WorksheetsUnit 7 World War II and Early Cold War Test Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 31mins
The battle at Normandy is referred to as ___
Manhattan Project
D-Day
VJ Day
Pearl Harbor
Which ethnicity group was sent to internment camps?
Japanese
Chinese
Russians
Germans
On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
Beijing
Hiroshima
Berlin
Blitzkrieg means
lightning storm
lightning war
fire fight
bombing war
The Great Depression in Germany caused:
Germany to turn to Communism to solve their economic problems
The election of Adolph Hitler, because he was going to help restore their country and solve their economic problems
to split into two separate countries, East Germany and West Germany
to create a stronger Parliament, called the Reichstag to help govern over the country during such trying rimes
To get out of the Depression, Japan:
Invaded other countries and took their resources
appointed new Meiji to restore the pre-19th century government to.
Increased the amount of warships in the Atlantic in hopes of an invasion of The British Isles
reduced the size of their military in a cost cutting measure
European appeasement of Germany
worked because it stopped Germany's expansion once and for all.
did not work and actually encouraged more aggressive militaristic maneuvers from Germany.
It stopped the Soviets from attacking Germany
It ended the War in Europe
The Neutrality Act of 1939 was also known as "Cash and Carry" because:
The Allies could get war materiel from America, but had to pay for them upfront and transport them back across the Atlantic
The United States would transport the war materiel to them across the Atlantic as long as it was paid for in advance
It gave only cash payments of aid to the allies for the use of their tanks and guns once we reached the European battlefields
It gave cash payments to Germany to stop their expansion and to transport any prisoners of war back to the Allies for prisoner exchange
Interventionists were:
In favor of joining the war to help stop German expansion
Not in favor of joining the war in any capacity
In favor of giving aid to Great Britain but not sending the American military
In favor of joining the war, but only to stop Japanese expansion
Which of the following policies was nearly the same as America declaring war on Germany?
Lend-Lease
Neutrality Act of 1939
The Atlantic Charter
The Tripartite Pact
Which of the following departments oversaw the use of industry resources?
Office of War Mobilization
Office of Veteran Affairs
National War Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
Why did Italy and Japan join the war effort with Germany?
They were also punished for war crimes and levied heavy war reparations after World War I
They did not receive any territory in exchange for their great sacrifices in World War I
They wanted a much higher status among the nations in the League of Nations after the war
They gave up on democracy and decided to be dictatorships and had to join Hitler because he lead a dictatorship
Mussolini showed his power through:
recreating the Italian government to resemble Nazi Germany because he admired Hitler
recreating the Italian government to resemble the Soviet Union because he admired Stalin
Outlawed political parties and became the head of Italy for life
Defeating the Communists
Why did the United States stay out of the war for the first two years?
America wanted to solve its economic woes
America agreed with German expansion
America agreed with Japanese expansion
America wanted to solve its own military woes
By the end of 1940
Great Britain had the upper hand in the War
France had gained power in their struggle with Germany
Germany and Italy were winning the war
The Soviet Union was winning the war
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to:
Win control of the Hawai'an Islands
Defeat America once and for all
Show Italy and Germany that they were going to be a great support to them in the Pacific
destroy planes and ships that America had that seemed an imminent threat in the Pacific
Mobilization occurred after the United States declared war. What does this mean?
A total conversion from peacetime industries to wartime industries
Creating as many tanks to sell to Great Britain as they could to help out on the battlefield
Creating many amphibious vehicles to help with a cross channel invasion
Offering mobile phones to all companies in the battlefield to help with communication to overtake the Nazis.
Entering World War II
Made the Great Depression worse
Ended the Great Depression
put half of the unemployed to work
gave many more opportunities to child laborers
Adolph Hitler explained that Jews were the root cause of all economic and political problems the Germans faced was outlined in
The Atlantic Charter
The Reichstag Manifesto
Mein Kampf
Operation Barbarossa
Executive Order 9066 ordered:
Japanese, Italian and German American into Concentration Camps called Internment camps
Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps called Internment Camps
All Soviets deported
Blacks to be integrated into the military
Which President ordered the Atomic Bomb to be dropped?
Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
Franklin Roosevelt
John Garner
Hitler promulgated the idea of a master race known as the
Gypsys
Teutons
Germans
Aryans
The bomb was dropped on Japan because
the conventional thinking was that the Japanese would never surrender and would fight to the death and this was the only way that would save American lives.
the conventional thinking was that the Japanese would never surrender, so the only way to prepare an American invasion of Japan was to disable them through the most brute force possible
they dropped the atomic bomb on America first
they attacked Pearl Harbor
Hitler's plans of European domination ended after
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Leningrad
The Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
many Jews were barred from leaving Germany because
They did not have enough money to leave
They did not have the proper passports
Anti-Immigration policies in countries like America
They wanted to stay and run their businesses
The plan to exterminate the Jews from Germany-controlled regions was called:
Kristallnacht
Mein Kampf
Final Solution
The Wave
Auschwitz was
the largest Nazi death camp
HItler's headquarters
Where the Germans were finally defeated
The capital of Poland
The United Nations was created to:
punish the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) after World War II
Bring many soldiers up on charges of war crimes
promote cooperation between the world powers
make the United States the leader among all nations
Which Executive order ensured fair hiring practices among jobs funded by federal money?
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 8802
Executive Order 6606
Executive Order 9011
were given
The 1941 March on Washington promoted greater
opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil
rights leader organized this event?
Thurgood Marshall
A. Phillip Randolph
James Meredith
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which event in the 1940s reflected a major milestone in
achieving the second victory described in this excerpt?
"The symbol of black participation [during World War II] was ‘the Double V.’ In other words, ‘Double V’ meant two victories: victory against the enemy abroad, and victory against the
enemy at home. The enemy at home of course being racism,discrimination, prejudice and Jim Crow."
Bill DeShields, founder of the Black Military History Institute of America
passage of the GI Bill to provide veteran’s benefits
the executive order desegregating the military
establishment of the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe
the formation of an international peacekeeping organization
Blitzkrieg was:
Lightning War used buy the Germans to shock the enemy
The largest Nazi Death Camp in Poland
The nickname for Josef Mengele
the chemical used in the gas chambers to kill the Jews
Robert Oppenheimer:
Was the scientist who oversaw the Manhattan Project
Was the scientist who developed an immunization for polio
Created Mark I
Was a code breaker
