WH-WWII Aggression, Appeasement, and War

Which action best represents the policy of appeasement followed by Britain and France prior to the start of World War II?

• allowing Hitler to annex the Sudetenland as part of the Munich Agreement

• signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact binding Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations

• sending troops to fight with the Liberals during the Spanish Civil War

• forbidding the sale of arms to any nation at war

How did World War I contribute to the events leading up to World War II?

• Germans wanted to expand their nation to regain territory in the Soviet Union.

• Britain and France wanted to force Germany to make reparation payments.

• Germans hated the Versailles Treaty and supported Hitler's actions to defy it.

• The Soviet Union wanted to take over German territory in Eastern Europe.

Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?

• They realized the policy of appeasement failed.

• They wanted to destroy Germany's military buildup.

• They wanted to spread democracy.

• They wanted to oppose the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

Germany's rapid success in the first months of the war was largely due to the

• use of the blitzkrieg, which caught countries unprepared.

• continuing appeasement policy of Britain and France.

• support of the League of Nations.

• superiority of German naval forces.

Why did France surrender to Germany?

• France was unable to fund its war effort.

• The French people favored Hitler.

• France was overrun by German and Italian forces.

• France did not receive military support from Britain.

Which of the following was an effect of British resistance to Germany?

• It forced Hitler to surrender and ended fighting in Western Europe.

• It caused the United States and the Soviet Union to declare war on Germany.

• It persuaded other nations in Europe to rise up against Hitler.

• It saved Britain from a German invasion.

What was an immediate effect of the Lend-Lease Act?

• Western Europe recovered from the damage caused by World War II.

• The United States provided critical aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union declared war on Germany.

• Japan declared war against the United States.

Why did Japan attack the United States?

• The United States was interfering with Japan's plan to expand its empire.

• The United States was threatening to bomb the Japanese mainland

• Japan wanted to gain control of Hawaii.

• The United States had sent troops to Southeast Asia to support Britain.