World War 2

How did Hitler break the Nonaggression Pact in 1941?

• He became allies with Britain.

• He attacked the Soviet Union.

• He did not send aid to Poland.

• He withdrew his troops from France.

Which of these events caused Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany?

• Germany's seizure of the Sudetenland

• Germany's political union with Austria

• Germany's occupation of the Rhineland

• Germany's invasion of neighboring Poland

Which of these allowed the United States to send "all aid short of war" to Britain despite its status as a neutral nation early in World War II?

• Atlantic Charter

• Double V campaign

• Lend-Lease Act

• Selective Training and Service Act

On December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war. Which of these events led to this request?

• Japan's surprise attack on a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor

• Stalin's agreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler

• Germany's lightning war that ended with the fall of France

• Churchill's desperate need for help in the Battle of Britain

Use the quote to answer the question: “By this time next year we shall know whether the policy of appeasement has appeased, or whether it has only stimulated a more ferocious appetite.” —Winston Churchill What “policy of appeasement” was Winston Churchill referring to?

• Munich Pact

• Neutrality Acts

• Lend-Lease Act

• Treaty of Versailles

The job of organizing the wartime economy fell to the ____________.

• National Urban Board

• National War Labor Board

• War Production Board

• Office of Price Administration

Which of the following military options did the Allies choose in the Pacific war?

• launch a massive invasion of the Japanese islands from China

• limit Japan's expansion but do little more until the war in Europe is won

• build bases in the Aleutian Islands from which to launch an air war against Japan

• follow a leapfrogging campaign called island hopping to secure bases leading across the ocean to Japan

Which of the following helped over 2 million U.S. veterans attend college after World War II?

• World Bank

• GI Bill of Rights

• Manhattan Project

• War Production Board

How did the federal government try to curb public consumption of food and fuel during World War II?

• by establishing a system of rationing

• by encouraging people to buy war bonds

• by establishing a system of price controls

• by encouraging people to plant victory gardens

What was a key stipulation of the Yalta conference that Stalin ignored?

• the halting of development of atomic weapons

• the establishment of four different occupation zones in Berlin

• support for self-government and free elections in Eastern Europe

• the establishment of the United Nations