World War II Test Review

The Lend-Lease Act --.

• allowed America to continue its policy of imperialism in China.

• provided $50 billion worth of supplies to Allied Nations during World War II.

• kept foreign nations from colonizing in the Western Hemisphere.

• affirmed America's neutrality during the First World War.

Which member of the World War II Allies went from isolationism to economic aid to other Allies to direct involvement in the war?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• France

Which type of government does the following describe?

no individual freedoms, extreme patriotism (nationalism), dictator has total power

• Fascist

• Republican

• Democratic

• Socialist

Because of the Nazi belief in _____, many people were prisoners of concentration camps.

• racial supremacy

• imperialism

• isolationism

• immigration

The United States military was desegregated by President ___.

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

At the end of World War II, businesses changed from making war materials to making ___.

• computer systems

• consumer goods

• alternative energies

• agricultural products

The liberation of Western Europe began with the D-Day invasion of ___.

• Normandy

• Stalingrad

• Pearl Harbor

• Midway

What people, especially along the West Coast of the United States, were forced into internment camps?

• German Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Italian Americans

• Native Americans

Women working in factories ___.

• were an important part of the war effort

• received equal pay for equal work

• worked overtime for extra pay

• were members of trade unions

The GI Bill of Rights

• reduced the size of the army

• ended segregation in the military

• created pensions for veterans

• increased benefits for veterans