WWII Section 2

Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?

• The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
• Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
• Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
• America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI

In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...

• invasion of Poland
• seizure of the Sudetenland
• occupation of the Rhineland
• annexation of Austria

Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?

• He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
• He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
• He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
• He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937

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Axis Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Great Britain, France, and Japan
• Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

Which of the following was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles

• Hitler was elected as Der Fuhrer

• Hitler began drastically expanding its armed forces

• Hitler declared war on Britain in 1936

• Hitler gave speeches convincing the German people they could return to their former glory

In the secret Non-Aggression Pact, what country did Hitler Stalin agree to divide between them?

• Austria

• Czechoslovakia

• Finland

• Poland

A blitzkrieg is a

• "Lightning war" in which you use all aspects of your military

• Linebacker going after the quarterback in modern American football

• A festival of German people celebrated just before the start of WWII

• "Air war" in which you use all of your planes to swarm the enemy

Mussolini was the leaders of what country.

• Italy
• Japan
• France
• Greece

Germany used its ____ to bomb England's city day and night

• Royal Air Force
• Blitzkrieg
• Luftwaffe
• Enigma

The first time that Hitler's forces had been defeated.

• Battle of France
• Battle of Britain
• Operation Barbaroosa
• Enigma