Chapter 24 Review

What is a dictator

• an absolute ruler, not subject to controls within his or her government

• a leader chosen by popular vote

What was the political party led by Adolf Hitler that used force to exert complete control over Germany.

• Democratic Party

• Nazi Party

During WWII, The Axis Powers were made up of which three countries?

• Germany, Italy, and Japan.

• Spain, Portugal, and Switzerland

During WWII, which main countries made up the Allied Powers?

• France, Great Britain, the United States

• Spain, Portugal, Switzerland

What was D-Day?

• The day, June 6 1944 in WWII when allied forces invaded northern France by landing on beaches at Normandy.

• The day, November 11 1918 when World War I ended.

What was the Holocaust?

• A Peace Treaty signed at the end of WWII

• The mass slaughter by the nazis of six million Jews and others during WWII

What was the code name for the US Government funded atomic weapons program during the 1940's

• The Marshall Plan

• The Manhattan Project

The fall of what country left Great Britain to fight the Axis Power alone?

• France

• Germany

Many Americans had no desire to engage in a war in Europe because:

• They wanted to focus on domestic issues and avoid foreign conflicts.

• They wanted to expand American territory.

Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor because:

• it wanted to form an alliance with the United States.

• it wanted to weaken the U.S. Naval power.