Chapter 24 Test
37 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
What events led to the outbreak of World War II?
- 2.
How was the United States involved in World War II even before they officially entered the war?
- 3.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
- 4.
Explain the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States.
- 5.
More than any other war, World War II was a ____________, in which each side threw all it had into the struggle.
- A.
Total war
- B.
Interment
- C.
World war
- D.
Violent conflict
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A. Total war -
- 6.
General _______________ commanded a Filipino-American force in the Philippines at the start of World War II.
- A.
Dwight Eisenhower
- B.
Dien Bien Phu
- C.
Douglas MacArthur
- D.
George Patton
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C. Douglas MacArthur -
- 7.
. General _______________ commanded American ground troops in North Africa during World War II.
- A.
Winston Bridges
- B.
Dwight Eisenhower
- C.
Neville Chamberlain
- D.
George Meade
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B. Dwight Eisenhower -
- 8.
Defied the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland.
- A.
Otto von Bismarck
- B.
Josef Stalin
- C.
Benito Mussolini
- D.
Adolf Hitler
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D. Adolf Hitler -
- 9.
British Prime Minister during World War II.
- A.
Neville Chamberlain
- B.
Lord Graves
- C.
Winston Churchill
- D.
Lord Balfour
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C. Winston Churchill -
- 10.
In 1935, Congress passed the ________________________ Act to keep the United States at peace.
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Neutrality - 11.
____________________ Beach proved particularly difficult for the Americans to capture on D-Day.
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Omaha - 12.
The Invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day, to place on ____________________________.
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June 6, 1944 - 13.
. _______________________ is a political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader.
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Fascism - 14.
Mussolini argued that superior nations had a right and duty to conquer _____________________ nations.
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inferior - 15.
World War II started when invaders entered which European country?
- A.
Austria
- B.
Poland
- C.
Czechslovakia
- D.
France
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B. Poland -
- 16.
What was the cornerstone of Hitler’s racial beliefs?
- A.
Nazism
- B.
Racism
- C.
Fascism
- D.
Anti-semitism
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A. Nazism -
- 17.
When Josef Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union, he turned it into a
- A.
Communist Country
- B.
Socialist State
- C.
Totalitarian State
- D.
Bolshevik Gulag
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C. Totalitarian State -
- 18.
Which of the following was a way that the US aided Britain in 1941?
- A.
Lend-Lease
- B.
Neutrality Act
- C.
Appeasement
- D.
Non-aggression pact
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A. Lend-Lease -
- 19.
The Nazi war crimes trials were held in
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Nuremburg, Germany - 20.
How many allied troops took part in the D-Day invasion?
- A.
50,000
- B.
75,000
- C.
245,000
- D.
155,000
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D. 155,000 -
- 21.
The sudden death of FDR made _______________________ the President.
Correct Answer
Harry Truman - 22.
After long and grueling fighting, the US dropped the ____________________________ on the Japanese cities of _________________________ and ____________________________.
Correct Answer
atomic bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki - 23.
The mass slaughter of Jews in Europe is known today as the ____________________________.
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Holocaust - 24.
A __________________________________ is a nation in which a single part controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives.
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totalitarian state - 25.
The United States passed ____________________________ that led to the internment of many Japanese-Americans.
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Executive Order 9066 - 26.
The Hawaiian naval based of Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on
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December 7, 1941 - 27.
The events in ___________________________ finally drew the US into war.
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Asia - 28.
Giving in to aggression to avoid war.
- A.
Rationing
- B.
Appeasement
- C.
Non-aggression
- D.
Armistice
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B. Appeasement -
- 29.
To temporarily imprison
- A.
Detain
- B.
Habeaus corpus
- C.
Jail
- D.
Intern
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D. Intern -
- 30.
Setting limits on the amount of goods people can buy.
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ration - 31.
Acts of excessive brutality and cruelty during wartime.
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war crimes - 32.
Suicide attacks carried out by the Japanese
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Kamikazee - 33.
The deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire group of people.
- A.
Murder
- B.
Fratricide
- C.
Genocide
- D.
Infanticide
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C. Genocide -
- 34.
Strategy in which Americans used “stepping stones” to Japan.
- A.
Blitzkrieg
- B.
Naval warfare
- C.
Island hopping
- D.
Total war
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C. Island hopping -
- 35.
Hitler's favorite General who surrendered to the Allies in North Africa.
Correct Answer
Erwin Rommel - 36.
What was the name of the German Parliament?
Correct Answer
Reichstag - 37.
The Union leader who threatened a mass protest unless FDR moved to end discrimination in the military.
- A.
Samuel Gompers
- B.
Jimmy Hoffa
- C.
A. Philip Randolph
- D.
Eugene V. Debs
Correct Answer
C. A. Philip Randolph -
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