UNIT 7 TEST

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The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression led

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to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

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Who appeared to be winning the war in Europe at the end of 1940?

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Germany and Italy

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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to: gain control of the Hawaiian Islands, destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts., provoke the United States into declaring war, demonstrate their support for Germany and Italy

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destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.

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How did Adolf Hitler explain the problems facing Germany in his book Mein Kampf?

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He blamed the problems on the Jewish people and the great threat they caused Germany.

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Which of the following was a result of the Battle of Midway?

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Japan never again threatened Pacific domination.

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How did wartime pressures create a break from the past during World War II? Options: All women quit their jobs once they married to raise large families., Women working in blue-collar fields had to give up their jobs to returning soldiers., Many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women’s work., Most children stayed in day-care centers instead of in the care of extended families

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Many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women’s work.

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What was Hitler’s “final solution”?

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a plan to exterminate all Jews living in Third Reich controlled regions

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During the 1945 conference in Potsdam, what did the Big Three formalize?

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the plan to divide Germany into four zones of occupation

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What was the Westerbork to which Frank referred?

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a concentration camp

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What was Congress’s purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?

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to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford