Chapter 27
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
