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Crash Course US History WW II Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Treaty of Versailles do?

a)

Forced the US military to remain in Europe

b)

Remade the map of Europe

c)

Had Britain pay Germany for war damages

d)

Allowed France to dominate European politics

2.

Which organization was a failure because the United States did not join?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

The United Nations

c)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

d)

The Rome-Berlin Axis

3.

Two events that shaped US foreign policy in the 1930s are the Great Depression and

a)

World War I

b)

Prohibition

c)

Imperialism

d)

Incorporation

4.

US foreign policy after WW I can generally be described as

a)

aggressive

b)

interventionist

c)

imperialist

d)

isolationist

5.

Which area of the world was affected by the Good Neighbor Policy?

a)

Europe

b)

Latin America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

6.

What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts?

a)

To ban trade with countries that had tariffs

b)

To reduce the number of warships a country had

c)

To ban sales of arms to warring nations

d)

To prevent the US from joining the League of Nations

7.

What did the "cash and carry" policy allow?

a)

British wounded to be treated in US hospitals if their government paid the bill

b)

Companies to do business with the Axis nations

c)

The transportation of troops into war zones

d)

The US to sell weapons to Britain for money

8.

Why did the US enter WW II after December 7, 1941?

a)

Germany began sinking passenger boats

b)

France surrendered and Germany threatened to bomb NYC

c)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

d)

The Italian ambassador promised to aid Mexico against the US

9.

Where did the largest surrender of American forces take place?

a)

Bataan

b)

Hawaii

c)

Alaska

d)

El Alamein

10.

What was the result of the Battle of the Coral Sea?

a)

Denmark was liberated from German rule

b)

The Axis forces lost control of Africa

c)

Australia was protected from a Japanese invasion

d)

Filipinos were slaughtered by the Japanese

11.

The US strategy in the Pacific was called:

a)

lend-lease

b)

island hopping

c)

seek-and-destroy

d)

the roundup

12.

Which battle took place halfway between Hawaii and Japan?

a)

Guadalcanal

b)

Leyte

c)

Midway

d)

Perth

13.

In what area did the US first try to stop Nazi forces?

a)

Normandy

b)

Africa

c)

Italy

d)

The Philippines

14.

Besides the United States, which other countries joined in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day?

a)

Russia and Austria

b)

Norway and Denmark

c)

France and Mexico

d)

Britain and Canada

15.

Which country's forces actually captured Berlin?

a)

The Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain

c)

Denmark

d)

The United States

16.

What caused the Japanese to surrender in August 1945?

a)

The emperor died

b)

Japanese citizens revolted

c)

The dropping of atomic bombs

d)

Russia invaded the islands

17.

The group that developed atomic weapons in the US was called the:

a)

Atomic Force

b)

Nuclear Mafia

c)

Secret Six

d)

Manhattan Project

18.

The number of instantaneous deaths because of the bombing of Hiroshima was

a)

10,000

b)

70,000

c)

100,000

d)

1 million

19.

Why did Truman's advisers encourage him to use atomic weapons against Japan?

a)

Because Japan had used atomic weapons against the United States

b)

The Japanese navy was preparing to land troops in California

c)

Russia was preparing its own use of atomic weapons

d)

To prevent American deaths from an invasion of Japan

20.

How did the World War II influence the Cold War?

a)

Nations did not like the idea of appeasement

b)

There was a constant threat of nuclear war

c)

Fascist regimes were outlawed

d)

Nations were less likely to use violent warfare