World War II

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World War II

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?

a.	Stalin	c.	Lenin
b.	Hitler	d.	Mussolini

On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?

a.	a system of fortifications
b.	"out-waiting" the opponent
c.	surprise and overwhelming force
d.	the ability to make a long, steady advance

In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?

a.	declared war on Germany
b.	submitted to Hitler's demands
c.	entered into a formal defense alliance
d.	pressured the United States to enter the war

Which of the following countries was an Axis power?

a.	Spain	c.	Soviet Union
b.	Turkey	d.	Italy

According to the map, who controlled the Soviet Union during this period?

a.	the Allies
b.	the Axis powers
c.	both the Allies and the Axis powers
d.	neither the Allies nor the Axis powers

During which period did defense expenditures increase the most?

a.	1930 to 1935	c.	1940 to 1945
b.	1935 to 1940	d.	1945 to 1950

When did Germany invade France?

a.	1938	c.	1940
b.	1939	d.	1941

Approximately how many percentage points did unemployment increase from 1930 to 1933?

a.	five	c.	fifteen
b.	Ten	d.	twenty

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.
b.	They became Communist.
c.	They were torn apart by civil wars.
d.	They were replaced by dictatorships.

10.

Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?

a.	Kristallnacht	c.	the Nuremberg Laws
b.	the Munich Pact	d.	the Treaty of Versailles

11.

What happened during the Battle of Britain?

a.	Germany joined the Axis powers.
b.	Germany engaged in a three-front war.
c.	Germany bombed Britain for two months.
d.	Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.

12.

Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?

a.	Axis nations and their leaders
b.	U.S. Navy ships and their crews
c.	German U-boats and their crews
d.	Japanese warplanes and their pilots

13.

What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?

a.	a civil war in Japan
b.	Hideki Tojo's appointment as prime minister
c.	U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
d.	their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria

14.

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the __________.

a.	last German offensive
b.	liberation of the death camps
c.	Allies' first victory in a land battle
d.	Axis powers' first loss in a land battle

15.

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when __________.

a.	the United States entered the war
b.	Allied forces invaded France
c.	Germany surrendered
d.	the Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga

16.

Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to ___ during the war.

a.	Interrogation	c.	torture
b.	Internment	d.	compensation

17.

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.

a.	Decline	c.	stagnation
b.	Advance	d.	uncertainty

18.

Where did the Allied forces first invade Axis-controlled Europe?

a.	the coast of Normandy	c.	Paris, France
b.	the island of Sicily	d.	Anzio, Italy

19.

What did the Allied forces that liberated Paris do next?

a.	They attacked German forces in Italy.
b.	They marched toward Austria.
c.	They fought their way east toward Germany.
d.	They retreated to Great Britain.

20.

When did the Russian offensive begin and end?

a.	It began in 1941 and ended in 1943
b.	It began in 1941 and ended in 1945.
c.	It began in 1943 and ended in 1944.
d.	It began in 1943 and ended in 1945.

21.

The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was

a.	DwightD. Eisenhower.	c.	Charles Brown.
b.	Chester Nimitz.	d.	Douglas MacArthur.

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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's ten Story was threatened
b.	it immediately entered the war when Great Bn~tain was attacked
c.	its initial response was to remain neutral
d.	it entered the war when its freedom of the seas was challenged

“This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. . . .” —Franklin Delano Roosevelt

25.

According to Roosevelt, what is it time for the people and nation to do?

a.	not cower from the current situation	c.	ignore their problems
b.	accept their current conditions	d.	follow their leader

26.

Claiming part of Czechoslovakia posed a problem for Hitler for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

a.	the Czechs spoke several different languages.
b.	Czechoslovakia was a democracy.
c.	the Czechs had a strong military.
d.	Czechoslovakia was allied with France and the Soviet Union.

27.

In presenting his “Four Freedoms,” Roosevelt was trying to

a.	justify America’s neutrality.
b.	justify his call for speeding up America’s military build-up.
c.	shift public opinion toward entering the war.
d.	shift public opinion toward helping Britain.

28.

In the Munich Conference, Britain and France

a.	told Hitler that they would declare war if he invaded Czechoslovakia.
b.	gave in to Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland.
c.	allowed Czechoslovakia to become a German protectorate.
d.	told Hitler they would declare war if he invaded Poland.

29.

In the Battle of Britain,

a.	British troops defeated the German ground invasion.
b.	the British sunk most of the German ships that crossed the English Channel.
c.	the German air force destroyed the Royal Air Force.
d.	the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion.

30.

Referring to the chart above, which limitation was put on the rights of Jews in Hitler’s Germany after World War II began?

a.	Jews had to ride at the back of a bus.
b.	Jews were not permitted to practice medicine.
c.	Every Jew over 12 years old had to wear a yellow Star of David.
d.	Jewish children were expelled from German schools.

31.

According to this chart, how long did it take for the Nazis to begin killing German Jews?

a.	a decade	c.	15 years
b.	less than 4 years	d.	1 year

The result of all racial crossing is therefore in brief always the following:
   (a) Lowering of the level of the higher race;
   (b) Physical and intellectual regression. . . .
   To bring about such a development is, then, nothing else but to sin against the will of the eternal creator. . . .
   The folkish state . . . must set race in the center of all life. It must take care to keep it pure. There is only one holiest human right, and this right is at the same time the holiest obligation, to wit: to see to it that the blood is preserved pure and, by preserving the best humanity, to create the possibility of a nobler development of these beings. —from Mein Kamp by Adolph Hitler

32.

When he speaks of “racial crossing,” in the above passage, Hitler is referring to

a.	Jews working in German society.	c.	Jews holding public office.
b.	Jews marrying Gentiles.	d.	Jews immigrating into Germany.

“I address you, the members of the Seventy-seventh Congress, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union. I use the word “unprecedented” because at no previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today. . . .
Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed in every part of the world—assailed either by arms, or by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and promote discord in nations still at peace.” —Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his 1941 State of the Union address

33.

What danger is President Roosevelt referring to in the passage above?

a.	Italy	c.	Stalin
b.	Hitler	d.	Jews

34.

Which political ideology most closely resembles U.S. principles?

a.	Japan	c.	Russia
b.	Italy	d.	none of the above

35.

Most Liberty ships were hard to sink because they were

a.	made of steel rather than iron.	c.	faster than other ships.
b.	made with thick hulls.	d.	welded rather than riveted.

36.

Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island was to

a.	gain a base from which to attack Hawaii.
b.	cut American supply lines to Australia.
c.	destroy the American fleet.
d.	gain control of resources on Midway.

37.

Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to

a.	mediate disputes between labor and management to avoid strikes.
b.	enforce nondiscrimination in hiring workers in defense industries.
c.	control wages and prices.
d.	recruit women and minorities to work in defense factories.

38.

As a result of the Allied attack on Sicily,

a.	the Italian king arrested Mussolini.	c.	Mussolini surrendered Italy.
b.	Hitler removed Mussolini from power.	d.	Mussolini took his own life.

39.

Which of the following choices best completes the diagram?

a.	D-Day	c.	Double-V Day
b.	V-G Day	d.	V-E Day

“The greatest advantage the United States enjoyed on the ground in the fighting was . . . the jeep and the two-and-a-half ton truck. These are the instruments that moved and supplied United States troops in battle, while the German army . . . depended on animal transport. . . . The United States, profiting from the mass production achievements of its automotive industry . . . had mobility that completely outclassed the enemy.” —General George Marshall

40.

What does this passage tell us about the way World War II was won?

a.	Having superior equipment intimidated the enemy.
b.	Moving troops and supplies quickly was critical.
c.	Ground troops had the most difficult job.
d.	Without jeeps and trucks, soldiers had to walk.

41.

What does this passage tell you about the Germans?

a.	Their troops were not well trained.
b.	They could not move supplies and troops as quickly as the Allies.
c.	They had better mobility on the battlefield
d.	They had fewer troops than the Allies.

“I never wanted to have to fight this war on two fronts. We haven’t got the Navy to fight in both the Atlantic and Pacific. . . . ” —Franklin Roosevelt

42.

In the passage above, which two fronts was Roosevelt referring to?

a.	Japan and Germany	c.	Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b.	Japan and China	d.	Army and Air Force

43.

Based on the map, which region gained more people than it lost?

a.	West	c.	South
b.	North	d.	There was no net gain for any region.

44.

The German counterattack during the Allied invasion of Normandy came

a.	from the LXXXIV Corps.	c.	from Caen.
b.	against the U.S. V Corps.	d.	into the forest west of Balleroy.

“What we did was we learned . . . to rivet. I set [sic] there for three or four hours that first day and I picked up the rivet gun: ‘You show me once and I’ll do it for you.’ . . . We did strip by strip, the whole hull. We used strips of like cheesecloth and paste that had to go on the inside and across the seam.” —Juanita Loveless

45.

What do you think the woman in the passage above was making in a factory?

a.	soldiers’ uniforms	c.	flags
b.	ammunition	d.	aircraft

46.

Which of the following best describes how Juanita Loveless learned her factory job?

a.	by vocational school training	c.	special government films
b.	by watching others do the job	d.	by reading training manuals

“If you are going to try and go to war, or to prepare for war, in a capitalist country, you have got to let business make money out of the process or business won’t work.” —Henry Stimson

47.

Stimson here supports Roosevelt’s belief that the best way to rapidly mobilize an economy is through ____ to companies.

a.	bonuses	c.	tax writeoffs
b.	incentives	d.	awards

48.

Referring to the map above, how long did the E-Day invasion last?

a.	One day	c.	One and a half days
b.	Two days	d.	Less than one day

49.

Which of the following best completes the diagram?

a.	Germany must be Communist.
b.	Germany must be divided.
c.	Germany must make reparations.
d.	Berlin must be placed under Soviet control.

50.

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by

a.	threatening to declare war.	c.	blockading West Berlin.
b.	building the Berlin Wall.	d.	organizing a military alliance.