EOC Review (WWII--Modern Era)

What was the effect of the United States' use of atomic weapons in the war in the Pacific?

• The use of atomic weapons resulted in a massive "kamikaze"-style counter-offensive from the Japanese military.
• It gave the U.S. military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan.
• It brought about the unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin.
• It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.

What was the purpose of the "cash and carry" policy adopted by the US government in 1939?

• to preserve US neutrality
• to gain access to new trade markets
• to spread democracy around the world
• to punish aggressor nations

The American campaign to defeat the Japanese shown in the map above was known as

• island blitzkrieg
• shock and awe in the islands
• island hopping
• island trenching

What is significant about D-Day?

• It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in army history, and the turning point of the war.
• Thousands of Nazi soldiers froze or starved to death after they were trapped by the Soviets.
• The Allies discovered concentration camps where Jews and others had been murdered.
• The British stopped the German advance and were able to gain control of the Suez Canal.

Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?

• They never did that.

• They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.

• To make Japan "salty".

• They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.

In what ways did Americans at home contribute to the war effort?

• Working in War Related Industries

• Rationing

• Buying War Bonds

• All of the Above

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

• American women who were placed in internment camps

• American women who fought for the right to vote

• American women who were opposed to the war

• American women who took jobs in defense plants

Which brought an end to the Great Depression?

• Organized labor unions

• America’s involvement in World War II

• Entrance of women into the workforce

• Conservation and rationing of resources

What was the Iron Curtain?

• an imaginary line dividing communist and non-communist countries 
• an imaginary line connecting the major cities of Europe
• the border between France and Germany
• the border between the United States and Europe.

Who was the US Senator that led investigations to expose communism in the US?

• Harry Truman
• Joseph McCarthy
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Douglas MacArthur