Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
a. | Austria -- Joseph Stalin | c. | Britain -- Charles de
Gaulle | b. | Spain -- Francisco Franco | d. | France -- Neville Chamberlain |
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What happened during the Battle of Britain?
a. | Germany joined the Axis powers. | c. | Germany bombed Britain for two
months. | b. | Germany engaged in a three-front war. | d. | Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with
Britain. |
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The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the
war?
a. | Italy | c. | Germany | b. | Japan | d. | the Soviet
Union |
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In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main
goal was to __________.
a. | end the war quickly | c. | get revenge for Pearl Harbor | b. | weaken Japan for a
long time | d. | save Japanese
lives |
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At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In
the years between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
a. | They thrived. | c. | They were torn apart by civil wars. | b. | They became
Communist. | d. | They were
replaced by dictatorships. |
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How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?
a. | Hitler had taken power in Germany. | c. | Germany had attacked
Czechoslovakia. | b. | Germany had attacked Poland. | d. | Germany had pulled out of the League of
Nations. |
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Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the
Atlantic"?
a. | Axis nations and their leaders | c. | German U-boats and their
crews | b. | U.S. Navy ships and their crews | d. | Japanese warplanes and their
pilots |
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Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's
feelings toward joining the war?
a. | He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy. | c. | He wanted to avoid
the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States. | b. | He wanted to help
the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the war. | d. | He did not understand the position of
isolationists and was eager to join the war. |
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In which direction did Allied troops move after liberating Paris?
a. | North | c. | south | b. | East | d. | west |
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V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when __________.
a. | the United States entered the war | c. | Germany
surrendered | b. | Allied forces invaded France | d. | the Soviets stopped the Germans at the
Volga |
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When forced to abandon the Philippines, __________ made the vow, "I shall
return."
a. | Hideki Tojo | c. | Douglas MacArthur | b. | Chester Nimitz | d. | FranklinD.
Roosevelt |
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With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of __________
for African Americans.
a. | Decline | c. | stagnation | b. | Advance | d. | uncertainty |
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Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to __________.
a. | invade the coast of Great Britain and then take over the entire
country | c. | prevent Allied forces from landing in Normandy and liberating
France | b. | keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet
Union | d. | prevent the invasion
of North Africa |
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The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was __________.
a. | George Patton. | c. | Douglas MacArthur. | b. | George Marshall. | d. | Dwight D.
Eisenhower. |
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The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for
a. | African Americans to serve in combat positions. | c. | veterans to attend college for
free. | b. | soldiers to take short leaves from fighting. | d. | enlisted men to receive officer
training. |
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Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment
camps was a response to __________.
a. | strong anti-Japanese sentiment | c. | the lack of Japanese Americans
serving in the armed forces | b. | verified reports of Japanese Americans acting
as spies | d. | rumors that the
Japanese were developing an atomic bomb |
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42. Which country remained neutral during the war?
a. | Bulgaria | c. | Denmark | b. | Latvia | d. | Sweden |
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The turning point of the World War II in the Pacific was at the battle of
__________.
a. | Leyete Gulf | c. | Coral Sea | b. | Iwo Jima | d. | Midway |
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American women did their part for the war effort in World War II by
__________.
a. | working in defense plants | c. | enlisting in the
WACS | b. | serving as nurses | d. | doing all of these things |
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The group of Americans who faced the harshest discrimination during World War II
were the __________.
a. | German Americans | c. | African Americans | b. | Japanese Americans | d. | Polish
Americans |
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Which answer below, correctly matches each World War II leader with his
country?
a. | ltaly-Orlando; Germany-Hitler; Russia-Stalin; U.S.-Roosevelt | c. | Germany-Hitler,
Italy-Mussolini; Russia-Lenin; U.S.-Roosevelt | b. | Germany-Hitler; Italy-Mussolini;
Britain-Churchill; U.S.-Roosevelt | d. | Iialy-Mussolini; Russia-Stalin; Britain-George;
Germany-Hitler |
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The U.S.'s involvement in World War II was like that in World War I in that
__________.
a. | the U.S. did not enter the war until it was threatened | c. | it attacked Germany from two
different fronts at the same time | b. | it immediately entered the war when Great
Bn~tain was attacked | d. | it
entered the war when its freedom of the seas was challenged |
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the
__________.
a. | impact a single event can have on public opinion a time of crisis | c. | effectiveness of a
policy of appeasement in stopping aggression | b. | success of the pacifist movement in the United
States | d. | role of communism as
a negative influence in global affairs |
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The method used to take small advances in the Pacific War was called __________.
a. | Island Hopping | c. | Island Swamping | b. | Island Dropping | d. | Island Cropping |
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The battles of Midway, Coral Sea and Iwo Jima were allied victories in the
__________.
a. | Western Front | c. | Pacific Theater | b. | African Theater | d. | Atlantic
Theater |
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