WWII - European Theater

As the U.S. enters the war, which side held most of the territory?

• The Allied Powers

• The U.S. Powers

• The Axis Powers

• The Triple Entente

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Which of the following was a major effect of the U.S. shifting to massive war-time industrial production?

• The Japanese were able to secretly buy overproduced U.S. goods.

• The Germans were able to secretly buy overproduced U.S. goods.

• The U.S. economy fell on hard times as overproduction drove down prices.

• The U.S. economy thrived as unemployment fell and ended The Great Depression.

Limits on the sales of essential supply and investment opportunities for citizens to help finance the war were called what respectively?

• Limits and investments

• Rationing and War bonds

• Prohibitions and mutual funds

• Proscriptions and stocks

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CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The WWII era draft was established by...

• The Homestead Act

• The Neutrality Acts of the 1930's

• The Sherman Anti-trust Act

• The Selective Service Act of 1940

The Battle of the Atlantic was...

• Battles fought between British and U.S on one side and the Germans for control of the Azore Islands.

• Battles fought between British and U.S on one side and the Germans for control of the ocean.

• Battles fought between British and U.S on one side and the Germans for control of the Mediterranean Sea.

• Battles fought between British and U.S on one side and the Germans for control of the North Sea.

One of the first major German defeats on the Eastern Front though it cost the Russians high casualties was...

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Battle of Normandy

• The Battle of the Atlantic

• The Battle of Stalingrad

Victory on the North African front helped set up what subsequent campaign?

• The Mediterranean Campaign and Invasion of Italy

• The Invasion of Normandy

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Liberation of Paris

The Tehran Conference was a meeting of...

• The Axis leaders where they planned the major counterattack

• The Allied leaders where they planned the operations of the two front war and Invasion of Normandy

• The Allied and Axis leaders where they failed to negotiate peace.

• A proposed meeting of the Axis and Allied leaders

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What general was named the Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front of the European Theater?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Audie Murphy

• Darrell Cole

D-Day/Operation Overlord was...

• The major German counteroffensive to retake lost ground in France and Belgium

• The first major German defeat at the hands of the Soviets that would cost a million lives for the winning side.

• The major land, sea, and air operation that saw Allied revitalization on the Western Front

• The battle that effectively ended the Period of Warring States in Japan.