US History B review

What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common in the 1930s?

• They overturned traditional governments and established democracies

• They were economic giants and together controlled world trade

• They sought to solve their nations’ problems through conquest

• They angered other nations by their persecution of the Jews

The United States began to emerge from the depression as a result of

• Freezing rents and prices

• Producing goods for the allied forces

• Increasing production of consumer goods

• Allocating raw materials

After Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia and made a pact with Stalin, he invaded ___, finally causing a declaration of war from Great Britain and France

• Poland

• France

• England

• Japan

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Prompted the United States to enter the war

• Marked the final Japanese victory of the war

• Did not cause significant damage to the American warships or planes

• Led directly to the liberation of the Philippines

Which of the following took place on D-Day?

• The last fight to get American supplies across the Atlantic to Britain

• The first British and American landing in North Africa

• The start of the Allied invasion of Italy

• The landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast

What was the “final solution to the Jewish question,” announced by the Nazis at the Wannsee Conference?

• Kill all the Jews

• Compromise with the Jewish leaders

• Force all Jews to emigrate

• Draft all Jews into the German army

What important idea came out of the Nuremberg Trials?

• Concentration camps are against the law

• A nation must allow its people to emigrate

• Nazis denied German Jews their civil rights

• Individuals are responsible for their own actions

Which of the following best describes “code talkers”?

• Aids to Roosevelt and Churchill who relayed messages between the leaders

• German-Americans who served as translators for the Allies

• Women who worked as airfield control tower operators

• Navajo radio operators who helped secure communications in the Pacific

An important strategy used by American forces in the Pacific was

• Blitzkrieg

• Island hopping

• Kamikaze attacks

• The Bataan Death March

During World War II, African Americans soldiers

• Fought in segregated units

• Fought alongside white soldiers

• Were not allowed to fight

• Fought in the army only