US History Unit 6 Quiz 2 - World War II

to help financially, americans purchased war _____

bonds

which group was NOT victimized during the Holocaust

british prisoners of war

In 1940, America leased fifty obsolete ________ to Great Britain in exchange for naval bases

destroyers

Germans constructed extermination camps with ______ that could kill up to 2,000 people at a time

gas chambers

righteous ____ were non-Jews who assisted jews during WWII

gentiles

______ was a militant leader of the japanese government

hideki tojo

the japanese formed the ____ to create the large entity of oriental nations free from foreign (western) influence

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

1.) battle of the atlantic 2.) battle of kassarine pass 3.) japanese conquer burma 4.) battle of britain 5.) battle of wake island

1.) first part of the war for europe 2.) first major battle for american forces in north africa 3.) cut off road supplying the chinese armies of chiang kai-shek 4.) prevented hitler from completing operation sea lion 5.) small group of american marines repelled one invasion before the japanese returned with 1,500 men

1.) Douglas MacArthur 2.) Dwight D Eisenhower 3.) Bentio Mussolini 4.) Winston Churchill

1.) ordered by president roosevelt to escape the philippines in order to build a new army 2.) general sent by president roosevelt to north africa to conduct operation torch 3.) captured and executed by partisans 4.) became prime minister of great britain after resignation of neville chamberlain

on which continent was WWII NOT being waged on by 1940

Australia

the ____ Act allowed the united states to become the "arsenal of democracy" according to Roosevelt, by supplying allies with war materials

Lend-Lease

by the end of the war more than ____ jews had been murdered by the third reich

Six Million

____ started in his autobiography that he intended to eradicate all jews from germany

adolf hitler

an ____ embargo on the shipping of oil, aviation fuel, scrap iron, and steel encouraged japan to forcibly seek resources from Asian neighbors

american

the WAC was a women's support unit for the ___

army

the battle for europe began in the ___ ocean

atlantic

during the ___ nearly 10,000 American and Filipino troops died from exposure, disease, and cruel treatment by Japanese captors

bataan death march

the united states did not change its _____ laws to help jews escape europe

immigration

in june 1940, ____ entered the war on the side of germany

italy

the ____ captured the britsh colonies of singapore, burma, and hong kong

japanese

fear of spying as sabotage led the US government to place many ____ in war relocation camps

japanese americans

anti-semitism is hatred directed at

jews

nazi storm troopers attacked jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues during the _____, or night of broken glass

kristallnacht

WAVES served in the _____

navy

passage of the ____ laws stripped jews of all their civil rights

nuremberg

the surprise attack on December 7, 1941 which compelled america to declare war on japan was the ____

raid on Pearl Harbor

americans were required to ____ certain goods in order to supply troops

ration

jews refer to the holocaust as the ___, or "the catastrophe"

shoah

After liberating North Africa, Allied forces next targeted _____

sicily

the battle of the atlantic featured german ____ against allied shipping

submarines

which event was winston churchill referring to when he said "never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

the battle of britain

it became apparent to most americans that the united states could not stand by and watch democracy being swallowed up by ____

totalitarianism