Deck 21: The World at War, 1939-1945

Question 1

In 1940, Germany overtook ​

A) ​Norway.
B) ​Denmark.
C) ​Holland.
D) ​Belgium.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The Atlantic Charter outlined​

A) ​post-war aims delineated by Roosevelt and Churchill.
B) ​Hitler's plan for domination in the western hemisphere.
C) ​the Soviet's plan to appeal to western nations for help in the war.
D) ​Japan's imperialistic aims beyond southeast Asia.
E) ​China's plan to appeal to the United States and other allied powers for help against the Japanese.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Soviet Union had declared war on Japan in June 1941, but did not launch any major offensives until 1945.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Battle of Stalingrad was a major victory for Germany​.

Question 5

The Declaration of Panama​

A) ​was signed in 1939.
B) ​was signed by the United States and several Latin American countries.
C) ​proclaimed the neutrality of the nations that signed it.
D) established a coastal security zone closed to ​belligerent navies.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 6

Wehmacht refers to ​

A) ​Hitler's imperialist policy.
B) ​Germany's combined ground, air, and sea military forces.
C) ​the Soviet policy of aiding Hitler's forces.
D) ​the policy of appeasement towards Hitler practiced in eastern European countries.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 7

Following the Soviet invasion of Poland, 1.5 million Poles were held captive and three hundred fifty thousand died. ​

Question 8

In spite of a non-aggression pact that existed between both nations, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. ​

Question 9

The _____________________ collaborated with the Nazis in exchange for a pledge that they would not be divided among the Axis powers.​

A) ​Danish
B) ​Dutch
C) ​Vichy French
D) ​British
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 10

Those who attended the Bretton Woods economic conference committed their nations to free trade and open borders.​

Question 11

Over the course of the war, German and Italian Americans endured a curtailment of civil liberties to the same degree as Japanese Americans. ​

Question 12

Which of the following nations did not sign the Tripartite Pact?​

A) ​Japan
B) ​Italy
C) ​Germany
D) ​the Soviet Union
E) All of these are correct.

Question 13

One of the effects of the migration that took place in the United States during World War II was racial tensions that took place between urban whites and newly arrived African Americans.​

Question 14

Lend-Lease was a program initiated by _____________________  to help the Allies.

A) ​several Latin American countries
B) ​the United States
C) ​China
D) ​the Soviet Union
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 15

The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February 1945 and claimed the lives of almost 22,000 Japanese soldiers.​

Question 16

As a result of the booming wartime industry, there was no discrimination toward African Americans working in defense jobs.​

Question 17

Which of the following was the largest underground resistance movement in Europe during World War II?​

A) ​the French resistance movement in Vichy
B) ​the Dutch resistance movement
C) ​the Polish resistance movement based in London
D) ​the Danish resistance movement
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 18

Which of the following is true about Poland at the time of Hitler's invasion?

A) ​It had the fourth largest army in Europe.
B) ​It's military equipment was outdated.
C) ​Britain and France, unwilling to send unprepared troops into battle, did not contribute to Poland's defense.
D) ​Germany and the Soviet Union divided Poland between them after the country was overtaken in October, 1939.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 19

German troops were unable to penetrate Soviet territory during the course of World War II.

Question 20

Which of the following was not one of the Four Freedoms?​

A) ​freedom of self-actualization
B) ​freedom of religious worship
C) ​freedom from want
D) ​freedom from fear
E) freedom of speech

Question 21

During World War II, which region of the United States saw the largest increase in population?​

A) ​the Great Plains.
B) ​the Midwest.
C) ​the Northeast.
D) ​the West.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 22

The Fair Employment Practices Committee addressed discrimination in ​

A) ​all businesses, including those within the private sector.
B) ​vocational training.
C) ​defense industries.
D) ​the military.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 23

Following the Cairo conference of 1943, ​

A) ​Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act.
B) new U.S. legislation allowed one hundred five Chinese to emigrate to the United States.
C) ​new U.S. legislation allowed for Chinese living in the United States to become naturalized citizens.
D) ​a precedent was set for allowing Indians and Filipinos in the United States to become naturalized citizens as of 1946.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 24

Within weeks of striking Pearl Harbor, Japan captured ​

A) ​the Dutch East Indies.
B) ​Malaya.
C) ​Burma.
D) ​Hong Kong.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 25

During the United States' involvement in the war, most people saw strikes as ​

A) ​unpatriotic.
B) ​a necessary evil.
C) ​a welcome check on the power of government.
D) ​a necessary part of our democratic system.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 26

As a result of the wartime economy,

A) ​the U.S. reached full employment.
B) ​the average workers' per capita income was increased.
C) ​17 million new civilian jobs were created.
D) ​millions of married women entered the workforce.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 27

Which of the following was not part of the Big Three?

A) ​the Soviets
B) ​the Americans
C) ​the British
D) ​the French
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

The attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, ​

A) ​1939.
B) ​1940.
C) ​1941.
D) ​1942.
E) ​1943.

Question 29

Among the Allies, the _____________________  formed the closest partnership.​

A) ​British and the French
B) ​British and Americans
C) ​French and the Americans
D) Dutch and the British
E) ​Dutch and the French

Question 30

​Over the course of World War II, _____________________  Americans moved to a different county.

A) ​one in  five
B) ​one in  eight
C) ​one in ten
D) ​one in twenty
E) ​one in twenty-five

Question 31

The Manhattan Project was​

A) ​the United States' plan for an invasion of Normandy.
B) ​the United States' plan for post-war Europe.
C) ​Roosevelt's plan for raising levels of military production.
D) ​the top-secret venture to build an atomic bomb.
E) ​Japan's plan for an attack on New York.

Question 32

Island-hopping refers to ​

A) ​the use of the North Atlantic islands for launching military offensives.
B) ​the Allied plan to recapture Japanese-held islands in the Pacific.
C) ​the flight of  Jews escaping the Holocaust to islands in the South Pacific.
D) ​the United States launching military offensives from the Hawaiian islands.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 33

The Battle of Stalingrad​

A) ​was a Soviet victory.
B) ​was a German defeat.
C) ended in February 1943.
D) ​was the turning point of World War II.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 34

Throughout 1942, the U.S. Army increased from 1.5 million to ​

A) ​3.3 million.
B) ​4 million.
C) ​5.4 million.
D) ​6 million.
E) ​7.5 million.

Question 35

Which of the following is true about U.S. involvement in World War II?​

A) ​Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt avoided involvement in the war at all costs.
B) The attack on Pearl Harbor was not the first major attack by the Japanese on U.S. soil. ​
C) ​Roosevelt promoted a program of appeasement with Germany.
D) ​Roosevelt allowed the U.S. Navy to take steps to provoke the Germans.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 36

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act is better known as the ​

A) Smith Connally Act.​
B) G.I. Bill of Rights.
C) ​Manhattan Project.
D) ​Lend-Lease Program.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 37

The Office of War Information ​

A) ​sought information on alleged spies.
B) ​disseminated propaganda favorable to the United States war effort.
C) ​only functioned within the U.S.
D) was careful to not employ the use racist images when depicting the enemy.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 38

Rosie the Riveter represented women who​

A) ​stayed at home and maintained the ideal of domesticity and motherhood.
B) ​pretended to men and fought on the front lines.
C) ​worked in factories, mainly in the defense industry, during World War II.
D) ​went overseas as missionaries.
E) ​cooperated in the spread of wartime propaganda.

Question 39

T he Quit India movement called for an end to _____________________  rule in India.​

A) ​French.
B) ​British.
C) ​German.
D) ​Dutch.
E) ​Italian.

Question 40

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was passed in ​

A) ​1941.
B) ​1942.
C) ​1943.
D) ​1944.
E) ​1945.

Question 41

The meeting where Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met for the last time was at ​

A) ​Potsdam
B) Yalta
C) ​Tehran
D) ​Cairo
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 42

Approximately _____________________  million people died in World War II.​

A) ​10
B) ​20
C) ​35
D) ​45
E) ​65

Question 43

The Zoot Suit riots targeted which of the following groups?​

A) African Americans​
B) ​Mexican Americans
C) ​Japanese Americans
D) ​German Americans
E) ​Italian Americans

Question 44

By the end of World War II, more than _____________________  women had served in the military's women's auxiliary units. ​

A) ​100,000
B) ​200,000
C) ​350,000
D) ​425,000
E) ​550,000

Question 45

The Final Solution was Hitler's plan to ​

A) ​win World War II.
B) ​conquer all of Europe.
C) ​systematically murder Jews.
D) ​overtake the Japanese Empire.
E) ​launch a military attack within the United States.

Question 46

During the D-Day invasion, the Allies opened a second front in​

A) ​Japan.
B) ​the eastern Soviet Union.
C) ​northwestern France.
D) ​southern Italy.
E) ​southeast China.

Question 47

Kamikaze refers to ​

A) ​the negotiations carried out with the Japanese at the end of the war.
B) ​the policy of Allied governance of Japanese imperial claims.
C) ​attacks made by Japanese ground troops in Chinese civilians.
D) suicide ​attacks made by Japanese aviators on Allied naval vessels.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 48

The bracero program allowed _____________________  to enter the United States as guest workers.​

A) ​Chinese
B) ​Mexicans
C) ​Cubans
D) ​Japanese
E) ​Soviets

Question 49

Executive Order 9066 sent _____________________  to internment camps.​

A) ​German Americans
B) ​Italian Americans
C) ​Japanese Americans
D) ​Chinese Americans
E) ​Mexican Americans

Question 50

The Yalta Conference took place in ​

A) ​March 1944.
B) ​December 1944.
C) ​February 1945.
D) ​June 1945.
E) ​August 1945.

Question 51

​The nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on

A) ​January 31, 1945.
B) ​June 12, 1945.
C) ​August 6, 1945.
D) ​September 1, 1945.
E) ​September 30, 1945.

Question 52

During World War II, almost _____________________  Latinos served in the U.S. armed forces.​

A) ​100,000
B) ​200,000
C) ​300,000
D) ​400,000
E) ​500,000

Question 53

Which of the following nations would have a zone of occupation in Germany following World War II?​

A) ​the United States
B) ​Great Britain
C) ​the Soviet Union
D) ​France
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 54

How many people died in total as a result of Nazi atrocities? ​

A) ​6 million
B) ​7 million
C) ​8 million
D) ​11 million
E) ​15 million

Question 55

The Battle of the Bulge took place in ​

A) ​Italy.
B) ​Belgium.
C) ​Japan.
D) ​the Soviet Union.
E) ​China.

Question 56

The War Refugee Board, which was charged with rescuing European Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution, was formed in​

A) ​1941.
B) ​1942.
C) ​1943.
D) ​1944.
E) ​1945.

Question 57

Which of the following was decided at the Yalta Conference?​

A) ​France would be included in the post-war governance of Germany.
B) ​Germany would pay reparations.
C) ​A temporary Soviet sphere of influence was established.
D) ​A pledge that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan three month after Germany surrendered.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 58

How may nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan before the Japanese surrendered?​

A) ​one
B) ​two
C) ​three
D) ​four
E) ​five

Question 59

The Japanese surrender in World War II took place officially on  ​

A) ​August 6, 1945.
B) ​August 8, 1945.
C) ​August 9, 1945.
D) ​September 2, 1945.
E) ​September 15, 1945.

Question 60

How many Jews perished in the Holocaust?​

A) ​3 million
B) ​4 million
C) ​5 million
D) ​6 million
E) ​10 million

Question 61

Talk About:  Tripartite Pact​

Question 62

Talk About:  Free French​

Question 63

Talk About:  Office of War Information​ (OWI)

Question 64

Talk About:  Four Freedoms​

Question 65

Talk About:   Luftwaffe​

Question 66

Talk About:  Lend-Lease​

Question 67

Talk About: Wehmacht ?

Question 68

Talk About:  Quit India movement​

Question 69

Talk About:  Declaration by the United Nations​

Question 70

Talk About:  The Big Three​

Question 71

Talk About:  island-hopping​

Question 72

Talk About:  comfort women​

Question 73

Talk About:  Allies​

Question 74

Talk About:  War Production Board (WPB)​

Question 75

Talk About:   blitzkrieg?

Question 76

Talk About:  Atlantic Charter​

Question 77

Talk About:  Battle of Stalingrad​

Question 78

Talk About:  Vichy France​

Question 79

Talk About:  Mohandas Ghandi​

Question 80

Talk About:  Office of Price Administration (OPA)​