U.S. History World War II

Before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. passed the Cash and Carry and Lend-Lease Acts to help

• Germany

• Britain

• Russia

• Japan

The Axis Powers consisted of all of these nations EXCEPT

• Poland

• Italy

• Germany

• Japan

The Nazi Party's beliefs consisted of

• German nationalism

• Jews are inferior to "real" Germans

• seek revenge for Treaty of Versailles

• All of these

The United States' strategy for defeating Japan was

• invade Japan directly

• the "island hopping" campaign

• use unlimited submarine warfare

• focus on Germany and allow Russia to deal with Japan

Korematsu v. United States concerns this act of racial prejudice on the Home Front during WWII.

• Actions against the "Okies"

• the forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans

• Actions against German-Americans

• Inequality in the hiring of factory workers

The top-secret project to build an atomic bomb was called the

• Chicago Project

• Los Alamos Project

• Project Alamo

• Manhattan Project

On what did the German military strategy of Blitzkrieg depend?

• A system of fortifications

• "out-waiting" the opponent

• surprise invasion and lightning quick attack

• the ability to make a long, steady advance

Which of the following correctly matches the leader with his nation?

• Japan--Joseph Stalin

• Germany--Benito Mussolini

• Britain--Winston Churchill

• Italy--Adolf Hitler

To guarantee the troops were well-supplied with materials like meat, butter and fuel, this system was adopted.

• Cash and Carry

• Lend-Lease

• Island Hopping

• Rationing

At first, French and British leaders tried to appease Hitler. This means

• they threatened him with invasion

• they allowed him to have what he wanted

• they signed an alliance with him

• they cut off all ties with the United States