USA #5 Review

What was the Nazi Holocaust?

• The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies.
• The Nazi Holocaust was a scientific experiment conducted by the Nazis to study human behavior.
• The Nazi Holocaust was a political movement to establish a new government in Germany.
• The Nazi Holocaust was a military strategy used by the Nazis to conquer Europe.

America's war in the pacific against Japan led to what action against Japanese-Americans?

• Amnesty
• Repatriation
• Exile
• Internment

What was the outcome of the Yalta conference?

• Division of Germany into four Ally controlled sections

• Formation of the European Union
• Creation of the Warsaw Pact
• Complete surrender of Germany and Japan

Why did the United States choose to drop two atomic bombs on Japan?

• To demonstrate military superiority to the Soviet Union
• To punish Japan for their attack on Pearl Harbor
• To test the destructive power of the atomic bombs
• To bring a swift end to World War II and avoid a prolonged and costly invasion of the Japanese mainland

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

• An American program that provided military aid to foreign countries during World War II

• A policy to restrict immigration during the war
• A plan to increase taxes during the war
• A treaty to end World War II

What was one effect of the Nuremberg Trials after World War II?

• Held the Germans accountable for their mistreatment of Jews and prisoners of war

• Led to the release of all war criminals
• Resulted in the establishment of a dictatorship
• Paved the way for a new world war

Why did President Harry Truman pass Executive Order 9835?

• To establish loyalty checks for federal employees in response to concerns about communist infiltration during the Cold War.
• To promote freedom of speech and expression
• To establish a new tax system
• To improve healthcare for federal employees

Why was the United Nations established after World War II?

• To establish a global currency
• To promote international cooperation and prevent future conflicts among member nations

• To create a world government
• To divide the world into separate territories

What did Mary McLeod Bethune fight for at the first United Nations conference?

• Equal rights for people of African descent and women's rights

• Rights of people of European descent and men's rights
• Animal rights and environmental conservation
• Tax reform and economic policy

The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between Roosevelt and Churchill that led to America abandoning their ideas of:

• capitalism

• communism

• neutrality
• imperialism