World War II Review

Which was an example of appeasement?

• the U.S. Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937

• the conquest of Poland in 1939

• the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941

• the agreement of Britain and France to give Germany the Sudetenland in 1938

Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the United States in the years between World War I and World War II?

• isolation from European military conflicts

• containment of Communism

• active membership in the League of Nations

• military alliances with France and Great Britain

Which group of citizens was subjected to the greatest loss of their constitutional rights during World War II?

• Japanese Americans

• Hispanic Americans

• Chinese Americans

• German Americans

VIctory Gardens were used by Americans during World War II as a way to--

• ensure adequate supplies of scarce natural resources

• increase the number of exports

• provide markets for American made products

• raise more food for home consumption

Put the events of World War II in chronological order

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

• United States drops atomic bombs on Japan

• Allies invade Europe on D-Day

• Germany invades Poland

• Japanese Americans forcibly interned

The D-Day invasion in June 1944 on the beaches of Normandy was important to the outcome of World War II because it-

• Opened a new Allied front in Europe

• Increased the amount of resources available to the Allies

• Provided a strategic advantage to the Allies in the Pacific theater

• Pushed back the German forces to the Eastern Front

What effect did the end of World War II have on American women who worked in defense industries during the war?

• They were invited to join labor unions

• Their jobs were taken by men returning from military service

• Their wages were increased to match those of male workers

• Their contributions were rewarded by the government

glorifies nation or race above individual rights

• fascism

• socialism

• democracy

• communism

Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• giving Germany funds 

What position of power politically did Adolf Hitler rise to in Germany?

• President
• Emperor
• King
• Chancellor