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Communism
Nazi Party
Reichstag
Storm troopers
Fuhrer
Nye Committee
Anti-Comintern Pact
Axis Powers
Internationalism
Anschluss
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
Sitzkrieg
Maginot Line
Luftwaffe
Shoah
Nuremberg Laws
Kristallnacht
Concentration camps
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Auschwitz
America First Committee
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Cost-plus
Liberty Ship
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Double V campaign
Bataan Death March
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Convoy system
Bracero Program
Sunbelt
Victory suit
Rationing
Victory gardens
E-bonds
Operation Overlord
D-Day
Amphtrac
Kamikaze
Hedgerows
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Napalm
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B. Multiple Choice
____ 1. Two causes of the rise of dictatorships after World War I were
a. the peace treaty and economic depression.
b. new political ideas and economic depression.
c. the peace treaty and lack of strong leadership after the war.
d. new political ideas and lack of strong leadership after the war.
____ 2. Adolf Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the
a. weak German ruler.
c. Jews.
b. democratic form of government.
d. Slavs.
____ 3. The Nye Committee report created the impression that America’s entry into World War I was influenced by
a. attacks on American merchant ships.
b. militarism in Europe.
c. American arms manufacturers.
d. the American Communist Party.
____ 4. Claiming part of Czechoslovakia posed a problem for Hitler for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. the Czechs spoke several different languages.
b. Czechoslovakia was a democracy.
c. the Czechs had a strong military.
d. Czechoslovakia was allied with France and the Soviet Union.
____ 5. Which choice best completes the diagram?
a. Spain
b. USSR
c. Japan
d. Austria
____ 6. The British and French realized that appeasement had failed when Hitler
a. invaded Czechoslovakia.
b. invaded Austria.
c. invaded Poland.
d. made demands for territory in Poland.
____ 7. The Nuremberg Laws
a. took citizenship away from Jewish Germans.
b. required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps.
c. required all Jewish Germans to leave the country.
d. authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans.
____ 8. Most of the Jewish refugees aboard the SS St. Louis
a. immigrated to the U.S.
c. were given refuge in Mexico.
b. disembarked in Cuba.
d. died in the Nazis’ “final solution.”
____ 9. The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to
a. defeat France.
c. exterminate Europe’s Jews.
b. conquer Britain.
d. rule Europe after conquering it.
____ 10. In presenting his “Four Freedoms,” Roosevelt was trying to
a. justify America’s neutrality.
b. justify his call for speeding up America’s military build-up.
c. shift public opinion toward entering the war.
d. shift public opinion toward helping Britain.
____ 11. To get resources, the Japanese military invaded
a. Taiwan.
c. Tibet.
b. Korea.
d. Manchuria.
____ 12. The Neutrality Act of 1935 made it illegal for
a. American citizens to join another country’s military.
b. Americans to sell arms to any country at war.
c. Congress to declare war on any country.
d. Americans to join the Communist or Fascist Party.
____ 13. The first area that Hitler “unified” with Germany was
a. the Sudetenland.
c. Poland.
b. Czechoslovakia.
d. Austria.
____ 14. In the Munich Conference, Britain and France
a. told Hitler that they would declare war if he invaded Czechoslovakia.
b. gave in to Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland.
c. allowed Czechoslovakia to become a German protectorate.
d. told Hitler they would declare war if he invaded Poland.
____ 15. The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression treaty contained a secret deal to
a. divide Poland between them.
c. not fight each other.
b. divide France between them.
d. fight France and Britain.
____ 16. In the Battle of Britain,
a. British troops defeated the German ground invasion.
b. the British sunk most of the German ships that crossed the English Channel.
c. the German air force destroyed the Royal Air Force.
d. the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion.
____ 17. A night of anti-Jewish violence became known as
a. blitzkrieg.
c. Kristallnacht.
b. Anschluss.
d. Gestapo.
____ 18. In the Wannsee Conference, Nazi leaders
a. planned the invasion of Poland.
b. negotiated with Britain and France for the Sudetenland.
c. planned the “final solution.”
d. negotiated a nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union.
____ 19. Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for
a. cash.
b. a promise to pay at war’s end.
c. U.S. bases on British-held territory.
d. manufactured British goods.
____ 20. The Lend-Lease Act was Roosevelt’s way of getting arms to Britain without Britain having to
a. pick them up.
c. take out loans to pay for them.
b. return them after the war.
d. pay cash.
____ 21. The cost-plus system sped up war production by
a. imposing penalties on companies that did not meet their production quotas.
b. providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot.
c. allowing previously competing companies to work together.
d. providing bonuses for superior workmanship in war production.
____ 22. Most Liberty ships were hard to sink because they were
a. made of steel rather than iron.
c. faster than other ships.
b. made with thick hulls.
d. welded rather than riveted.
____ 23. During World War II, women were recruited into the military to
a. serve in light combat.
c. release men for combat.
b. serve as cooks and nurses.
d. entertain the troops.
____ 24. Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island was to
a. gain a base from which to attack Hawaii.
b. cut American supply lines to Australia.
c. destroy the American fleet.
d. gain control of resources on Midway.
____ 25. Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to
a. mediate disputes between labor and management to avoid strikes.
b. enforce nondiscrimination in hiring workers in defense industries.
c. control wages and prices.
d. recruit women and minorities to work in defense factories.
____ 26. As a result of a presidential order allowing the military to declare any part of the United States to be a military
zone,
a. many areas of the West became off-limits to civilians.
b. many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps.
c. much of the Nevada desert became a weapons testing ground.
d. many military installations sprang up along the West Coast.
____ 27. Blue points and red points were a system for
a. rewarding American civilians.
c. prioritizing targets for attack.
b. rationing goods.
d. mapping opposing forces.
____ 28. The Allies placed inflated rubber tanks, empty tents, and dummy landing craft along the coast of Britain to
convince the Germans that
a. the Allies had more troops than they really had.
b. an invasion of Britain would be futile.
c. the Allies planned to invade the coast of Germany rather than France.
d. the Allies planned to land their invasion forces in Pas-de-Calais.
____ 29. Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because
a. the Japanese were using it as a base to attack the U.S. fleet.
b. the main Japanese naval force was stationed there.
c. U.S. planes could bomb Japan from there.
d. the islands were an important link in the Japanese supply lines.
____ 30. The United States caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with
a. amphtrac.
c. DUKW.
b. dynamite.
d. napalm.
____ 31. Over a third of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the
a. steel industry.
c. automobile industry.
b. ship-building industry.
d. aircraft industry.
____ 32. The “Double V” campaign meant
a. victory in Europe and victory in the Pacific.
b. victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and victory over racism at home.
c. victory over the Nazis and victory over the Fascists.
d. victory on land and victory on the seas.
____ 33. The Bataan Death March occurred in
a. the Philippines.
c. Corregidor.
b. North Africa.
d. the Soviet Union.
____ 34. A key to the American success at Midway was
a. the use of new sonar and radar technology.
b. breaking the Japanese Navy’s secret code.
c. the use of long-range B-25 bombers launched from aircraft carriers.
d. American submarines.
____ 35. The capture of Stalingrad was key to the success of Hitler’s strategy to
a. destroy the Soviet army.
c. draw China into the war.
b. destroy Soviet morale.
d. destroy the Soviet economy.
____ 36. Migrant farmworkers became an important part of the Southwest’s agricultural system as a result of
a. the planting of victory gardens.
c. the Bracero Program.
b. a relaxation of immigration quotas.
d. the Great Migration.
____ 37. In the case Korematsu v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans
was
a. constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses.
b. unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once.
c. constitutional because it was based on military urgency.
d. unconstitutional because it was based on race.
____ 38. As a result of the Allied attack on Sicily,
a. the Italian king arrested Mussolini.
b. Hitler removed Mussolini from power.
c. Mussolini surrendered Italy.
d. Mussolini took his own life.
____ 39. The U.S. Marines had severe casualties at Tarawa in part because
a. they had no air support.
b. the shallow reef prevented many landing craft from reaching shore.
c. the Japanese held the high ground of Mount Suribachi.
d. the Japanese used kamikaze fighters against them.
____ 40. Which of the following choices best completes the diagram?
a. D-Day
b. V-G Day
c. Double-V Day
d. V-E Day
C. Completion
41. The Fascist militia that supported Mussolini was known as the ____________________.
42. The Nazi paramilitary units called _________________________ intimidated voters, helping the Nazi Party gain power.
43. In his book, Adolf Hitler claimed that blond, blue-eyed Germans were descendents of a "master race" called
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44. As Hitler began to claim lands for Germany, other nations followed a policy of ____________________, or giving in to his
demands in exchange for peace.
45. Hitler demanded the return of ____________________, a Baltic Sea port that had been separated from Germany and added to
Poland at the end of World War I.
46. Britain and France declared war on Germany when Germany invaded ____________________.
47. The Hebrew term for the Holocaust is ____________________, meaning "catastrophe."
48. The ____________________ Act allowed the United States to send weapons to Britain if Britain promised to return them or pay
rent for them when the war ended.
49. Talks between Roosevelt and Churchill on ships near Newfoundland in 1941 resulted in the _________________________,
which committed the two leaders to a postwar world of democracy, non-aggression, and free trade.
50. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on the date _________________________ (month, day, and year).
51. The enormous B-24 bomber was called "the ____________________."
52. World War II soldiers were called "GIs" because their clothing bore the label "G.I.," meaning
"______________________________."
53. The 99th Pursuit Squadron, an African American unit of fighter pilots who played an important role during the Battle of Anzio,
became known as the _________________________.
54. The loss of many ships in the Atlantic convinced the U.S. Navy to set up a ____________________ system, in which navy
warships would escort groups of cargo ships.
55. By putting the Germans on the defensive, the Soviet forces created a turning point in the war in Europe at the Battle of
____________________.
56. The growth of southern California and the expansion of cities in the Deep South during World War II created a new industrial
region called the ____________________.
57. The code name for the Allied invasion of France was __________________________.
58. The Allies landed their invasion forces in the area of France called ____________________.
59. The American program to build an atomic bomb was code-named the __________________________.
60. The atomic bomb was first dropped on the Japanese city of ____________________.
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