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World War II and the Cold War
chapter 11 SS Textbook
Number
Question
Answer
1
Why did dictators rise to power after
The economy was bad. People needed
the Great Depression?
a leader to solve their economic
problems
2
Who became the dictator of Germany Adolf Hilter
in 1933?
3
Which countries belonged to the Axis
Germany, Italy and Japan
Powers?
4
After what event did the Allies declare When Hilter attacked Poland
war on Germany?
5
Why did the U.S. enter World War II?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the
Japanese
6
Why did the U.S. need to mobilize for The armed forces of the USA were not
war?
ready for war.
7
How did U.S. factories compare to
They made more war supplies than any
other countries’ factories when making other nation.
war supplies?
8
What was rationed during the war?
gasoline
9
What did Navajo Indians use to send
messages in the Pacific?
Who won the Battle of Midway?
What was V-J Day?
Who committed the crime known as
the Holocaust?
A secret code
Americans dropped the atomic bomb
on
Which countries fought in the Cold
War?
What did the Soviets use to divide
East Berlin and West Berlin?
Hiroshima
What did the countries that belonged
to NATO want?
What caused the arms race?
To keep the Soviets from forcing other
nations into communism
The United States and the Soviet Union
wanted to have a stronger military
The Soviet Union and China
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The Allied Powers
The day Japan surrendered
Nazis
The Soviet Union and the United States
The Berlin Wall
Who helped North Korea in the
Korean War?
What started the Cuban missile crisis? The United States learned that the
Soviet Union was putting missiles in
Cuba
Why was the United Nations formed?
To keep world peace
Why were many government workers
Soviet spies held jobs in the U.S.
fired during the 1950s?
government