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World War 2 Review
Things you should know about WWII:
1. What treaties did the US sign prior to WW2 to lessen tensions and encourage cooperation
with Latin America?
2. What was the name of Mussolini’s type of dictatorship?
3. Who was II Duce?
4. When did Hitler become dictator of Germany?
5. What was his title?
6. What portion of China was taken control of by Japan between 1931-1933?
a. What two treaties did this violate?
7. What were the two competing groups in Japanese politics in the 1920s and 1930s?
8. How did Japan react to the League of Nation’s condemnation of its aggression in China?
9. What African country was attacked and conquered by Italy in 1935-1936?
10. What part of Germany was re-militarized in 1936?
11. What nation was annexed by Hitler in Match of 1938?
12. What is meant by the Anschuluss?
13. What nation was given support by Hitler and Mussolini between 1936-1939 in its bloody
civil war?
14. What man emerged as dictator of this nation as a result of German and Italian aid?
15. What was the name of the alliance formed between Hitler and Mussolini in 1936?
16. On what nation did Hitler make territorial demands in September of 1938?
17. What was the name of the portion of this nation that Hitler demanded?
18. Who were Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier?
19. What decision was made at the Munich Conference of 1938?
20. What word came out of the Munich Conference to the British and French concessions to
Hitler?
21. What was the Maginot Line?
22. How did Hitler break the Munich Pact in March of 1939?
23. What did Hitler demand from Poland in March of 1939?
24. How did Britain and France react to Hitler’s demands on Poland?
25. With what nation did Hitler sign a non-aggression treaty in August of 1939?
26. What was the treaty which shocked Europe and gave the “green light” for the start of
WWII?
27. When did WWII start in Europe and what event actually started the war?
28. What nations declared war on Germany because of German attack?
29. According to the Nye Hearings, who had profited from the American participation in WW1?
30. What did the U.S. Neutrality Acts of 1935-37 provide for?
31. How did the Neutrality Act of 1939 modify the earlier neutrality acts?
32. How long did it take Germany to conquer Poland?
33. What nation occupied the eastern portion of defeated Poland?
34. What was the “phony war”?
35. What nations fell to the Nazis in April of 1940?
36. Against what nations did Hitler launch attacks in May of 1940?
37. Who became the Prime Minister of England of England in the critical spring of 1940?
38. Who was FDR referring to in his “dagger in the back” statement?
39. What was the miracle of Dunkirk?
40. What was Operation Sea Lion?
41. What was done for the first time in our history with the passage of the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940?
42. What was the Battle of Britain?
43. What were panzers? What were the Luftwaffe?
44. What long tradition did FDR break in the election of 1940?
45. What was the quarantine speech and how did the American public react to it?
46. What belief was held by those who make up the American First Committee?
47. What was the “over-age destroyer” deal with England?
48. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
49. In what area were the U.S. and Germany coming into armed conflict, in spite of American
“neutrality”?
50. What nation was attacked by Hitler in June of 1941?
51. What was the Panay incident?
52. What nation joined the Axis as a partner in 1941 which was also called the Tripartite
Agreement?
53. Against what country was Japan waging all out war by 1937?
54. What steps did FDR take to show the Japanese government the United States growing anger
over Japanese aggression?
55. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
56. May I assume you all know when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
57. How did the U.S. become involved in the war with Germany and Italy?
58. Who was Chiang Kai-shek? General Hideki Tojo?
59. What was Operation Barbarossa?
60. Who were the major allies of the United States after America entered the war?
61. What victories did the Japanese have right after Pearl and what mistakes did America and
Britain make in their early defense of the Pacific region?
62. What air group fought the Japanese before we actually entered the war and helped “save
China?”
63. What is Germany first and who were its proponents?
64. How did America prepare for the war militarily, financially, and with supplies?
65. List examples of American prejudice during the war: