World War II (2)

One of the ways fascist leaders of the 1920s and 1930s gained popular support was by ___.

• promising to maintain peace with other countries

• attracting foreign investments for industrial development

• limiting military influence in the government

• appealing to national pride and superiority

To achieve popular support in the elections of the early 1930s, Hitler pledged to ___.

• limit the power of liberals, communists, and Jewish citizens.

• give women legal equality

• improve relations with France and Great Britain

• withdraw from the League of Nations

In 1935, one provision of the Nuremberg Laws of Germany revoked the rights of ___.

• labor unions to strike

• communists to hold office

• Jews to be citizens

• women to own property

During the early years of World War II, the Lend-Lease Act was an effort by the United States to

• help the Allies without formally declaring war

• maintain strict neutrality toward the war

• negotiate a settlement of the war

• provide help to both sides in the war

Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to

• work on the development of an atomic bomb

• increase economic production to meet wartime demands

• defend New York City against a nuclear attack

• recruit men for the military services

The Battle of Midway was a crucial victory for the United States because it

• dealt a severe blow to the Japanese navy

• was the last sea battle of the war with Japan

• was fought on Japanese territory

• destroyed Japan’s will to continue fighting

During World War II Adolf Hitler used concentration camps mostly to

• conduct secret research to develop atomic weapons

• carry out his policy of genocide against the Jewish people

• imprison Allied soldiers captured in battle

• put Allied leaders on trial in a military court

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the

• impact a single event can have an public opinion in a time of crisis

• effectiveness of a policy of appeasement in stopping aggression

• success of the pacifist movement in the United States

• success of the pacifist movement in the United States

A controversial issue that resulted from World War II was the

• future role of the League of Nations

• morality of nuclear warfare

• commitment of troops without congressional approval

• civilian control of the military

After aligning itself with Germany and Italy, the island country of Japan sought to

• make peace with China.

• invade Manchuria.

• control Europe.

• control Asia and the Pacific.