WW II / Cold War EOC

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The strategy used by Britain and France at the Munich Conference to try and satisfy Hitler is referred to as:

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Appeasement

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The leader in Britain that was against appeasement, seeing it as being weak and giving into Hitler was:

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Winston Churchill

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Which trend in United States foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the Cash and Carry act, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

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increase in support for the Allied powers

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When Germany invaded Poland, they began to round up and separate Jews into wall off sections of cities (such as Warsaw) called:

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Ghettos

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Hitler (Germany) and Stalin (Soviet Union) signed a non-aggression pact where each side agreed to:

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not to invade or harm one another

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because: The United States was a powerful nation that they wanted to gain resources from, The United States was aligned with Britain and France in World War II, The United States had established a trade embargo against Japan and was interfering with Japan’s expansion in Asia, They wanted to the United States to join the war

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The United States had established a trade embargo against Japan and was interfering with Japan’s expansion in Asia

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The largest military invasion in the history of warfare, that was also a major Allied victory in World War II that allowed the Allies to push further in France towards Germany was referred to as:

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D-Day invasion of Normandy

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In 1935, The United States passed the first of three neutrality acts, these acts were part of their interwar strategy referred to as:

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Isolationism

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President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan was based on the belief that the action would: save American lives by avoiding an invasion of Japan.

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save American lives by avoiding an invasion of Japan

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The scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II were responsible for: designing weapons for the D-Day invasion, building satellites to spy on the Axis nations, creating materials for biological and chemical warfare, developing the atomic bomb

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developing the atomic bomb