Unit 18- Saylor
What was the direct war cost for the United States during World War II?
$288 billion
During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing?
3, 300, 000
Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
Auschwitz
What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?
Axis Powers
Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
Battle of the Bulge
Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?
Benito Mussolini
What was the result of Germany's invasion of Poland?
Britain and France declared war on Germany.
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Poland
What happened to the Sudetenland?
Germany annexed it.
Why were Great Britain and France so eager to appease Germany? Were the attitudes of the British and the French leaders reasonable? Explain your answer, citing evidence from the chapter.
Great Britain and France were eager to appease Germany because if they did not, Hitler were take over the world. He would start another world war, similar to the WWI, but worst. Churchill could see that appeasement would end very badly.
Why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany's troubles?
Hatred of Jews, or anti-Semitism, was a key part of Nazi ideology.
What important role did Winston Churchill play during the Chamberlain regime in Britain?
He warned that the policy of appeasement was a disaster.
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is one thing that Hitler or the Germans did that, in your opinion, was an important cause of Germany's defeat?
Hitler had the concentration camps and Germany did not know about them. Hitler would never back down and he believed the Jews were a part of a major problem.
How were the Holocaust and Hitler's "Final Solution" related?
Holocaust is the term for the genocide that resulted from the plan called the "Final Solution."
What happened to the rest of Czechoslovakia?
It was annexed to Germany in 1939.
Why was D-Day such an important historic event?
It was the invasion of France and landing in Normandy.
Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
Nazi
Which of the following was an area targeted by the U.S. First Army?
Omaha Beach
Which of the following officers did NOT command D-Day forces?
Patton
Which country did Germany conquer in September 1939?
Poland
What was the Allies' plan for victory over the Nazis?
The Allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it.
What did Germany do to the Rhineland?
The Rhineland was remilitarized by Germany.
Why did millions of Germans turn against the leaders of the Weimar Republic?
They had signed the Treaty of Versailles.
In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?
USSR
What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany?
a Communist revolution
What is a totalitarian state?
a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
How did civilians join in the war effort? a. rationing b. all of the above c. scrap metal drives d. working in war industries
all of the above
The Munich Conference came to symbolize the dangers of what?
appeasement
What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?
attack on Pearl Harbor
What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
cut oil supplies to Japan
What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
economic development
Who were the Bolsheviks?
radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
surprise and overwhelming force
What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
that Hitler's advances could be blocked
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
the stock market crash of 1929
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
to bring the war to the quickest possible end
