World War II Review

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Why did European countries allow Adolf Hitler and Germany to violate the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?

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they appeased Hitler to avoid another conflict

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Who were the Allied countries during World War II? Options: Japan, Great Britian, Soviet Union, and France; Great Britian, Italy, Nazi Germany, and the United States; Japan, Nazi Germany, Italy, and Poland; Soviet Union, United States, Great Britian, and France

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Soviet Union, United States, Great Britian, and France

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Who were the Axis Powers of World War II? Options: United States, Great Britian, France, and Poland; Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany; Japan, France, Italy, Belgium; Nazi Germany, Austria, United States, and Great Britian

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Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,

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brought the U.S. into WWII.

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The Allied invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, is known as __________.

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D-Day

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The war in Europe ended when

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Germany surrendered.

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The Holocaust refers to ____________

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the massacre of more than six million Jews.

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What was the name given for the top-secret U.S. project to develop an atomic bomb?

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Manhattan Project

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Which U.S. president decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

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Harry S. Truman

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The war in the Pacific ended with the

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bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.