World War II

Why did Hitler direct his anger towards intellectuals, Communists, and Jews in the 1930s?

• They wrote the Treaty of Versailles, which forced Germany to make war reparations.

• He blamed them for Germany's economic depression and its defeat in World War I.

• They opposed the National Socialist Party, keeping it from winning a majority in Parliament

• He was fearful they would band together and start another world war.

Which fascist leader tried to expand his country's territory by attacking Ethiopia?

• Haile Selassie

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government

• has one monarch that rules the country.

• controls every aspect of citizens' lives.

• is a combination of socialism and fascism.

• elects religious leaders to rule the country

Hitler's rebuilding of the German military violated the

• Monroe Doctrine.

• Treaty of Versailles.

• Munich Conference.

• Geneva Convention.

Why did Great Britain and France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?

• Hitler signed a non aggression pact with Stalin, threatening the Allies.

• Hitler signed an alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers.

• They had pledged to defend Poland against Hitler, who attacked it from the West.

• They had formed an international army to fight Hitler, whose forces trapped thousands of soldiers in Czechoslovakia.

The policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving into its demands is called

• blitzkrieg.

• brinksmanship.

• Luftwaffe.

• appeasement.

Japan planned a large-scale attack against the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor because it wanted to

• give itself time to secure control of East Asia before the U.S. military could respond.

• retaliate against the United States for freezing Japanese bank accounts.

• punish the United States for sending billions of dollars in aid to Chinese Nationalists.

• defend its German and Soviet allies against a U.S. invasion.

The Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to

• stay out of the war in Europe.

• lend armed forces to the war effort in Europe

• allow American land to be used by Polish refugees.

• send billions of dollar’s worth of supplies to Allied countries.

Immediately following the attacks of December 7, 1941, Congress

• voted to freeze all Japanese funds in U.S. banks and end trade with Japan

• voted to declare war on Japan and enter World War II.

• instituted the internment of all Japanese-born citizens of the United States

• instituted a draft of all Japanese-American men over eighteen

What is one way that World War II affected the American economy?

• The unemployment rate skyrocketed.

• Factories ran twenty four hours a day producing military supplies.

• The effects of the Depression became more severe.

• Agricultural production suffered because there were fewer consumers