World War II / Holocaust

The United States became directly involved in World War II following

• Germany's attack on Britain

• the German invasion of Poland

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• the sinking of the Lusitania

-Annexation of Czechoslovakia

-Non-Aggression Pact

-Invasion of Poland

-Blitzkrieg

This list best summarizes events that led to the start of

• World War I

• the Cold War

• World War II

• the Russo-Japanese War

European leaders of England and France were slow to stop the advances of Hitler and Mussolini because

• they believed Hitler was harmless.

• the League of Nations prevented them acting against Mussolini and Hitler.

• with the European economy booming, they failed to take the threat seriously.

• they were still reeling from World War I and hope to avoid another large-scale conflict.

The Final Solution refers to

• Germany's plan to win World War II

• the Allies plan to win World War I

• Hitler's plan to eliminate Jewish people in all of Germany

• the clause in the Treaty of Versailles to create a League of Nations.

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

• U.S. plan to invade Japan.

• German use of jet aircraft.

• Allied plan to invade Europe.

• U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb.

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan 1945 because

• he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.

• it was the last hope that U.S. had of winning the war.

• Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

• it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

What did Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union have in common during the World War II era?

• They were all fascist states.

• They were all totalitarian states.

• They had not recovered from the depression.

• They were all members of the Allied Powers.

The term used to describe the willingness of Britain and France to allow Hitler to repeatedly break provisions of the Treaty of Versailles is

• appeasement.

• blitzkrieg.

• lebensraum.

• totalitarianism.

Which of these factors made the GREATEST contributrion to the success of the Allies in World War II?

• use of the Atomic bomb

• Industrial capabilities

• traing of superior generals

• complete agreement as to strategies and objectives

How did World War II begin in Europe?

• Germany's invasion of Poland

• the sinking of th Lusitania

• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• the assassination of an Austrian Archduke