World War II and its aftermath

What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?

• It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.

• It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.

• It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.

• It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudetenland.

What was one reason why the Spanish Civil War was called a “dress rehearsal” for World War II?

• The Nazis used the war to test their new weapons.

• The forces of democracy defeated the forces of fascism.

• Supporters of the Spanish Loyalists supported the Axis powers.

• France, Britain, and the U.S. rallied to fight fascism.

Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because

• he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.

• he wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.

• the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.

• the Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.

In which French city did German forces set up a “puppet state” capital after conquering France?

• Lyon

• Vichy

• Paris

• Nice

How did Churchill and Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943?

• They began a new naval campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.

• They sent troops to help Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.

• They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand.

• They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe.

What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?

• It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium.

• It caused the Germans to sue for peace.

• It delayed the Allied advance from the west.

• It delayed the Soviet advance from the east.

The German air force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because

• the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.

• the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.

• so many German pilots had been killed in the war.

• so many German aircraft were in need of repair.

The U.S. strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific

• quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.

• was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.

• pushed Japanese forces into the jungles of Burma and Malaya.

• allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.

What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Eastern Europe after World War II?

• to debate the proper course of socialism

• to lead Eastern Europe to economic prosperity

• to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments

• to improve education and protect refugees

The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of

• appeasement

• containment

• aggression

• pacifism