0.17: Another World War

What was President Truman's reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

To bring the war in the Pacific to a swift end.

What is not a goal of the United Nations?

To prevent communism from spreading

Who was the German leader who violated the Treaty of Versailles by rearming Germany, renewed the practice of conscription, refused to pay further reparations, and had a main objective to gain lebensraum for what he called the Aryan race? Question 2 options:

Adolf Hitler

Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy who formed an alliance with Hitler during World War II , and had his major military campaigns in North Africa and Greece?

Benito Mussolini

Which statement does not correctly describe the state of the world as World War II ended?

Britain was battered and exhausted, and none of its empire existed any longer

Hitler considered genocide the only effective way to deal with the Jewish problem in Europe. What did he call his program?

Final Solution

Who was the U.S. president who established the Lend-Lease program to provide arms to the Allies, stated that the United States must be an arsenal of democracy, and also asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan?

Franklin Roosevelt

What was not a cause of World War II ?

Hitler's appeasement policy toward France and Britain

What was the American strategy to reduce Japanese control of the Pacific and eventually attack Japan itself?

Island hopping

Who was the communist leader of the Soviet Union that formed a Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact with Hitler before the war and was forced to join the Allies after Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union?

Joseph Stalin

Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, when American forces stopped the Japanese advance with a surprise air attack on enemy ships?

Midway

Which battle in a Soviet city is viewed as an Allied victory and a major turning point of the war?

Stalingrad

What are the two chambers of the United Nations?

The General Assembly and the Security Council

Which statement about the Yalta and Potsdam conferences is true?

The purpose of the conferences was to discuss the future of the world after the war.

What was the Holocaust?

The systematic Nazi slaughter of Jews and others

What led to World War II?

The treaty ending World War I caused great resentment in Germany

Who was the British prime minister who encouraged his countrymen to never give up during the Battle of Britain and is known as one of the greatest wartime leaders of all times?

Winston Churchill