6.4 End of the War & Holocaust

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII was

• General George Patton

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General Dwight D Eisenhower

• General Erwin Rommell

Multiple Choice

Th D-Day invasion in June 1944 was important to the outcome of WWII because it

• open a new Allied front in Europe

• avoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian tarers

• forced Italy to surrender

• stopped Soviet advances in eastern Europe

Multiple Choice

In waging war against Japan, the US used the strategy of

• heavy bombing from Chinese air bases

• invading Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia

• fortifying China by transporting supplies from India over the Himalayan "hump"

• "island hopping" from the South Pacific to within striking distance of Japan

Multiple Choice

What was the key contribution of the Navajo Code Talkers?

• they developed the atomic bomb

• they broke Germany secret codes

• they raised revenue for the war effort

• they developed a code that was not broken by the enemy

Multiple Choice

Shortly after entering WWII, the US began the Manhattan Project to

• work on the development of an atomic bomb

• increase economic production to meet wartime demands

• defund New York City against a nuclear attack

• recruit men for the military service

Multiple Choice

President Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that

• an invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties

• Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe

• an alliance was developing between Japan and the Soviet Union

• Japan was in the process of developing its own atomic weapons

Multiple Choice

What was an important result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

• the outbreak of WWII

• US entry into WWII

• the surrender of Japan

• the spready of Communism

Multiple Choice

In the World War II era, what was the major reason for Jewish immigration to the United States?

• to seek guaranteed universal suffrage

• to escape famine and drought caused by natural disaster

• to seek better educational opportunities

• to escape state-sponsored genocide

Multiple Choice

In the excerpt, General Eisenhower is describing his reaction to -

• the Bataan Death March

• Nazi concentration camps

• Japanese American internment camps

• the bombing of Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

STOP. My notes do not get this explicit. THINK and ASK.

Following WWII, the Nuremberg Tribunal established the principle that

• citizens charged with war crimes must be given a trial in their home country

• only a nation's leaders can be charged with war crimes

• military leaders are more responsible for war crimes than civilian authorities are

• obedience to the nation's wartime policies does not excuse guilt for crimes against humanity