U.S.H. Semester II Final

Which was NOT a reason that totalitarian leaders came to power in many nations after WWI?

• People were upset about the application of the Treaty of Versailles
• People were suffering from a worldwide depression that democratic governments failed in preventing
• Jobless and homeless rates in many countries were extremely high
• People were offered bribes to vote for totalitarian leaders

What was the main goal of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis)?

• Promoting equality for all workers against the bourgeoisie
• Promoting ethnic German solidarity
• Promoting equality among religious groups
• Promoting solidarity behind the Treaty of Versailles

The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed for the sale of any military goods to foreign powers as long as they pay for them up front and transport the goods on their own ships. Nicknamed “Cash and Carry” which side did this act favor and why?

• Axis because they had a stronger army
• Allies because they had a stronger army
• Axis because they had control of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean
• Allies because they had control of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean

At the outset of WWII what was the official position of the United States government?

• Interventionism
• Isolationism
• Imperialism
• Islam

The Supreme Allied Commander during WWII was ________?

• George S. Patton
• Omar A. Bradley
• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

The practice used by European governments, and particularly Great Britain and France, to allow Nazi Germany to break the Treaty of Versailles and insist that those transgressions be the last is called what?

• Bullying
• Lend-Lease
• Appeasement
• Aforementioned Blitz

The D-Day invasion took place in the _________ region of ________.

• Saar; Germany
• Alps; Italy
• Normandy; France
• Rhineland; Germany

Hitler’s last ditch attempt to win victory on the Western Front by driving a wedge between American and British forces was the ___________.

• Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of Warsaw
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Midway

The American policy of capturing strategically important islands while ignoring those less important was called ____________.

• Appeasement
• Island hopping
• Bataan
• Kamikaze

Which name was given to the Nazi plan during WWII to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe?

• Final Solution
• Appeasement
• Mutually Assured Destruction
• Totalitarianism