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Which choice best completes the diagram?SpainJapanPolandUSSR - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhen was Pearl Harbor attacked?December 7, 1941September 1, 1939October 31, 1941December 25, 1941
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat actions did the Japanese Empire take in response to America's trade embargo against them?They bombed the Atlantic fleet at Cape Canaveral.They bombed the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.They planned an invasion of the American West coast.They refused to sell American goods in Japan.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Non-Aggression Pact was brokenby America when it started selling weapons and loaning money to countriesby Russia when Stalin invaded Polandby Japan when it invaded Chinaby Germany when Hitler attacked Russia
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this map suggest about the Soviet Union’s role in World War II? (Only true in this Map)The Soviets suffered significant losses fighting Axis forcesThe Soviets joined Allied offensives in North AfricaThe Soviets saw heavy combat in Southeastern EuropeThe Soviets fought alongside other Allied forces in France
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this map suggest about the Soviet Union’s role in World War II? (Only true in this Map)The Soviets suffered significant losses fighting Axis forcesThe Soviets joined Allied offensives in North AfricaThe Soviets saw heavy combat in Southeastern EuropeThe Soviets fought alongside other Allied forces in France
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThis map best shows the Japanese ability todefend its borders against Chinese aggression.control trade routes in southeast Asia.launch an attack on Pearl Harbor.prepare an offensive against Australia.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the actions listed in this chart suggest about the League of Nations?The League of Nations kept the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan in check.The League of Nations was ineffective because it did not condemn the aggressive actions of Germany and Japan.The League of Nations criticized the actions of aggressive nations but did not take effective measures to stop the aggression.The League of Nations was ineffective because Great Britain and the United States did not support its actions.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis cartoon showing Hitler between two tanks was most likely drawn around the time ofthe Allied attack on Normandy.the Allied invasion of Germany.the German attack on Great Britain.the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich decision did President Truman make that most significantly altered the course of the war?dividing Germany into four zones of occupationdropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasakiasking for Soviet assistance in the war against Japanagreeing to diplomatic talks with the Soviet Union
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the German strategy of “blitzkrieg” so successful?Blitzkrieg relied on slowly closing off a country’s borders, leaving it completely isolated.Blitzkrieg relied on small, rapid military forces that assassinated the leaders of the nation under attack.Blitzkrieg relied on rapid, heavily armed forces that quickly penetrated deep into enemy territory.Blitzkrieg relied on extensive air attacks, weakening the country before the invasion.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the U.S. presence in Guam and the Philippines prior to the war create tension between Japan and America?U.S. presence in the region robbed the Japanese of important trading partners.U.S. presence in the region jeopardized Japan’s access to important natural resources.U.S. presence threatened Japan's ability to establish itself as the most powerful nation in the region.Japan feared the U.S. would launch an attack on Japan from Guam or the Philippines.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow did World War II change the employment situation for women?The wartime standard of “equal pay for equal work” meant that women earned the same as men who did the same work.The number of young women in the work force increased because they could do heavy wartime work, but older women were pushed out of the work force.Women were needed on the home front so they were less likely to work once married.More women were able to find jobs in manufacturing and other fields not traditionally considered to be women’s work.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat led to the success of Operation Overlord?The Allies convinced Hitler that the invasion would happen in Calais, causing him to order important forces away from the invasion site at Normandy.The Allies had already defeated Japan and could turn their full attention to the invasion of Europe.At all the landing sites at Normandy, the Allied troops met little resistance and could easily advance up the beaches.The navy of the Soviet Union sank many German U boats, helping troops from Britain and the United States to get across the English Channel safely.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhen Hitler started planning an attack on Poland, Poland expected to get help from Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union did not help them fight Germany. Why?The Soviet Union did not want to fight about Poland, they were too busy with their own problems.The Soviet Union had made a secret treaty to split Poland with Germany.The Soviet Union had made a secret treaty to help France.The Soviet Union was afraid of Hitler's army.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceFighting World War II both " over there" & on the home front demonstrated the concept of ...Total surrenderTotal eclipseTotal victoryTotal war
- 17. Multiple ChoiceBesides paying federal income tax, Americans supported the cost of WWII byBuying war bondsWorking one week per month for freeAdopting English war babiesHaving school fund raisers
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat was it called when the US government put a limit on the amount of food people could buy during WWII?conservationrationingsavinglimiting
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT a problem for African Americans during World War II?Discrimination in hiring and paySegregated units in the armyRiots in cities like DetroitNot allowed to join the army and fight
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat Was Deficit Spending?Over Spending on the warBorrowed Money To finance the warnot spending enough on the warthe wars money that soliders made
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhy did President Truman choose to drop the atomic bomb?protect lives of Japanese citizens.save American lives.become a superpower.prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.Invasion of NormandyEl AlameinKurskBattle of the Bulge
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThis poster was an icon forwomen factory workers during WWIIhousewivestransgender soldierssuffragettes
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe Allied attack and landing at Normandy, France and the turning point of the war in Europe.V-E Dayv-J DayLanding DayD-Day
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhen was D-Day?August 6, 1945July 25, 1945May 7, 1945June 6th, 1944
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich event showed the ruthlessness the Japanese would use against surrendered troops?BlitzkriegBataan Death MarchBattle of the BulgeBattle of Stalingrad
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the US strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific?Genocide"Europe First" StrategyEmbargoIsland Hopping
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich famous general was the supreme commander of the D-Day invasion?Douglas MacArthurFranklin D. RooseveltDwight D. EisenhowerCharles De Gaulle
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on what day?August 6, 1945June 6, 1944September 2, 1945July 25, 1945
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat city was the SECOND city the United States dropped the atomic bomb on?TokyoKyotoHiroshimaNagasaki
- 31. Multiple ChoiceConflicts in L.A. between white sailors and mostly Mexican youth were called ...Tuskegee AirmenRosie RiveterWatts RiotsZoot Suit Riots
- 32. Multiple ChoiceNeutrality Act of 1935 vs. Neutrality Act of 1939Congress helped warring countries; Congress cut of help to warring countrieshelped no warring countries; helped in the form of "cash and carry"called cash and carry; called Arsenal of Democracyhelped only the Allied powers; helped the Axis Powers
- 33. Multiple ChoiceZoot Suit riots directed at...Mexican AmericansAfrican AmericansJapanese AmericansGerman Americans
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWWII led to the end of what?WWIGreat DepressionIndustrial RevolutionProgressive Era
- 35. Multiple ChoiceAgreement between Roosevelt and Churchill. They promised to protect each other economically and militarilyAtlantic CharterMunich AgreementLend LeaseNeutrality Acts
- 36. Multiple ChoicePartly because Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II were considered security risks, they wereforced to give up their U.S. citizenshipbarred from military service throughout the warmoved from their homes to internment campsprohibited by law from seeking employment with the federal government
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the goal of the Marshall Plan of 1947?to relax tensions with the Soviet Union and Chinato aid the economic recovery of European nationsto rebuild the U.S. military after the defeat of Nazi Germanyto expand the U.S. highway system at the start of the Cold War
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat was this poster promoting?war productionvoting rights for womenequality in paysexism
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThis U.S. war poster is MOST likely referring torecyclingconservationismrationingoffer rides to strangers
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhat are civilian grown gardens to reverse national food sources for the war effort?farmvictory gardensbarnVictory in Euorupe
- 41. Multiple ChoiceMany Japanese Americans were forced to move from Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona to prison camps. What was this called?DictatorrationingInterment campsSolomon Island
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThese volunteer pilots fought the Japanese in ChinaBlack HawksRed BaronsFlying TigersFlying Graysons
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWho are these WWII bomber escorts?Flying TigersTuskegee AirmenBlue AngelsBlack Panthers
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe Japanese attacked the US here in part b/c of the oil sanctions the US had placed on them, leading to US entry into WWIIPearl HarborArgonne-ForestAuschwitzHiroshima
- 45. Multiple ChoiceThey used their language as codeSeminoleComancheCherokeeNavajo
- 46. Multiple ChoiceTurning point in the war in the PacificCoral SeaMidwayGuadalcanalOkinawa
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhere were thousands of American POW's forced to march through the jungle to their death?BataanLeyte GulfIwo JimaHonshu
- 48. Multiple Choice160,000 Allied troops invaded this part of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944ParisLyonCaenNormandy
- 49. Multiple ChoiceHow were the Navajo words in this table used during World War II?As propaganda to improve morale among Allied soldiersAs a secret code for communicating battle plans between Allied unitsAs signal words for Allied spies posing as civiliansAs a language of diplomacy for exchanges with enemy forces
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway.Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.
- 51. Multiple ChoiceThe rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —internment camps for Japanese Americansthe Office of War Mobilizationnuclear test sites in Nevadathe Office of Price Administration
- 52. Multiple ChoiceNavajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by —designing radar technology for submarinesflying bombing missions into enemy territoryencoding military communications for secure transmissionproviding intelligence on enemy positions
- 53. Multiple ChoiceThis photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —maintain the country’s military and industrial production levelsincrease the regulatory power of the War Production Boardoutlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unionsincrease federal funding for the Manhattan Project
- 54. Multiple ChoiceIn Korematsu v. United States (1944), the Supreme Court upheld the usage of internment camps by determining exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast was Constitutional. This ruling demonstrated-the Supreme Court can be relied on to defend civil rightscivil liberties are sometimes limited during times of national crisisthreats to national security are often ignored by the governmenta way to protect Japanese Americans from anti-Japanese hysteria
- 55. Multiple ChoiceMany of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline —remained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasionwere exchanged for Japanese prisoners of warescaped and were redeployed to the European theaterdied during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines
- 56. Multiple ChoiceWhat contribution did Chester A. Nimitz make to the war effort during World War II?He acted as Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Western EuropeHe commanded the Third Army against German forces in Africa and ItalyHe served as the Admiral of the Pacific fleet and was commander at Battle of MidwayHe ordered an end to racial segregation in the U.S. armed services
- 57. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?A surge of social unrest in South AmericaThe outbreak of World War IIA shift in favor of the policy of appeasementThe overthrow of the monarchy in Russia
- 58. Multiple ChoiceThe government issued ration books during World War II in order to —provide financial security for uninsured citizenssafeguard the profits of struggling businessesensure the fair distribution of scarce goodsallow consumers to buy imported goods at discounted rates
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?To encourage women to join the workforceTo reduce health problems among working womenTo promote the purchase of organically grown produceTo increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following demonstrates the impact of Douglas MacArthur’s leadership during World War II?Acted as Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific and used island-hopping as military strategyLed Allied forces to victory as a Lt. Colonel in the Battle of Somme over the GermansWas awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for serving as General of Flying TigersCommanded the Third Army in the invasions of North Africa, Italy, France, & Germany
- 61. Multiple ChoiceThe skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to —give the United States an advantage in military encryptionencourage immigrant enlistment in the U.S. Army during World War IIdecrease opposition to integrating the armed forcesincrease the number of women joining the U.S. military during World War II
- 62. Multiple ChoiceThis diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government —provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefielddeveloped a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemiesinstituted a disaster-preparedness program for the civilian populationnationalized industries considered essential to national security
- 63. Multiple ChoiceThis World War II poster recognizes the-return of women to the workforce after the warcontributions of women to wartime defenserole of women as military officerslegal equality of women
- 64. Multiple ChoiceDuring World War II, Executive Order 9066 was enacted due to the belief that-German-Americans were considered illegal aliens and needed to deported to prevent terrorismJapanese & German immigrants were protesting the U.S. entry into combatImmigrants from Germany, Italy, and Japan refused to enlist in the United States militaryJapanese-Americans should be sent to interment camps as they were threats to national security
- 65. Multiple ChoiceDwight D. Eisenhower influenced the outcome of the war effort during WWII by-serving as Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific and claimed Japanese islandsassuming the role as Army Chief of Staff and vowed to send 8 million troops to combatbeing appointed as Supreme commander of Allied forces and commander of D-Day Invasionfighting as a Sergeant in trench warfare that would capture over 132 Germans by himself
- 66. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best explains the purpose in establishing the Office of War Information, that was responsible for the images seen above?Generate support in the Southern U.S. for minorities groups contributions by joining the militaryAllow American’s to feel secure in voicing dissent for participation in the war effortPromote of the agenda established by the Axis leadersCreated to control the content and description of war messages
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhich quotation could most likely be attributed to Omar Bradley and his role in World War II?“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”“I have returned many times to honor the valiant men who died serving me. Every many who set foot in Normandy was a Hero”“Even when we have driven the Jew out of Germany, he remains our world enemy.”“The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.”
- 68. Multiple ChoiceThe D-Day invasion in June 1944 on the beaches of Normandy was significant in World War II because it –opened a new Allied front in Europeavoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian targetsforced Italy to surrender to the Axis powersstopped the Soviet advances in Eastern Europe
- 69. Multiple ChoiceThe Battle of Midway was a crucial victory for the United States because it –dealt a severe blow to the Japanese navywas the last sea battle of the war with Japanwas fought on Japanese territorydestroyed Japan’s will to continue fighting
- 70. Multiple Choice· Quarantine Speech
· Lend-lease program
· Atlantic meeting with Winston Churchill in 1941 · Embargo of Japan
These events above indicated that President Franklin D. Roosevelt, –was determined to halt totalitarian aggressionwanted to keep out of the war at any costbelieved the United States had no reason to be concerned with the warwas forced by public opinion to enter into the war - 71. Multiple ChoiceWhat lesson does the example of Vernon Baker demonstrate about the US military during WWII?African Americans enjoyed full equality in the US armed forcesCongress enacted the first military draft of African AmericansAfrican Americans were prohibited from combat throughout the warDespite facing prejudice, African Americans fought with distinction on the battlefield.
- 72. Multiple ChoiceWhat fundamental principle was expressed by the war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg following World War II?National leaders are responsible for their wartime actions.National policies in wartime cannot be criticized after a war.Individuals acting in their nation's interest cannot be prosecuted for their actionsUse of nuclear weapons can never be justified.
- 73. Multiple ChoiceVernon J. Baker an won this prestigious reward for his heroics in World War II.Silver StarPurple HeartCongressional Medal of HonorGold Star
- 74. Multiple ChoiceWhich was an example of appeasement?the US Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937the conquest of Poland in 1939the entry of the US into World War II in 1941the agreement of Britain and France to give Germany the Sudetenland in 1938
- 75. Multiple ChoiceWhich most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the US in the years between World War I and World War II?isolation from European military conflictscontainment of Communismactive membership in the League of Nationsmilitary alliances with France and Great Britain
- 76. Multiple ChoiceWhat lesson does the example of Vernon Baker demonstrate about the US military during WWII?African Americans enjoyed full equality in the US armed forcesCongress enacted the first military draft of African AmericansAfrican Americans were prohibited from combat throughout the warDespite facing prejudice, African Americans fought with distinction on the battlefield.
- 77. Multiple ChoiceWhich World War II military leader achieved notoriety as a commander of US tanks that rapidly crossed into France and Germany in 1944 and 1945?Chester NimitzDouglas MacArthurGeorge PattonGeorge Marshall
- 78. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the Tuskegee Airmen known for?escorting bombers over Europebombing Tokyo after Pearl HarborVolunteering to fight in Chinabombing the beaches on D-Day
- 79. Multiple ChoiceNuremberg trials did what?Put Nazi leaders on trial for their war crimesPut the Japanese on trial for their war crimesPut the Italians on trial for their war crimeNone of the above
- 80. Multiple ChoiceWhich government agency was created to design posters like this one?The Office of War InformationExecutive Order 9066Civilian Conservation CorpSecurities and Exchange Commision
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