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- 1. Multiple Choice
According to this episode, what events shaped Americans' opinion on foreign policy prior to WWII?
The Great Depression
World War I
The Civil War
The Good Neighbor Policy
- 2. Multiple Choice
The period between World War I and World War II is often seen as an age of
isolationism.
intervention.
entanglement.
optimism.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of America not being as isolationist as some portray?
America's role in the Washington Naval Treaties.
America's entry into the League of Nations.
America's pursuit of the Good Neighbor Policy in South America.
America's greater role in world trade.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of Congress's actions reinforced the idea of American isolationism prior to WWII?
The Neutrality Acts
The Lend-Lease Act
The Cash & Carry Policy
All of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which group, including many prominent Americans like Charles Lindbergh, encouraged America to remain neutral in European affairs?
The America First Committee
The Keep America Great Committee
The Tea Party
Empire of Liberty
- 6. Multiple Choice
In 1940, Congress allowed the U.S. to support the British War effort through which assistance program, provided that the British paid cash and transported the arms from the U.S. to the U.K.?
The Neutrality Acts
The Lend Lease Act
The Cash & Carry Policy
All of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
In 1941, for the first time in its history, the U.S. began what in preparation for war?
Military draft.
Rationing for the military.
Government control of industry.
Social programs to stabilize rent and other social services.
- 8. Multiple Choice
America became the "arsenal of democracy" with which act that authorized military aid to countries, promising to pay it back after the war?
The Neutrality Acts
The Lend Lease Act
The Cash & Carry Policy
All of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What event fully pushed America into WWII?
The Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor.
The declaration of war on the United States by Adolf Hitler.
The declaration of war on the United States by Benito Mussolini.
The Zimmerman Telegram.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Until 1944, which theater of WWII had more American servicemen deployed to it?
The Pacific theater.
The European theater.
- 11. Multiple Choice
This disastrous event occurred when 78,000 American & Filipino troops surrendered to the Japanese early in the war.
The Bataan Death March
Black Tuesday
The Marianas Turkey Shoot
Battle of the Bulge
- 12. Multiple Choice
This battle in 1942 prevented the Japanese from expanding into Australia.
The Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Iwo Jima
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which battle in 1942 was a turning point in the Pacific theater?
The Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Iwo Jima
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the U.S. strategy in the Pacific?
Island Hopping
Strategic bombing
Blitzkrieg
Submarine warfare
- 15. Multiple Choice
Operation Torch, which involved the first fighting against Europeans in WWII by Americans, took place in:
North Africa
Italy (Sicily)
France (Normandy)
Iceland
- 16. Multiple Choice
During most of 1943 and 1944, where did the U.S. fight the Axis in the European theater?
North Africa
Italy (Sicily)
France (Normandy)
Iceland
- 17. Multiple Choice
On June 6th, 1944, D-Day, the Allies invaded which location?
North Africa
Italy (Sicily)
France (Normandy)
Iceland
- 18. Multiple Choice
The most notable U.S. war correspondent mentioned in this episode of Crash Course was?
Ernie Pyle
Marguerite Higgins
Michael David Herr
Edward R. Murrow
- 19. Multiple Choice
Though the U.S. liberated Paris, some concentration camps, and participated in the final assault on Germany, which Allied power did the majority of fighting and dying in WWII?
The U.S.S.R.
The U.K.
The U.S.
All of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
What actions compelled the Japanese to unconditionally surrender?
The dropping of two atomic bombs.
U.S. landings on their home islands.
U.S. economic sanctions.
The destruction of the Japanese navy.
- 21. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the secret project to develop an atomic bomb in the U.S.?
The Manhattan Project
Operation Paperclip
Operation Overlord
Operation Downfall
- 22. Multiple Choice
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Tokyo
- 23. Multiple Choice
According to this episode, three arguments against dropping the atomic bombs were:
President Truman had good evidence that the Japanese would surrender if they could keep their emperor.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian targets.
Dropping the atomic bombs would threaten the USSR.
Atomic weapons were so powerful that they fall into a different category.
Dropping the atomic bombs saved U.S. and Japanese lives by preventing a U.S. landing on the Japanese home islands.
- 24. Multiple Choice
According to this episode, what was the most deadly innovation of WWII?
Advancements in strategic bombing.
Advancements in small arms weapons.
Advancements in submarine warfare.
Advancements in military tactics.
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