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Gibbs Name:___________________ VUS.11ab Test Review 1. What event triggered the actual beginning of World War II? 2. From 1939 to 1941, Germany conquered France and attacked both _______________ and ________________________________. 3. What two events turned American from neutral to active support for the Allies in Europe? 4. What was the name of the deal the U.S. made to trade old warships to Britain in exchange for military bases? 5. What was FDR’s famous quote about December 7th, 1941? 6. What was the U.S. response to Japan invading China and Manchuria? 7. What did the Lend-Lease Act allow the United States to do? 8. In mid-1941, Hitler invaded what country that had been a former ally of Germany? 9. Germany attacked Poland from the ___________________, while the Soviet Union attacked it from the ________________. 10. The Allies first chose to defeat __________________, and then turn their eyes to Asia. 11. How did the Axis powers plan to win in Eastern Europe? 12. What two areas did Japan invade after the attack on Pearl Harbor? 13. What battle was a major turning point in Northern Africa? 14. What city was the site of a major Russian victory during WWII? 15. What military action paved the way for liberation of France? 16. What battle was a turning point in the Pacific? 17. Why was the battle of Midway a turning point? 18. Name three battles fought in the Pacific. 19. What did the American victory in Okinawa prepare the way for? 20. What reason did President Truman give for using the atomic bombs? 21. What was the alternative to using the atomic bomb? 22. What two Japanese cities were the atomic bombs used on? 23. The Axis powers hoped to gain control of the _____________ Canal and __________ ________________ in the Middle East and those owned by the Soviets. 24. The Lend-Lease Act and the Destroyer for Bases deals were intended to help what nations? 25. For the first two years of the war, the U.S. practiced _____________________, best displayed through the passage of neutrality legislation. 26. The U.S. primarily got involved in WWII because of victories and the aggression of ____________________ and ______________________. 27. What single event had the biggest effect on public opinion about joining WWII? 28. What act did FDR compare to lending a hose to a neighbor whose house was on fire? 29. What country did Benito Mussolini lead? 30. What was the largest and bloodiest battle of WWII for the United States? Gibbs Name:___________________ 31. What turning point battle in the Pacific is in the box below? 32. What battle that occurred in France is depicted below? 33. Place the following events in chronological order: Bombing of Pearl Harbor, German Invasion of Poland, Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Battle of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge. Gibbs Name:___________________ Answers: 1. Germany’s invasion of Poland 2. Great Britain, Soviet Union 3. German attacks on Great Britain and the Soviet Union 4. Destroyers for Bases Deal 5. “A date which will live in infamy” 6. Oil/steel embargo, refused to recognize conquests 7. Lend weapons to the Allies 8. Soviet Union 9. West, East 10. Hitler 11. Capture Soviet oil 12. Philippines, Indonesia 13. El Alamein 14. Stalingrad 15. D-Day 16. Midway 17. Destroyed Japanese fleet 18. Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa 19. Bombing of Japan 20. To save American lives 21. Invasion of Japan 22. Hiroshima, Nagasaki 23. Suez, oil supplies 24. Allies 25. Neutrality 26. Germany and Japan 27. Pearl Harbor 28. Lend Lease Act 29. Italy 30. Battle of the Bulge 31. Midway 32. D-Day 33. Germany Invasion of Poland, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Battle of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki