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Worksheets5.08 USH World War II Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
What was the effect of the Lend-Lease Act on U.S. foreign policy?
It ended American neutrality in World War II.
It helped the U.S. stay neutral by selling weapons to both sides.
It convinced the American public that the U.S. should join the war.
It angered America's allies in Western Europe.
The Nazi Party's systemic approach to eliminate specific people groups from Europe was known as...
D-day
Blitzkreig
Final Solution
Kristallnacht
Where was the Auschwitz Nazi death camp located?
Germany
France
Poland
Russia
What did the U.S. government do to respond to Nazi persecution of Jews and other minority groups during World War II?
Sending special ops teams to liberate concentration camps
Repealing immigration restrictions so Jewish refugees could move to the U.S.
Launching aerial attacks on concentration camps
almost nothing until the war was nearly over
Which of the following groups was persecuted during the Holocaust for religious and political reasons?
the Polish Intelligensia
Communists
Jehovah's Witnesses
people with disabilities
In 1945, General Dwight Eisenhower said
"The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were so overpowering as to leave me a bit sick. In one room, where they [there] were piled up twenty or thirty naked men, killed by starvation, George Patton would not even enter."
What was he describing?
The D-Day Attack on Omaha Beach
the liberation of a concentration camp
the bomb shelters used by civilians during the blitzkreig
the capture of Nazi party officers
Which of the following Americans was NOT known to be a Nazi sympathizer?
Charles Lindbergh
Dwight Eisenhower
Henry Ford
Father Charles Coughlin
Before World War II, most Americans favored what kind of foreign policy?
Isolationism
Intervention
Totalitarianism
Militarism
For the Allied Nations, what was the relevance of the Battle of Coral Sea?
It showed the strength of aircraft carriers in battles
It kept the Soviets out of the Pacific war.
It re-opened American trade with Europe.
It demolished the Japanese Navy's carrier fleet.
Why didn't the U.S. enter World War II until after the Pearl Harbor attack?
The United States did not have economic interests in Europe or Asia.
The American public was divided on whether we should support the Allies or the Axis powers.
The U.S. military was not ready for war.
Isolationist sentiment was strong among Americans.
Which of the following resulted from the Holocaust?
Global spread of anti-Semitism
reunification of Germany
creation of war crimes trials
payment of war reparations to Israel
Which of the following describes one benefit of the U.S. joining World War II for minorities?
immigration restrictions were loosened for Japanese people
less racial tension between whites and Mexican Americans
increased job opportunities for African Americans
immigration restrictions were loosened for Jews fleeing Europe
Why did Civil Rights leader think that WWII would help their movement achieve its goals more quickly?
African Americans joined unions in large numbers during the war
African Americans agreed not to hold protests during the war
most African Americans moved to farms in the South to work during the war
African Americans were strong supporters of the war effort
Why was the Manhattan Project so important to the U.S. strategy for winning WWII?
It forced Japan to surrender without an Allied invasion
It prevented Germany from developing weapons that could reach the U.S.
It supplied the Allies with the supplies needed for the invasion of Normandy
It led to the production of a large number of aircraft for use in Europe and the Pacific.
Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the U.S. using atomic bombs during WWII?
It prevented the spread of Communism in Europe.
The United Nations was rendered powerless
The Allies were able to impose harsh conditions on Germany
The Soviet Union and the U.S. participated in an arms race
Why did some scholars argue that dropping atomic bombs on Japan was not necessary?
Japanese leaders had already surrendered before the 1st bomb was dropped.
The Japanese army was so weak that a U.S. invasion could have defeated them quickly.
The Soviet Union was already planning to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
A ground invasion would have caused fewer deaths of Allied soldiers.
Which conference was held to decide how to address the issues arising from the surrender of Nazi Germany?
Munich Pact
Potsdam Conference
Geneva Convention
Treaty of Versailles
What was the Soviet Union's main goal at the Tehran Conference in 1943?
to assure communist control over Eastern European nations
to prevent Germany from being divided into 2 nations
to convince the Allies to attack Germany from the west
to offer aid to the United States in Japan
What was the significance of the D-Day invasion?
It allowed American bombers to reach Japan
It gave got the Allied Forces into France
It forced the U.S. to join WWII
It gave the Allies control over Italy
Which political group in the U.S. most strongly opposed the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
Isolationist Republicans
Progressive Democrats
Socialists
Populists
