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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 formed an international army to fight Hitler, whose forces trapped thousands of soldiers in Czechoslovakia.
B
They had pledged to defend Poland against Hitler, who attacked it from the west.
C
Hitler signed an alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers.
D
Hitler signed a non aggression pact with Stalin, threatening the Allies.
2) What was significant about America's Selective Trianing and Service Act in 1940?
A
It required both men and women to serve in the army.
B
It was the first peacetime draft in the country's history.
C
It allowed Americans to serve in foregin countries.
D
It oversaw the conversation of factories to war production.
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
focused his efforts on aid to war-torn European countries rather than on domestic issues.
B
chose not to run for a fourth term in 1944.
C
lost his re-election bid in 1944.
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
place Asia first.
B
defeat the Germans.
C
aid Japan in the fight against China.
D
attack Italian forces in West Africa.
6) Why di Japan plan a largescale attack against the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor?
A
It wanted to give itself time to secure control of East Asia before the U.S. miltary could respond.
B
It wanted to defend its German and Soviet allies against a U.S. invasion.
C
It wanted to retaliate against the United States for freezing Japanese bank accounts.
D
It wanted to punish the United Staes for sending billions of dollars in aid to Chinese Nationalists.
7) The Bataan Death March caused the death of ________
A
General Douglas MacArthur.
B
soldiers in the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
C
600 Americans and thousands of fIlipinos.
D
thousands of U.S. soldiers in the Pacific Fleet led by Chester Nimitz.
8) What Tuskegee Airman later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force?
A
Dorie Miller
B
Benjamin O. Davis
C
Daniel Inouye
D
A. Philip Randolph
9) The United States was expected to be responsible for most of the postwar rebuilding because it______
A
was given millions of dollars by Germany after Germany surrendeded.
B
had to make reparations for dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Negasaki.
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
Douglas MacArthur
B
Hideki Tojo
C
Louis Ortega
D
Chester Nimitz
11) ____ploicy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands.
A
appeasement
B
genocide
C
D-Day
D
kamikaze
12) The Allied Powrs included the United States, Great Britian, the Soviet Union, and_____
A
China
B
Italy
C
the Coral Sea
D
Leyte Gulf
13) The Battle of________ in the Philippines was the largest naval battle in history.
A
Leyte Gulf
B
China
C
Warsaw Ghetto
D
the Coral Sea
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
Treblinka death camp
C
Warsaw Ghetto
D
deportation
15) Excutive Order 9066 allowed the goverment to begin the process of _______, or forced relocation and imprisonment, of Japanese Americans,
A
the Coral Sea
B
deportation
C
internment
D
Treblinka death camp
16) ______ president who ordered use of atomic bombs on Japan.
A
Benito Mussolini
B
A. Philip Randolph
C
Harry S. Truman
D
Daniel Inouye
17) _____organized a march on Washington in 1941 to demand equal pay for black workers.
A
Daniel Inouye
B
Benito Mussolini
C
kamikaze
D
A. Philip Randolph
18) ____counterattack launched by Germans after the D-Day invasion.
A
D-Day
B
Battle of the Bulge
C
Battle of Stalingrad
D
kamikaze
19) _____tatic of purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships.
A
genocide
B
Battle of El Alamein
C
appeasement
D
kamikaze
20) ______extermination of an entire group of people.
A
Battle of El Alamein
B
kamikaze
C
Battle of Bulge
D
genocide
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