WWII Review

How did the outbreak of war in Europe in the late 1930s affect politics within the United States?

• It decreased arms production

• It increased military recruitment

• It increases support for isolationist policies

• It decreased international trade with European countries

How did Kristallnacht demonstrate persecution of Jews?

• Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses.

• A law passed on that day requiring all Jews wear the Yellow Star of David.

• That was the day that Nazis began a large deportation of Jews.

• The first concentration camp opened on that day.

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

• It was the process to divide territory among his generals.

• It was a system of winning the war before America entered.

• It was a strategy for the invasion of Russia.

• It was genocide of people Hitler considered inferior.

The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

• A system of fortifications

• "Out waiting" the opponent

• Surprise and overwhelming force

• Ability to make a long and steady advance

What combination led to the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Russian and British troops

• Russian troops and the Russian winter

• Russian and German fuel shortages Russian ground forces and American air strikes

• Russian and German fuel shortages

Which of the following was the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps and fought bravely in North Africa and Europe?

• 54th Massachusetts

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Allied Expeditionary Force

• Doughboys

With the Battle of Midway

• Japan succeeded in destroying U.S. aircraft carriers that were not destroyed at Pearl Harbor

• the Allies moved into an offensive position.

• Japan launched a surprise attack on the Allies.

• the Japanese moved into an offensive position.

Which of the following describes the Allied strategy of island-hopping?

• Taking over Japanese-held islands that were not heavily defended as the Allies moved closer to Japan

• Allied attacks on all Japanese-held islands.

• Allied attacks only islands that were Japanese strongholds.

• Retreating from German advances during the Battle of the Atlantic.

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, why was Roosevelt willing to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany? 

• Roosevelt was worried that Stalin might attempt to wage war against the United States.

• Churchill encouraged Roosevelt to agree with Stalin’s plans for German occupation.

• Roosevelt was pressured by the United States Senate to appease Stalin by allowing him to punish Germany.

• Roosevelt wanted Soviet help in the war against Japan and Soviet cooperation in establishing the United Nations.

Which of the following did Truman use as justification for ordering atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• To save American lives and bring a quick end to the war

• To make Japan a territory of the United States

• To keep Stalin from taking over Japan

• To take Hirohito, the Japanese Emperor, from power