MR.DROHAN'S USA #5 REVIEW

 The United States dropped atomic bombs on what two Japanese cities? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Beijing

• Hiroshima

What was the Holocaust?

• The systematic elimination of the Jews

• The locking up of Japanese Americans in camps

• The German Third Reich Movement

• The ending of WWII

 Study the following information and answer the question below. 

Prewar European Jewish population 9.5 million 

Postwar European Jewish population 3.5 million

What was the cause of this change?

•  anti-Semitic attitudes of the French government

• liberation of occupied territories by the Allies

• decreased immigration from the United States

• Anti-Semitic policies of the Nazi Party

What was Island Hopping?

• The japanese surveillance of Hawaii before the Pearl Harbor attack

• Hopping from island to island to secure U.S bases near Japan for launching of bombers

• Discreet U.S marine warfare used during the battle of Midway

• None of these

 Select an effect of the Nuremberg Trials...

• release of Jews in concentration camps 

  
  

• retribution for German mistreatment of prisoners of war

• recognition for military officers serving in World War II

• Demand for a Jewish homeland in Palenstine

 Read the quote from Truman's radio report on the Potsdam Conference in 1945. 

Desperate men are liable to destroy the structure of their society to find  in the wreckage some substitute for hope . . . We must help to the limits  of our strength. And we will. 

Based on this quote, how was Europe's and America's response to defeated  nations after World War II different than after World War I? 

•  They cut themselves off from other nations to protect themselves.

• They decided to punish the nations who were defeated.

• They created alliances in anticipation of the next war.

  
  

•  They committed to helping nations who were in trouble.

 Read the following information, which describes the founding of the United Nations in 1945, and answer the question below. 

• June 1945: Fifty countries create and sign a charter to create the United Nations.

• October 1945: Charter is ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and the majority of the original signatories. 

Which goal motivated the creation of the United Nations in 1945? 

• establishing an international organization to isolate communist regimes

•  regulating nuclear proliferation among member countries 

  
  

• establishing an international organization to promote cultural exchange

•   reducing potential conflicts between member countries

 What was Mary McLeod Bethune’s contribution as a delegate to the founding  conference of the United Nations? 

• She encouraged special reparations for all Jewish people affected by the Holocaust

• She wanted a permanent international court of justice

• She encouraged the establishment of equal rights throughout all countries

• All of these

What topics were discussed by the Allied Powers at the Yalta conference?

• The Allied post-war occupation of Germany and the  creation of the United Nations discussed

• Banning the use of Nuclear Weapons

• German reparations

• The establishment of a Holocaust memorial fund

 Which "persons" were most affected by this Executive Order 9066? 

• German Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Hawaiian citizens

• Anyone who protested against the war