WWII

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

• Invasion of Poland

What is Genocide?

• prejudice, racism, hatred against Jews

• systematic attempt to eliminate an entire race

• organized attack on Jewish homes and businesses

Which policy had the goal of supporting the allies and maintaining neutrality?

• Atlantic Charter

• Appeasement

• Cash and Carry

Britain and France had this policy toward Nazi Germany

• neutrality

• appeasement

• isolationism

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?

• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

• U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
• U.S., Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy, and Japan

What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

• They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
• They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
• They took control of many Japanese islands.

All of the following were reasons for the Holocaust EXCEPT---

• European history of Antisemitism

• Hitler's belief in the master race

• Adolf Hitler's hatred of the Chinese

• Economic depression blamed on Jews

What years did WWII begin and end?

• 1938-1951

• 1945-1951

• 1939-1945

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

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