Chapter 27

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How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president?

4

US troops first went into combat against German troops in______

Africa November 1942

The Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was the federal agency designed to protect

African Americans from discrimination in the workplace

Which statement best describes the migration of the American population during WWII

African Americans moved from the south to the north and the west.

What did the Nye Committee investigate?

American munitions dealers

What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact involve?

An international treaty outlawing war

In the 1930's, support for pacifism was particularly strong among _____

College students

As a result of the Nye committee's findings, ____

Congress passed the neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937

During World War II, the closest ally of the US was_____

England

The weakness of The League of Nations was revealed when Italy invaded___

Ethiopia

The countries that comprised the Axis Powers in World War II were____

Germany, Italy, & Japan

Which statement best describes Hitler's orders to his submarine commanders in the Atlantic?

He ordered them not to fire on American vessels

Which statement best describes how Secretary of State Kellogg manipulated the Kellogg-Briand Pact to fit American isolationism after World War 1?

He ordered them not to fire on American vessels to avoid drawing the United States into the war.

How did FDR help Britain after France fell to the Nazis?

He traded fifty destroyers to Britain in exchange for the rights to build military bases in the British West Indies.

The United States dropped its first atom bomb on ____, killing 60,000 people.

Hiroshima

Why were Americans worried about Hitler's attacks on Britain, in particular?

If Hitler took Britain, he could use the British navy to attack the Americas.

Why was the Battle of the Bulge an important battle during World War II?

It was a final and desperate attempt made by Hitler to force a negotiated peace treaty with the Allied Forces on the Western Front.

What event brought the US into World War II?

Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

During WWII, which group was placed in relocation camps in the US

Japanese

The Nazi Holocaust involved the slaughter of the _______ people

Jewish

The turning point of the Pacific war was the American victory at the Battle of _____, which gave the United States control of the Central Pacific

Midway

Hitler started World War II by invading ________on September 1, 1939.

Poland

What caused riots in both Los Angeles and Detroit in 1943?

Racial tensions

In October 1941, German U-boats sank the _________killing more than 100 American sailors.

Reuben James

What did the first neutrality act, passed in 1935, prohibit?

Selling arms to nations at war

Which two factors explain American isolationism in the 1930s?

The Great Depression and an understanding of the costs of war

What did the League of Nations do after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia

The League ordered that sanctions be placed on Italy; however, the main Allied powers did not follow through with them.

What was the greatest single advantage that the US and its Allies had during World War II?

The allies were genuinely willing to work together to defeat their enemies, whereas the Axis powers fought separate wars.

What was the Manhattan Project?

The code name for the project to build the atomic bomb

Which of the following statements describes a social problem during World War II?

There was insufficient housing for workers in cities with wartime industries

Roosevelt's Lend-Lease Policy_____

This was a way to help England without going to war and a way to appease isolationists. To loan and give war supplies to England and allies, to end Cash and Carry part of old policy, to ensure British access to American war supplies and for US Navy ships to escort British ships.

The Soviet Union experienced a diplomatic triumph when Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in 1945 at the ____

Yalta Conference

When Japan's defeat was deemed inevitable, the military favored ___.

an all-out, full-scale invasion of Japan

During 1940-1941, President Roosevelt attempted to halt Japanese aggression in Asia by ____.

applying economic pressure on Japan through a trade embargo

Britain and France responded to initial German aggression in 1938 by _____

attempting to appease Hitler

During the war, U.S.-Soviet relations were ____.

constantly strained by significant ideological differences

The Chinese were displeased with the Allies' wartime strategy because the Allies ___.

decided to defeat Germany first????

With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Roosevelt _____

declared that the United States would remain neutral.

President Truman's primary motive for using nuclear weapons against Japan was to ___.

end the war as quickly as possible

Russia looked forward to _____ after its victory in World War II.

establishing communist regimes

When the United States and the Dutch East Indies banned trade with Japan, the Japanese lost their source of ______, which led them to attack the US

oil

Compared with the American contribution to the defeat of Germany, the Soviet Union's contribution was ___.

significantly larger

British and French leaders met with Hitler in 1938 to discuss his demand for_____

the czech province of sudetenland

What does the term "D-Day" mean

the day the allies invaded Nazi-occupied Europe


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