US History Semester 2 Final Review (23-24)

In the time before WWII, there was a rise in...

• democracy

• fascism & dictators

• communism

• capitalism

Place these events in chronological order.

• Nazis take over Germany

• Lend-Lease Act

• Pearl Harbor

• Hitler invades Poland

"A date that will live in infamy" that brought the US into WWII was?

• December 7, 1941

• June 6, 1944

• May 8, 1942

• August 6, 1945

Two major leaders of democracies during WWII were...

• Winston Churchill & Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin & Mao Zedong

• Charles de Gaulle & Hideki Tojo

Define "neutrality"

• supporting both sides equally in conflict

• not taking sides in a conflict

• actively opposing all wars

• providing aid to one side in a conflict

Who planted victory gardens during WWII?

• soldiers on the front lines

• industrial workers in factories

• citizens on the home front

• government officials

The members of the Axis Powers during WWII included...

• The US, UK, & Soviet Union

• Germany, Italy, & Japan

• France, China, & Canada

• Australia, Brazil, & India

Prior to WWII, Japan was expanding into...

• South America

• Europe

• Asia & the Pacific

• Africa

Name of Hitler's & Mussolini's political parties...

• Communist & Socialist

• Nazi & Fascist

• Democratic & Republican

• Imperial & Monarchist

Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps?

• they were suspected of spying/being threats to national security

• they volunteered to support the war effort

• to protect them from discrimination

• due to labor shortages in other states