Download Mini-Quiz/ Exam Prep Unit 2 (1900-1945), Chapters 25

Mini-Quiz/ Exam Prep
Unit 2 (1900-1945), Chapters 25-26
I. Remembering Facts, Recalling Course Content
_____ When did Truman become president of the United States?
A. After the Potsdam Summit in Berlin
B. After the surrender of the Emperor of Japan
C. In the election of 1942
D. Between the Yalta Conference and V-E Day
E. Just before the D-Day invasion in France
What was the name of the secret US military program to develop an atomic weapon during the war?
_________________________________________________________
II. Developing interpretations, Making connections
Which of these describes why the Big Three Allied leaders met at Yalta in February 1945? (Check
all that apply)
_____ To convince the Soviet Union to join the war against Japan
_____ To mourn Roosevelt’s death from a brain hemorrhage
_____ To agree on how to partition and govern Germany after Hitler’s surrender
_____ To draft and sign a charter for the United Nations
_____ To discuss the fate of Poland and other Eastern European countries
_____ To share plans for the atomic weapon and decide on its strategic use in the Pacific
_____ To sign the Axis surrender document along with Mussolini and Hitler
_____ To craft a framework for a stable balance of power in the postwar world
_____ To agree on ways to help the remaining European Jews rebuild their homes & lives
(turn this paper over for the last question)
III. Thinking Historically
a) Devise a research question or something you would want to know more about World War II, and
b) tell me what kind of historical evidence would help you answer it.