World War II (US)

Why did the German people hate the Treaty of Versailles?

• Germany had to take full responsibility for World War I.
• Germany was forced to pay war damages.
• Germany was forced to reduce its military,
• All of the above.

Three countries that became very aggressive in the 1930s were…

• Germany, Italy and Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy and France
• Germany, Italy and Japan

What triggered the actual beginning of World War II?

• the British blockade of German ports
• Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
• The invasion of Poland by Germany
• Frances denouncement of the Munich Conference

Why was the decision to allow Hitler to annex the Sudetenland popular for allied countries?

• Many people thought it would avoid another destructive war
• the Sudetenland was unpopulated
• most people believed a German-speaking people should be united in one country
• the Sudetenland government had invaded Czechoslovakia 

Who became the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific?

• Admiral Nimitz
• General MacArthur
• General Vandergrift
• Dwight Eisenhower

The Allies landed at these beaches on June 6, 1944.

• Calais
• Dover
• Normandy
• Ocean City

This Supreme Allied Commander in Europe had the major duty to organize the D-day invasions.

• Douglas MacArthur
• George Marshall
• George Patton
• Dwight Eisenhower

The U.S. strategy of only seizing strategic Japanese-held lands in the Pacific was called

• Hop skotch
• Island Hopping
• Island Skipping
• Skip to my lou

April 12, 1945, this man became U.S. President and had to make the decision to drop the atomic bomb.

• FDR
• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Harry Truman

This German scientist wrote a letter to FDR about German atomic technology.

• Albert Einstein
•  Enrico Fermi
• Paul Tibbets
• Charles Sweeney