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US History EOC Review WWII 1) In the 1930s, Congress attempted to avoid the situations that led to United States involvement in World War I by a) enacting a peacetime draft law b) passing a series of neutrality acts c) authorizing the deportation of American Communist Party members d) relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps 2) What was one result of World War II? a) b) c) d) the arms race ended the Cold War ended communism was eliminated the Cold War Begins 3) Which term BEST describes the diplomacy followed by some European nations in their relations with Germany, Italy, and Japan between 1931 and 1939? a) b) c) d) Appeasement non-aggression Isolationism containment 4) At the beginning of World War II, national debate focused on whether the United States should continue the Foreign policy a) b) c) d) coexistence containment imperialism isolationism 5) Which statement BEST explains the rise of totalitarianism governments in Europe during the 1930s? a) Many European nations were desperate for help in recovering from the depression and saw leaders like Hitler and Mussolini as their answer b) There was no United Nations to prevent a Communist takeover and as a result Joseph Stalin and his Soviet regime came to dominate the region c) The philosophy of fascism was sure to spread across war-ravaged Europe due to the heavy infusion of jingoism in the post-Cold War era d) Some people demonized democracy because the United States was prospering in the 1930s while every other country was languishing 6) In the cartoon, most of the “diseases” refer to the a) Military dictatorships of the 1930s b) Allied powers of World War II c) Nations banned from the United Nations after World War II d) Communist bloc countries in the Cold war 7) Between 1934 and 1937, Congress passed a series of neutrality acts that were designed primarily to a) strengthen the nation’s military defenses b) provide aid to other democratic nations c) create jobs for unemployed American workers d) avoid mistakes that had led to American involvement in World War I 8) What was the intention of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Lend Lease proposal? a) To give aid to German minorities stuck behind enemy lines without officially entering the war b) To forgive the World War I debts of Great Britain, Russia, and France and help the allies without officially entering the war c) To allow United States companies no right to sell supplies to any Allied country without officially entering the war d) To provide supplies for the Allies to use against the Germans without officially entering the war 9) The policy of Cash and Carry, the Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and the Lend-Lease Act were all designed to a)contribute to the success of the Axis powers b)relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression c)aid the Allies without involving the United States in war d)guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 10) In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that wartime conditions justified the a)use of women in military combat b)ban against strikes by workers c)limitations placed on civil liberties d)reduction in the powers of the president 11) This telegram was sent as a response to a) start of World War II b) attack on Pearl Harbor c) passage of a law to ban Japanese immigration d) drafting of Japanese Americans into the military 12) Which factor contributed to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II? a) labor shortages during the war b) influence of racial prejudice c) increased terrorist activities on the West Coast d) fear of loss of jobs to Japanese workers 13) During World War II, many women experienced a change in role in that they a) b) c) d) served in military combat positions worked in jobs formerly held by men controlled most corporations chaired several congressional committees 14) The use of this card, issued by the federal government, was intended to a) help the automobile industry b) support the troops in wartime c) increase the use of gasoline d) decrease the cost of automobiles 15) During World War II, the federal government used rationing to a) hold down prices of military weapons b) increase educational benefits for veterans c) increase imports of scarce products d) provide more resources for the war effort 16) To help pay for World War II, the United States government relied heavily on the a) money borrowed from foreign governments b) sale of war bonds c) sale of United States manufactured goods to neutral nations d) printing of additional paper money 17) Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb near the end of WWII? a) The Japanese Empire had to be taken out of the war in order for the Allies to defeat Nazi Germany b) Truman wanted to save the lives of US soldiers who would have to invade mainland Japan c) The decision was an attempt to show US military strength to communist China d) Truman believed that the Allies could not defeat Japan otherwise. 18) Which advertising campaign represents the expanding role of women in the workplace during World War II? a) b) c) d) “Loose Lips Sink Ships” “The Harvest is Plentiful” “Rosie the Riveter” “Sweetless, Meatless, Wheatless Days” 19) Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to a) work on the development of an atomic bomb b) increase economic production to meet wartime demands c) defend New York City against a nuclear attack d) recruit men for the military services 20) Convictions of war criminals by courts at Tokyo and Nuremberg following World War II showed that a)the United Nations did not accepted responsibility for international peacekeeping b)the League of Nations could successfully enforce international law c)government officials and military leaders could be held accountable for their actions d)nations that start wars would be forced to rebuild war-torn nations 21) What Alliance did Italy, Germany and Japan belong to? a. Axis b. Allied c. Rome-Berlin pack d. Central Powers 21) Which description does not describe Adolf Hitler? a. Nazi b. Military expansionist c. Supporter of the treaty of Versailles d. Wrote Mein Kampf 23) What day did President Roosevelt say would go down in infamy? a. b. c. d. Dec 7, 1940 Dec 11, 1940 Dec 7, 1941 Dec 11, 1941 24) Why did the Japanese Attack the United States? a) They wanted to dominate Asia b) They wanted to rid themselves of the embargo c) They wanted to cripple the American Navy d) All of the above 27) What is Genocide, as practiced by the Nazis? a) The Broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas b) The abuse of a nation’s people by their Gov’t c) The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people d) All of the above 26) Why did Germany resent the Treaty of Versailles? a) They had to repay 32 Billion in war reparations b) They had to reduce their military c) Germany wanted to reclaim lost land d) All of the above 27) What event caused the official American declaration of war and entrance into WWII? a) German U-boats firing on American merchant ships carrying arms across ocean b) Japanese kamikaze pilots bombed U.S. islands in Pacific Indochina c) Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union d) Japan’s peacetime attack on the main U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii 28) World War II began with the invasion of? a) b) c) d) Ethiopia Russia Britain Poland 29) Which of the following is a result because of the other three? a) Six million Jews died in Nazi death camps b) The Nazis masterminded the Final Solution c) The Nuremberg trial were held d) Jews were forced to were yellow stars 30) Who were the major targets of the “final solution”? a) Mr. Rimmer’s Students who failed his class b) Jews, gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, the disabled, the terminally ill c) U.S. and other Allied soldiers who were fighting on the European front d) German citizens who would not cooperate with Nazi Party politics