World War II 1939-1941

Which U.S. policy provided Great Britain with military supplies during World War II?

• isolationism

• multilateralism

• containment

• lend-lease

Which congressional action in the mid-1930s was intended to prevent the sale of weapons to warring nations?

• the Atlantic Charter

• the Neutrality Acts

• the Lend-Lease Act

• the Dawes Plan

What did The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 do?

• it ensured the British easier access to American war supplies

• it placed restrictions on which materials the United States could ship to Great Britain.

• it was proposed by American isolationists

• it was approved but never implemented

Which excerpt BEST describes the blitzkrieg strategy utilized in World War II?

• The D-Day operation . . . brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. — National Archives

• At 4:45 AM, September 1, . . . the German military machine . . . ripped through the border of Poland, its 2,000 planes and 2,800 tanks overwhelming the ill-prepared Polish defenders. — Library of Congress

• 400 miles of trench lines – the Western Front – stretched from Switzerland to the North Sea. Over the next three years, a series of bloody offensives failed to overcome the stalemate[.] . . . [T]he Battle of Somme Island lasted 140 days with more than a million casualties and moved the front lines six miles, while the German assault on Verdun yielded little gain at a cost of 700,000 dead and wounded. — National Park Service

• Newspaper headlines and radio reports . . . told of the yard-by-yard Allied advances in the South Pacific on once little-known islands of New Guinea, New Georgia, Bougainville, New Britain, Tarawa, and Makin. — National Park Service

Based on the excerpt, the Nazis were pursuing a policy of racial purity that developed ultimately into which event?

• the bombing of Britain

• the establishment of The Final Solution

• the invasion of Poland

• the establishment of The Anti-Comintern Pact

Which statement BEST explains why the Great Depression ended?

• Factories went into full production in support of the war effort.

• Farmers grew crops for domestic sale instead of for foreign export.

• Defense workers competed for scarce jobs by accepting low wages.

• Investors sold shares of stocks for lower prices than they were purchased.

Which foreign policy was abandoned due to US involvement in WW2?

• Containment

• Interventionism

• Isolationism

• None of the above

Which foreign policy was abandoned due to US involvement in WW2?

• Containment

• Interventionism

• Isolationism

• None of the above

Which event marked the official entry of the United States into World War II?

• The signing of the Atlantic Charter

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The fall of Berlin

• The invasion of Normandy

What would be the best title for this chart?

• Events During World War I

• Totalitarian Regimes Between the Wars

• Economic Problems Between the Wars

• Causes of World War II