Chapter 17 Review

Which side was Germany on?

• Allied

• Axis

Which side was the United States on?

• Allied

• Axis

Which side was Japan on?

• Allied

• Axis

Which side was the Soviet Union on?

• Allied

• Axis

Which side was Great Britain on?

• Allied

• Axis

Harry S. Truman authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan because

• He wanted to see if it would work.

• He thought an invasion would kill too many U.S. troops.

• He was concerned that Japan also had the atomic bomb.

• The allies wanted to use it.

Governments bombed the civilian populations of the enemies because

• They wanted to cause as much destruction as possible.

• The cities were easy targets.

• They wanted to try out new long-range bombers.

• They believed it would force their enemies to make peace.

The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of

• Ethnic Germans

• European Jews

• Italians

• Japanese

In 1943, the Allies agreed to fight until the Axis powers

• Were back inside their own borders.

• Broke their alliance and fought alone.

• Surrendered without any favorable conditions.

• Lost control of Western Europe.

To help the war effort, the Japanese used labor forces made up of

• Japanese women and children

• Japanese prisoners and women

• Southeast Asians and Japanese citizens.

• Prisoners of war and native Southeast Asians.