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World War II
Test Description: World War II
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1) Why did Great Britain and France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?
A
They had pledged to defend Poland against Hitler, who attacked it from the west.
B
Hitler signed a non aggression pact with Stalin, threatening the Allies.
C
They had formed an international army to fight Hitler, whose forces trapped thousands of soldiers in Czechoslovakia.
D
Hitler signed an alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers.
2) What was significant about America's Selective Trianing and Service Act in 1940?
A
It was the first peacetime draft in the country's history.
B
It oversaw the conversation of factories to war production.
C
It allowed Americans to serve in foregin countries.
D
It required both men and women to serve in the army.
3) Why did Hitler direct his anger towards intellectuals, Communists, and Jews in the 1930s?
A
He blamed them for Germany's economic problems and its defeat in World War I.
B
They opposed the National Socialist Party, keeping it from winning a majority in Parliament.
C
He felt they threatened his authority.
D
He was fearful the would band together and start another world war.
4) Harry Truman took over as president because Presisdent Roosevelt___________
A
lost his re-election bid in 1944.
B
chose not to run for a fourth term in 1944.
C
focused his efforts on aid to war-torn European countries rather than on domestic issues.
D
died of a stroke in April 1945.
5) The first priority of President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to defeat the Axis Powers was to______
A
aid Japan in the fight against China.
B
defeat the Germans.
C
attack Italian forces in West Africa.
D
place Asia first.
6) Why di Japan plan a largescale attack against the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor?
A
It wanted to punish the United Staes for sending billions of dollars in aid to Chinese Nationalists.
B
It wanted to give itself time to secure control of East Asia before the U.S. miltary could respond.
C
It wanted to defend its German and Soviet allies against a U.S. invasion.
D
It wanted to retaliate against the United States for freezing Japanese bank accounts.
7) The Bataan Death March caused the death of ________
A
600 Americans and thousands of fIlipinos.
B
thousands of U.S. soldiers in the Pacific Fleet led by Chester Nimitz.
C
General Douglas MacArthur.
D
soldiers in the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
8) What Tuskegee Airman later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force?
A
Benjamin O. Davis
B
Daniel Inouye
C
Dorie Miller
D
A. Philip Randolph
9) The United States was expected to be responsible for most of the postwar rebuilding because it______
A
had to make reparations for dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Negasaki.
B
was given millions of dollars by Germany after Germany surrendeded.
C
had promised to help European countries at hte beginning of the war.
D
escaped much desruction and was then the strongest power in the world.
10) What American general was forced to retreat from the Philippines in March 1942?
A
Louis Ortega
B
Douglas MacArthur
C
Hideki Tojo
D
Chester Nimitz
11) ____ploicy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands.
A
appeasement
B
D-Day
C
genocide
D
kamikaze
12) The Allied Powrs included the United States, Great Britian, the Soviet Union, and_____
A
Italy
B
Leyte Gulf
C
the Coral Sea
D
China
13) The Battle of________ in the Philippines was the largest naval battle in history.
A
Leyte Gulf
B
China
C
the Coral Sea
D
Warsaw Ghetto
14) In April 1943, Jewish people in the ___________ rose up against the Germans, and it took nearly a month for the Nazis to crush the uprising.
A
internment
B
deportation
C
Treblinka death camp
D
Warsaw Ghetto
15) Excutive Order 9066 allowed the goverment to begin the process of _______, or forced relocation and imprisonment, of Japanese Americans,
A
Treblinka death camp
B
deportation
C
the Coral Sea
D
internment
16) ______ president who ordered use of atomic bombs on Japan.
A
A. Philip Randolph
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Daniel Inouye
D
Harry S. Truman
17) _____organized a march on Washington in 1941 to demand equal pay for black workers.
A
A. Philip Randolph
B
Daniel Inouye
C
Benito Mussolini
D
kamikaze
18) ____counterattack launched by Germans after the D-Day invasion.
A
Battle of the Bulge
B
Battle of Stalingrad
C
kamikaze
D
D-Day
19) _____tatic of purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships.
A
genocide
B
Battle of El Alamein
C
kamikaze
D
appeasement
20) ______extermination of an entire group of people.
A
genocide
B
kamikaze
C
Battle of El Alamein
D
Battle of Bulge
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