World War 2 Test

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, Roosevelt: a. No longer professed impartiality in the impending European struggle. b. Maintained the status quo pertaining to Europe c. Asked the Germans for payment to the Czech people d. Rescinded the neutrality acts

a

General _______ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupations. a. George Patton b. George Marshall c. Douglas MacArthur d. Dwight D Eisenhower

a

In 1940, the "cash and carry" plan: a. Allowed Great Britain to purchase US arms on a restricted basis b. Allowed Germany to purchase US arms on a restricted basis c. Allowed Japan to purchase US arms on a restricted basis d. Allowed all belligerents to purchase US arms on a restricted basis e. Was voted down by Congress

a

The Battle of Midway a. Was the turning point of the war in the Pacific b. Was fought in the Coral Sea c. Was fought to a draw d. Cost the United States almost one-third of its remaining navel force

a

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the a. Last German offensive b. Liberation of the death camps c. Allies' first victory in a land battle d. Axis powers' first loss in a land battle

a

The Battle of the Bulge: a. Resulted in initial German advances b. Was the major Soviet victory over the Germans c. Convinced Eisenhower that the Americans should capture Berlin d. Boost German power and morale

a

The Neutrality Act of 1939: a. Allowed the United States to sell arms on a cash-and-carry basis to Britain and France. b. Failed to pass congress by only four votes. c. Renewed Americans isolationist stance toward the war in Europe. d. Was passed over Roosevelt's veto.

a

The Nye Committee: a. Investigated the role of bankers and munition makers in America's entry into WW1 b. Recommended that Europeans appease Hitler by allowing him to annex Czechoslovakia c. Compiled an official list of American international obligations under existing treaties. d. Condemned the actions of the merchants of death, those foreign mercenaries who had committed atrocities against european civilians during WW1. e. Condemned Bill Nye

a

The Purpose of the War Production Board was to: a. Direct industrial conversion to war production b. Finance the building of war plants c. Oversee military scientific research and development d. Publish and distribute American propaganda

a

The purpose of the War Production Board was to: a. Direct industrial conversion to war production b. Finance the building of war plants c. Oversee military scientific research and development d. Publish and distribute American propaganda

a

Who is considered the founder of fascism? a. Benito mussolini b. Adolf Hitler c. Francisco Franco d. Jo Stalin e. Hideki Tojo

a

After a bitter civil war, Francisco Franco established in 1939 a fascist government in: a. Italy b. Spain c. Bulgaria d. France e. Germany

b

In Korematsu v United State, the Supreme Court: a. Deemed Japanese internment unconstitutional b. Upheld the legality of Japanese internment c. Deemed loyalty oaths constitutional d. Barred Japanese-Americans from serving in the US military e. Apologized for Japanese internment

b

One major motive for Japan's expansionist policy was: a. Direct industrial conversion to war production b. Its need for oil, rubber and other key resources c. Its desire to impose Japanese culture on other Asians d. Its desire to liberate Asians from western imperialism

b

One way in which the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not a total success was that the Japanese: a. Failed to disable the American planes lined up on the ground. b. Ignored shore installations and oil tanks. c. Did not immediately follow up with assaults on the Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, and other American and British possessions in the Pacific d. Withdrew their attack before significantly damaging any of the battleships in the harbor.

b

Operation Overlord was the: a. Top-secret work of American cryptanalysts (code breakers) b. D-day invasion at Normandy c. Allied invasion of North Africa d. Joint American Russian effort to free Poland

b

The America First Committee: a. Pushed for more aid to Britain and France in order to defend America b. Argued that a Nazi victory in Europe would pose no threat to American national security c. Urged an immediate declaration of war on Germany d. Drew most of its support from the East and West Coasts and the South

b

The Battle of the Coral Sea: a. Resulted in the sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers b. Helped turn back the Japanese threat to Australia c. Allowed Japan to occupy the Philippines d. Was the second Japanese attack on Hawaii

b

The Holocaust: a. Was the spread of disease in Asia b. Was the mass extermination of millions of Jews and others in Nazi death camps. c. Included the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan d. Is the equivalent of D-day e. Was the mass slaughter of Chinese during the Japanese invasion

b

The Lend-Lease Act: a. Authorized military aid to Germany and Japan b. Authorized military aid to those fighting against Germany and Japan c. Excluded China d. Excluded the Soviet Union e. Maintained trade relations with Japan

b

The development of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima a. Was opposed by most Americans b. Was the responsibility of the Manhattan Project c. Was the responsibility of a group of scientists headed by Albert Einstein d. Began in the spring of 1945

b

War Relocation camps: a. Were actually prisoner-of-war camps for captured Germans b. Housed over 100,000 japanese-Americans during the war c. Helped the families of American servicemen cope with the absence of husbands/fathers d. Was the German euphemism for Nazi concentration camps

b

What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis? a. The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas b. The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people c. The abuse of a nation's citizens by their own ideas d. The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror

b

What was the "final solution"? a. The Allied operation for D-Day b. Adolf hitler's plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" people c. Included the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan d. Is the equivalent of D-Day e. Was the mass slaughter of the Chinese during the Japanese invasion

b

When Germany attacked France in 1940: a. The fight soon developed into trench warfare b. France was quickly and completely defeated c. The Germans were turned back with heavy losses d. Britain finally entered World War II

b

All of the following were conquered by the Nazi war machine except: a. France b. Poland c. The Soviet Union d. Norway

c

December 7, 1941, is known as a "date that will live in infamy," referring to: a. the German invasion of Poland b. The Japanese assault on Indochina c. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor d. The German declaration of war against the United States e. Jeannette Rankin vote against a declaration of war

c

Men like Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Father Coughlin were members of the a. America Now! Committee, an interventionist group b. Anti-Semitic Society, a group that blamed the Jews for the war c. America First committee, an isolationist group d. Lend-Lease League, a group that supported technology for the war e. Free Paris society, a group that advocated for the liberation of Paris

c

On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend? a. A system of fortifications b. "Out waiting" the opponent c. Surprise and overwhelming force d. The ability to make long steady advance

c

The Office of Price administration: a. Was designed to combat the serious wartime deflation b. Was designed to raise consumer prices c. Rationed tires, sugar, coffee, gasoline, and other items d. Is correctly represented by all of the above statements.

c

The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: a. Had little impact on the course of the war. b. Affected military installations but harmed few civilians c. Remains controversial in the United States and the world d. Provoked Soviet attack on Japan e. Happened without the knowledge of President Truman

c

The neutrality act of 1935 a. Was directed against Japanese action in china b. Allowed the American navy to stop and search German ships on the high seas. c. Forbade the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations d. Stopped German and Italian military aid to Francisco Franco

c

The new strategy used in the Pacific in 1943 was: a. Attacking only the smallest Japanese naval vessels b. Attacking the northern islands first, then moving southward c. Neutralizing the Japanese strongholds, leaving them to die on the vine d. Firebombing the islands to destroy all the foliage where Japanese could hide

c

To ensure that Russia joined the war against Japan, in 1945 Roosevelt: a. Threatened to use the atomic bomb on Russian targets. b. Gave Russia the secrets of the American atomic bomb. c. Made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands. d. Promised to assume half of the Russian war debt.

c

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to a. Find out how destructive the bomb really was b. Teach Japanese leaders a lesson c. End the war and save American lives d. Show how powerful the united states was

c

What happened during the Battle of Britain? a. Germany joined the axis powers b. Germany engages in a 3 front war c. Germany bombed Britain for 2 months d. Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain

c

When forced to abandon the Philippines, _____ made the vow, " I shall return" a. Hideki Tojo b. Chester Nimitz c. Douglas MacArthur d. Franklin D Roosevelt

c

Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"? a. Axis nations and their leaders b. U.S. Navy ships and their crews c. German U-boats and their crews d. Japanese warplanes and their pilots

c

"Rosie the Riveter": a. Refers to a movie star during WWII b. Was a term applied to only black women workers c. Described only single women workers d. Refers to Norman Rockwell's image of a female industrial laborer e. Refers to a type of industrial machinery

d

FDR's Four Freedoms included all of the following EXCEPT: a. Freedom from want b. Freedom of speech c. Freedom from fear d. Freedom of enterprise e. Freedom of religion

d

In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the Soviet Victory except a. A brutal winter b. A massive Allied invasion c. A massive Soviet counterattack d. Hitler's refusal to order a German retreat

d

In the late summer of 1940, President Roosevelt agreed to send fifty overaged destroyers to Britain in return for: a. Republican promises not to ask for a peacetime draft b. Congressional approval of a draft registration act c. A renegotiated payment schedule of the Allies war debt from World War I d. Ninety-nine-year leases on a series of naval and air bases

d

The Supreme Commander of US forces in Europe was a. George Patton b. George Marshall c. Douglas MacAuthur d. Dwight D Eisenhower

d

The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, Iwo Jima was a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. Chester Nimitz c. Charles Brown d. Douglas MacArthur

d

Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose? a. Kristallnacht b. The Munich pact c. The Nuremberg laws d. The treaty of Versailles

d

Which of the following islands was the site of a major battle in the Pacific? a. Tarawa b. Iwo Jima c. Guadalcanal d. All of the above

d

"D-day" refers to the: a. Allied invasion of the Soviet Union b. Allied invasion of Japan c. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor d. Dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan e. Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy

e

The Office of War Information: a. Imprisoned isolationists b. Cast the war's sole goal as retaliation against the Japanese c. Attempted to stir up nationalist hysteria d. Was a New Deal program e. Used radio, film, and press to give the war an ideological meaning

e