WW2 Review

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?

• Winston Churchill

• Charles de Gaulle

• Benito Mussolini

• Josef Stalin

Which person imposed totalitarian rule over the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century?

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Hideki Tojo

• Josef Stalin

The primary Allied Powers were:

• Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States

• Great Britain, Japan, United States

• Germany, France, United States

• Japan, Germany, Italy

The primary Axis powers were:

• Japan, U.S., Russia

• Japan, Germany, Soviet Union

• Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union

• Germany, Japan, Italy

What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Soviet invasion of Finland 
• German invasion of Poland 
• German invasion of Czechoslovakia 
• the Manhattan Project 

Hitler’s use of fast traveling airplanes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces to conquer Poland in 1939 was referred to as _____.

• blitzkrieg.

• Anschluss.

• isolationism.

• appeasement.

What impact did WWII have on the Great Depression? 

• It ended the depression by creating jobs and demand for products
• It lengthened the depression by causing high military spending
• It had no effect on the depression because it did not impact the economy
• It temporarily improved the depression for a few years

Why did the United States approve the Lend-Lease Act & Cash and Carry during World War II?

• to remain formally neutral while helping the Allied nations

• to export free war materials to neutral nations

• to import donated war materials in preparation for war

• to announce its foreign alliances to the world

What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?

• to divide up territories among his generals

• to win the war before the Americans entered

• to increase the number of German soldiers for the invasion of the USSR

• to murder all those the Nazis considered inferior

How did the Cash & Carry Plan benefit the U.S.?

• it helped the U.S. economy through the selling of arms (weapons) to the Allies

• it lent the Allies American troops in exchange for European goods

• It allowed the Allies to purchase food and medicine from the U.S.

• all are true