Great Depression/WW2

Why did President Truman feel that the atomic bomb had to be used?

• Japan would not surrender unless the bomb was used

• The allies needed one last attack to defeat Germany

• just testing the bomb would scare Japan

• Japan used the atomic bomb at Pearl Harbor so it's only fair

Which event is most closely associated with the END of the Great Depression?

• The Social Security Act

• beginning of WW2

• reelection of FDR in 1940

• announcement of the Marshall Plan

What event started the Great Depression?

• Dust Bowl

• Prohibition

• Stock Market Crash

• WWI

What caused the Great Depression?

• Farming Crisis

• Decline in Key Industries

• Increase in unemployment

• All of these

Where did the Great Depression occur first?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• United States

• Japan

All of the following were totalitarian government leaders except:

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Neville Chamberlain

The term "blitzkrieg" was a military strategy that depended on what?

• A system of fortification

• Out-waiting the opponent

• Surprise and quick, overwhelming force

• The ability to dig trenches quickly

The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The invasion and division of France

• The invasion and division of Poland

• Attack on U.S. ships in the Atlantic

Which nation came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?

• Germany, Japan, and Italy

• Germany, Japan, and Spain

• Germany, Italy, and Austria

• Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union

How did Britain and France appease Hitler?

• Declaring war on Germany

• Giving into Hitler's demands

• Entering into a formal defense alliance

• Pressuring the United States to enter the war