of:
El Alamein
Leningrad
Stalingrad
The Bulge
7
This top secret program over saw the research and development of the first atomic bomb?
Central Intelligence Agency
Manhattan Project
San Francisco Project
Atomic Energy Committee
8
Loaning belligerent nations weapons as long as they paid in gold and provided their own transportation was called:
Destroyers for Bases Deal
Lend-Lease Act
Cash and Carry
Neutral Belligerence Policy
9
General MacArthur has one of the most famous quotes in WWII. What was “I shall return” in reference to?
The return to Europe to finish off Hitler
Positive words to the soldiers before D-Day
The return to the Philippines
The return to Japan to oversee the treaty
10
Which of the following was Joseph Stalin’s main demand of the U.S. and Great Britain from the years 1941-1944?
USSR allowed to keep lands gained by the Nazi –Soviet Nonaggression Pact
War supplies and food for the Soviet Army
Help in the Soviet War against Japan
The invasion of France to create a “Second Front
11
The building of the atomic bomb was greatly aided by:
American spies who gained information on the Nazi nuclear project
European refugee scientists who had escaped from Nazi Germany/Fascist Italy
The discovery of large uranium deposits in New Mexico
The successful testing of an atomic device at the University of California
12
All of the following were outlawed by Neutrality Acts between 1935-1939 EXCEPT:
Travel on ships of belligerent nations by American citizens
Tourist travel to Europe and Asia by American citizens
Loans to the belligerent nations by American banks
The sale of weapons to belligerent nations
13
Which statement best describes the foreign policy change made by the US between the start of WWII and the attack on PH?
The nation shifted from neutrality to military support for the Allies
The traditional isolationism of the United States strengthened
War was declared on Germany but not on Japan
Financial aid was offered to both the Allied and Axis powers
14
The Supreme Court decision in the case of Korematsu vs. the U.S. :
Upheld the draft of U.S. men into the armed forces during peace time
Supported the government sponsored embargo of Japanese imports
Upheld the government quotas on Japanese immigration to the U.S.
Upheld the government’s policy of placing Jap-Americans in internment camps
15
At the Casablanca Conference, the Allies postponed opening a second front in Western Europe because:
The U.S. was giving strategic priority to the Pacific War
The British were reluctant/preferred to attack Italy ("soft underbelly")
The Soviet Union requested a delay until it could join the campaign
They hoped that Germany and the Soviet Union would cripple each other
16
The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the mid-1930s were efforts to:
Create jobs for the unemployed in the military defense industry
Help the democratic nations of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini
Avoid mistakes that led the country into World War I
Support the League of Nations efforts to stop wars in Africa and Asia
17
Which action is an example of international appeasement?
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
Congress authorizing the Manhattan Project
Germany signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for the Sudetenland

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