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Joseph Stalin
A. totalitarian
B. Communist
C. launched a massive drive to collectivize agriculture
D. entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936
E. responsible for the execution of millions as he restructured Soviet society
Benito Mussolini
A. fascist
B. nationalist
C. militaristic expansionist
D. launched an invasion of Ethiopia
E. supported government ownership of property
Adolph Hitler
A. nationalist
B. wrote Mein Kampf
C. leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
D. militaristic expansionist
E. supported the Treaty of Versailles
Japan's militarists
A. expansionists
B. launched an invasion of Manchuria
C. forced Japan to become China's ally
D. came to power through acts of aggression
E. pulled Japan out of the League of Nations
Francisco Franco
A. Spanish
B. socialist
C. totalitarian
D. aided by Hitler and Mussolini
E. came to power through a civil war
Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an
industrial power?
A. Stalin
B. Hitler
C. Lenin
D. Mussolini
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 government
D. the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
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 a long, steady advance
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
A. before the war began
B. when they declared war
C. when the United States declared war
D. after France was invaded and divided
Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
A. Austria -- Joseph Stalin
B. Spain -- Francisco Franco
C. Britain -- Charles de Gaulle
D. France -- Neville Chamberlain
Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
A. the Munich Pact
B. the Atlantic Charter
C. the Lend-Lease Act
D. the Treaty of Versailles
Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
A. Nationalists
B. Aryans
C. Facists
D. Jews
Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and
division of Poland?
A. Italy
B. Spain
C. Italy and Japan
D. the Soviet Union
In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
A. declared war on Germany
B. submitted to Hitler's demands
C. entered into a formal defense alliance
D. pressured the United States to enter the war
The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. the Soviet Union
At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years
between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
A. They thrived.
B. They became Communist.
C. They were torn apart by civil wars.
D. They were replaced by dictatorships.
Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
A. Kristallnacht
B. the Munich Pact
C. the Nuremberg Laws
D. the Treaty of Versailles
How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?
A. Hitler had taken power in Germany.
B. Germany had attacked Poland.
C. Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia.
D. Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations.
What happened during the Battle of Britain?
A. Germany joined the Axis powers.
B. Germany engaged in a three-front war.
C. Germany bombed Britain for two months.
D. Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.
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
What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
A. a civil war in Japan
B. Hideki Tojo's appointment as prime minister
C. U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
D. their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?
A. nationalism
B. ownership of property
C. centralized government
D. militaristic expansionism
Which of the following matches a nation with another nation that it invaded in the 1930s?
A. Italy invaded Finland
B. Germany invaded Ethiopia
C. Soviet Union invaded Poland
D. Japan invaded the United States
Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining
the war?
A. He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy.
B. He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the
war.
C. He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States.
D. He did not understand the position of isolationists and was eager to join the war.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A. a statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill
B. a nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
C. a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
D. an order to shoot German U-boats on sight
What was the Manhattan Project?
A. the plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into Allied ships
B. the plan to develop the atomic bomb
C. the historic meeting of the "Big Three"
D. the training of the Navajo code talkers
Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of an attack were
intercepted?
A. the Soviet Union
B. the United States
C. Japan
D. Great Britain
Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
A. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B. Hiroshima and Okinawa
C. Okinawa and Iwo Jima
D. Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Which of the following leaders did not attend the Yalta Conference?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Winston Churchill
C. Harry S. Truman
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials?
A. Soviet occupants of Eastern European countries
B. the developers of the atomic bomb
C. Nazi leaders
D. Japanese war criminals
The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration.
A. inflation
B. recession
C. depression
D. unemployment
To protest discrimination, ___ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941.
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Harry S. Truman
C. General George Marshall
D. Phillip Randolph
General ___ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.
A. George Patton
B. George Marshall
C. Douglas MacArthur
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day.
A. Japan
B. Italy
C. North Africa
D. Nazi-occupied Europe
V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___.
A. the United States entered the war
B. Allied forces invaded France
C. Germany surrendered
D. the Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga
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
Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.
A. find out how destructive the bomb really was
B. teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
C. end the war and save American lives
D. show how powerful the United States was
Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to ___ during the war.
A. interrogation
B. internment
C. torture
D. compensation
With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African
Americans.
A. decline
B. advance
C. stagnation
D. uncertainty
To combat wartime inflation, the U.S. government did all of the following except
A. raise and extend the income tax.
B. impose wage and price controls.
C. encourage the purchase of war bonds.
D. increase production of consumer goods.
During the war, women in the WAACs served as
A. fighter pilots and foot soldiers.
B. shipbuilders and waitresses.
C. scientists and factory workers.
D. nurses and radio operators.
Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to
A. invade the coast of Great Britain and then take over the entire country.
B. keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
C. prevent Allied forces from landing in Normandy and liberating France.
D. prevent the invasion of North Africa.
The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was
A. George Patton.
B. George Marshall.
C. Douglas MacArthur.
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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.
The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was
A. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
B. Chester Nimitz.
C. Charles Brown.
D. Douglas MacArthur.
In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main goal was to
A. end the war quickly.
B. weaken Japan for a long time.
C. get revenge for Pearl Harbor.
D. save Japanese lives.
The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for
A. African Americans to serve in combat positions.
B. soldiers to take short leaves from fighting.
C. veterans to attend college for free.
D. enlisted men to receive officer training.
Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a
response to
A. strong anti-Japanese sentiment.
B. verified reports of Japanese Americans acting as spies.
C. the lack of Japanese Americans serving in the armed forces.
D. rumors that the Japanese were developing an atomic bomb.
An example of racial tensions during the war years is
A. sit-ins in the South staged by CORE.
B. the actions of the Tuskegee Airmen.
C. anti-Mexican demonstrations in Detroit.
D. the "zoot-suit" riots in Los Angeles.
. All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT:
(A) a dramatic increase of married women entering the paid work force.
(B) the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to camps in the interior.
(C) the prohibition of interstate travel without government permission.
(D) the federal rationing of gasoline and sugar.
(E) an increase in Black immigration to urban areas.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm policy was primarily designed to:
(A) reduce farm prices to make food cheaper for the consumer.
(B) increase production by opening new lands to farmers.
(C) reduce production in order to boost farm prices.
(D) use price and wage controls to stabilize farm prices.
(E) end federal controls over agriculture.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred after:
(A) diplomatic negotiations with the United States reached a stalemate.
(B) the United States declared war on Japan.
(C) Japan invaded the Philippines.
(D) Japanese-Americans were forcefully evacuated from the West Coast.
(E) Germany declared war on the United States.
The main purpose of the Wagner Labor Relations Act of 1935 was to:
(A) end the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan.
(B) settle the struggle between the AFL and the CIO.
(C) ensure workers' right to organize and bargain collectively.
(D) guarantee workers a minimum wage.
(E) exempt organized labor from the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The principal reason for the economic boom in the United States after the Second World War
was:
(A) full employment, because the United States kept ten million men in the armed services as a
precautionary measure.
(B) the continual production of war materials on a round-the-clock basis.
(C) a shortage of consumer goods combined with a reserve of purchasing power in the form of
accumulated savings.
(D) the continuance of the federal government's operation of some of the basic industries, such as
railroads.
(E) strong action by the federal government in behalf of organized labor.
The Good Neighbor Policy promised all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) an end to Latin America as a sphere of influence of the United States.
(B) restraint in the use of American military forces.
(C) more caution in defending exploitative practices.
(D) increased consultations with Latin America.
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930's permitted:
(A) the shipment of arms and munitions to belligerents.
(B) the President to institute an embargo if a state of war exists between nations.
(C) American vessels to carry nonmilitary goods to belligerents on a "cash and carry" basis.
(D) None of the above
Which of the following have historians perceived as ending American neutrality and committing
the United States to an Allied victory?
(A) The collapse of France
(B) The passage of the Lend-Lease Act
(C) The ABCD Encirclement
(D) The invasion of Manchuria
(E) The Neutrality Act of 1939
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt's policies were primarily criticized by
isolationists on the grounds that they:
(A) were giving too much attention to strengthening American defenses.
(B) oscillated between cooperation with the Allies and adherence to strict neutrality.
(C) were misleading the American people and maneuvering the nation into war.
(D) were failing to educate the American people as to their responsibilities in halting aggression.
President Roosevelt's policies between 1939 and 1941:
(A) stand in sharp contrast to Wilson's preceding the nation's entry into World War I.
(B) were supported by a very powerful majority of the American people.
(C) were clearly designed to lead to this nation's intervention into
World War II.
(D) All of the above.
A major objective of the federal government during World War II was:
(A) to allow wage increases only within certain limits.
(B) to avoid strikes in war-related industries.
(C) to prevent businesses from overcharging the public for goods in short supply.
(D) All of the above
Probably the MOST important factor in Roosevelt's decision to seek an unprecedented third term
was:
(A) the worsening depression.
(B) the threats to democratic security imposed by the actions of an aggressive Germany.
(C) his strong dislike for Wendell Wilkie.
(D) his desire to balance the budget before leaving the Presidency.