WWII & Cold War

Some historians believe that which contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Which was NOT one of the three punishments imposed on Germany after World War I?

• had to give its army to the Soviet Union

• forced to pay reparations

• Territories were taken

• The army was weakened

Which country was invaded first by Germany?

• France

• Sudetenland

• Belgium

• Poland

What was the Manhattan Project?

• secret plan to create spies in the war effort

• The creation and testing of the Atomic Bomb

• Operation to create secret planes for the war effort

• prepare the Manhattan district for nuclear security

What did Stalin and Hitler agree to do when they signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

• Divide Poland between them

• None of the above

• Agreed not to go to war with Poland

• Agreed to attack the United States

The United States military strategy that brought them closer to Japan was called (a)   .

• Island Hopping

• Blitzkrieg

• Total War

• Guerrilla Warfare

In 1942, what was the priority established by the Big Three?

• the invasion of the Soviet Union

• the liberation of France

• the defeat of Nazi Germany

• the defeat of Japan

What was the first of the two cities on which the atomic bomb was dropped?

• Nagasaki

• Hiroshima

• Roswell

• Tokyo

The image here shows what the city of Hiroshima looked like after August 6th. Which option below was used to justify Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb?

• He was trying to reduce American casualties that a ground invasion might have caused

• He felt that our Navy was not strong enough to defeat Japan

• He wanted to defeat Japan quickly to focus on the Nazis

• He was racist against Asians and did not feel sympathy for them

Match the Dictator with totalitarian Regime of Europe.

• Stalin

• Germany

• Hitler

• Soviet Union

• Mussolini

• Italy