Deck 24: The Second World War, 1933-1945

Question 1

The agreements at the Yalta Conference included Stalin's pledge to enter the war against Japan three months after Germany's defeat.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The opposite of democracy,this form of government involves a dictator who controls all aspects of his nation's life.

A)Capitalism
B)Republic
C)Communism
D)Fascism
E)Monarchy

Answer 2

D

Question 3

African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during World War II.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Despite the length and duration of World War II,total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained fewer than 1 million.

Question 5

The strategic bombing of Europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production.

Question 6

The Battle of the Leyte Gulf underscored Japan's ability to continue its defense of the Philippines.

Question 7

Heading into the Second World War,_______ and _____ embraced fascism.

A)Japan,England
B)Germany,Italy
C)Turkey,Russia
D)Russia,England
E)Germany,Poland

Question 8

"D-day" refers to the cross-channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

Question 9

Why did Japan invade Manchuria in the 1930s?

A)To seize control of the railroad there into Russia
B)To take the iron and coal deposits
C)To use as a staging ground to invade Russia
D)To have a warm water port on the mainland
E)To prevent the Chinese from using the port there as an launch point to invade Japan

Question 10

During World War II,presidential authority expanded significantly.

Question 11

Which of the following was not a target of Hitler's Nazi party?

A)Jews
B)Gypsies
C)Communists
D)Capitalists
E)Homosexuals

Question 12

Large numbers of Americans of German,Italian,and Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II.

Question 13

In May 1945 Germany surrendered in exchange for assurances that Hitler would not be tried as a war criminal.

Question 14

The United States and Britain adopted a Pacific First strategy during World War II in response to Japanese attacks in the Pacific.

Question 15

At Casablanca,Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the terms for ending the war must include the "unconditional surrender" of all enemies.

Question 16

By the end of World War II,more than 6 million women had entered the workforce.

Question 17

The bracero program mobilized Native Americans to support the war effort.

Question 18

The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Question 19

As Chancellor,Hitler created a secret police force known as

A)Fuhrer.
B)Lebensraum.
C)Gestapo.
D)Mafiaso.
E)Schnell.

Question 20

During the Second World War,__________ and __________ were led to believe they were members of a race superior to anyone else.

A)Japan,Germany
B)Germany,Italy
C)England,Russia
D)France,Germany
E)Poland,Yugoslavia

Question 21

At the start of World War II,citizens of the United States

A)demanded the United States declare war on England.
B)demanded the United States declare war on Germany.
C)formed associations to send money and necessary items to England.
D)maintained their isolationist stance.
E)pushed for a peace treaty between Germany and England.

Question 22

To assist Great Britain and their need for supplies,FDR secured an agreement to patrol more of the Atlantic in exchange for

A)British bases in the Atlantic.
B)increased British patrol of the areas infested with German U-boats.
C)increased British attempts to stop Hitler's massacre of the Jews in Germany.
D)$5 million.
E)an agreement to join with the United States to defeat the Japanese after Germany was defeated.

Question 23

In his inaugural address,President Franklin Roosevelt outlined what he called his ____________,which stated that no nation had the right to intervene in another nation's matters.

A)Fair Deal
B)Square Deal
C)Good Neighbor Policy
D)Big Stick Policy
E)Dollar Diplomacy Policy

Question 24

To help finance the war,Congress

A)raised tariffs.
B)raised the income tax.
C)lowered taxes so people would spend more thus generating more revenue.
D)passed the Revenue Act.
E)borrowed money from Germany.

Question 25

This organization saw the conversion of American industries to war production.

A)War Production Board
B)War Powers Commission
C)Interstate Commerce Commission
D)Public Works Administration
E)Works Progress Administration

Question 26

During the 1930s,China was weakened by civil war between __________ and _________

A)Mao Zedong,Chiang Kai-shek
B)Ho Chi Minh,Vo Nhu Giap
C)Yamamoto,Hirohito
D)Empress Dowager,the Boxers
E)Hikaru Sulu,Kim Jong-Il

Question 27

American isolationists in 1940 were primarily located

A)in the Northeast.
B)in the Southeast.
C)in the Midwest.
D)in the Northwest.
E)in the Southwest.

Question 28

In 1939,FDR had Congress modify the Neutrality Acts to allow

A)Allied nations to receive credit to buy American war material.
B)France and England to send their ships to get American goods.
C)Americans to volunteer to fight the Axis for other nations.
D)Japan to be barred from trading with the United States.
E)China to receive weaponry for free.

Question 29

In the 1940 presidential election,FDR promoted ____________ while his opponent favored _________.

A)isolationism,intervention
B)intervention,isolationism
C)preparedness,isolationism
D)isolationism,preparedness
E)warmongering,preparedness

Question 30

What decision did FDR make in September 1940 that even his wife disagreed with?

A)He declared war on Germany.
B)He escorted British ships across the Atlantic.
C)He allowed American banks to loan money to the Allies.
D)He called for a peacetime draft.
E)He ended segregation in the military.

Question 31

In an attempt to appease Hitler's land hunger,British Prime Minister ______________ met with Hitler in Munich and secured a treaty that he declared provided "peace for our time."

A)Edouard Daladier
B)Winston Churchill
C)Neville Chamberlain
D)Benito Mussolini
E)Benjamin Disraeli

Question 32

World War II started when

A)the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
B)the Germans invaded Poland.
C)England declared war on Germany after they invaded French.
D)France was defeated by Germany.
E)the United States declared war on Japan.

Question 33

After the attack on Pearl Harbor,Congress passed the _____________,which gave the president the ability to reorganize the government to make it more effective during war.

A)Lend-Lease Bill
B)War Powers Act
C)Neutrality Act
D)Logan Act
E)Gilmer-Aiken Act

Question 34

In 1937,President Roosevelt announced that if a nation were to try and purchase military goods from the United States,they should expect to

A)get a good line of credit from the United States.
B)put a sizeable down payment on their purchases.
C)pay cash for the items,and find a way to carry it back to their nation.
D)run into problems with German submarines.
E)pay a war tax,since the United States was neutral.

Question 35

In 1940,FDR

A)called for an increase in the U.S.military forces,so that if war came,we would be prepared.
B)tried to negotiate a cease-fire with Germany.
C)declared war on Japan.
D)declared war on Poland.
E)convinced Stalin to switch sides and join the Allies.

Question 36

During the Spanish Civil War,________ provided troops to aid the insurgents.

A)Poland
B)England
C)France
D)Spain
E)Germany

Question 37

Thanks to World War II,United States workers

A)experienced a better life than they had since the Great Depression.
B)lost quite a few jobs.
C)experienced a worse life than they had since the Great Depression.
D)were forced to work unpaid overtime to meet demand.
E)were able to get raises to help with rising costs.

Question 38

In response to Italy's invasion of Ethiopia,the United States passed

A)the Anti-Immigration law.
B)the Hot Oil Law.
C)the Neutrality Acts.
D)the Isolationism Law.
E)the Nye Committee's findings.

Question 39

What inspired FDR to set up the Manhattan Project?

A)Einstein warned him that the Germans were working on the same project.
B)He saw it as a way to get revenge on Japan for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
C)He wanted to be able to provide clean,cheap energy.
D)He saw it as a way to scare Stalin after the war was over.
E)He wanted to use it against the Germans to end the war quickly.

Question 40

The __________ allowed the president to provide military aid to any nation that he deemed needed it.

A)Cash Carry Bill
B)Logan Act
C)Lend-Lease Bill
D)War Powers Act
E)Presidential Prerogative Plan

Question 41

Why did the Japanese often experience such high casualty rates during World War II?

A)Americans refused to accept their surrender.
B)They refused to surrender.
C)They were barely trained and often ran into gunfire.
D)They were forced to fight and did not have the heart to do so effectively.
E)They didn't;they rarely experienced losses more than the Americans did.

Question 42

What was a major factor in the Allies' victory in Europe?

A)Well-maintained roads
B)A two-front war
C)The low morale of German troops
D)Easy access to supplies in England
E)Spain's switch from neutral to joining with the Allies

Question 43

The commander of the German forces at Normandy who was at home during the invasion was

A)Adolph Hitler.
B)Paul Leudendorf.
C)Albert Schweitzer.
D)Herman Goering.
E)Erwin Rommel.

Question 44

Who liberated Paris from Nazi control during World War II?

A)Germany
B)Americans
C)Free French Resistance
D)English
E)Russians

Question 45

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force was

A)Dwight Eisenhower.
B)Bernard Montgomery.
C)George S.Patton.
D)William McKinley.
E)James McPherson.

Question 46

What ratio represents the approximate casualties of Americans to Japanese at Guadalcanal?

A)1 to 5
B)1 to 10
C)3 to 1
D)5 to 1
E)10 to 1

Question 47

To combat inflation during World War II,

A)Roosevelt abolished price controls.
B)Roosevelt placed the National Recovery Administration in charge of rationing items to prevent it.
C)Congress established the Office of Price Administration.
D)Congress authorized more production of household goods.
E)American industry shifted away from war production to provide for consumer demand.

Question 48

During World War II,the North experienced a dramatic increase in the population of _________ moving there because the job demand.

A)Irish Americans
B)Mexican Americans
C)African Americans
D)Japanese
E)Chinese

Question 49

The Allied invasion of Europe by the Allied Expeditionary Force was known as

A)Operation Husky.
B)Operation Nightbreed.
C)Operation Rolling Thunder.
D)Operation Overlord.
E)Operation Gibraltar.

Question 50

Before Germany fell to the Allies,

A)Hitler killed himself.
B)Hitler surrendered.
C)Hitler negotiated a cease fire with Roosevelt.
D)Hitler abdicated as Chancellor of Germany.
E)Hitler fled to Austria.

Question 51

The process employed in the Pacific during World War II in which an island under occupation by the Japanese was ignored in favor of an island closer to the Japanese homeland was called

A)leapfrogging.
B)skipping.
C)hopscotch.
D)daisy chain.
E)aggressive diplomacy.

Question 52

By the end of 1942,U.S.war production exceeded the combined output of what three nations?

A)Russia,England,France
B)Germany,Italy,Japan
C)Germany,Spain,Ireland
D)Russia,Germany,Brazil
E)China,Japan,Korea

Question 53

The Japanese Army's first defeat during World War II occurred at the Battle of

A)Midway.
B)Coral Sea.
C)Guadalcanal.
D)New Guinea.
E)Australia.

Question 54

During World War II,the ____________ allowed the government to keep plants open if workers went on strike.

A)Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act
B)Fair Labor Act
C)Jones-McDuffing Free Labor Act
D)War Power Aid Act
E)Williams Labor Restoration Act

Question 55

Upon reaching the interior of Germany,American soldiers discovered

A)signs of Hitler's nuclear program.
B)the Jewish concentration camps.
C)Hitler's experimental laboratory.
D)the Germans' last ditch effort to drive the Allies back into the sea.
E)that the Soviets had beat them to capturing Hitler.

Question 56

What event helped the United States defeat the Japanese at Midway?

A)The Japanese military code had been deciphered by the Americans.
B)Radar alerted the forces there to the impending invasion.
C)A flight of B-17s discovered the invasion force.
D)Russian intelligence provided key information about the Japanese battle fleet.
E)American submarines had discovered the flotilla and radioed Midway that they were about to be attacked.

Question 57

American and Australian forces in the Pacific were under the command of ________ during World War II.

A)Dwight Eisenhower
B)Douglas MacArthur
C)Edwin Rommel
D)James Rudder
E)Winston Churchill

Question 58

At the Battle of __________ the threat of Japan seizing Australia was ended.

A)the Java Sea
B)Midway
C)the Coral Sea
D)Tarawa
E)Pearl Harbor

Question 59

With millions of men being drafted into the service,_______ took their places in the workforce.

A)women
B)illegal immigrants
C)African Americans
D)technology
E)Japanese

Question 60

The Japanese word for "divine wind" is

A)saki.
B)kamikaze.
C)bonzai.
D)kemptai.
E)bushido.

Question 61

To prevent another world war from erupting after the second one came to an end,the _____________ was created.

A)League of Nations
B)United Nations
C)Guardians of the Globe
D)World League Organization
E)World Court

Question 62

What were the effects of the war on American women and minority groups in the United States? Would you describe the overall effects as positive,negative,or some mixture? Why?

Question 63

Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?

Question 64

Discuss America's industrial and economic mobilization for World War II,and explain how it proved essential to the eventual Allied victory.

Question 65

Which of the following statements is not true?

A)After the Second World War,the United States returned to isolationism.
B)After World War II,the cold war began.
C)After World War II,Stalin did not live up to the agreements he made at Yalta.
D)For every American killed in World War II,the Russians lost 59.
E)World War II was the largest and costliest war in human history.

Question 66

When President Franklin D.Roosevelt died in office,he was succeeded by

A)Dwight D.Eisenhower.
B)Harry S Truman.
C)Lyndon Baines Johnson.
D)Richard M.Nixon.
E)Herbert Hoover.

Question 67

The first atomic bomb was dropped on

A)Hiroshima.
B)Nagasaki.
C)Tokyo.
D)Kyoto.
E)Hanoi.

Question 68

Detail the Yalta Conference,and explain its importance to the postwar world.

Question 69

Thanks to _________ the Great Depression finally came to an end.

A)the New Deal
B)the Fair Deal
C)World War II
D)the United Nations
E)Germany

Question 70

Describe the major steps in America's move away from neutrality between 1935 and 1941.

Question 71

Describe America's early battlefield experiences during World War II.How did America fare in these initial battles?

Question 72

Detail how the United States financed World War II and what impact the war had on the U.S.economy.

Question 73

According to a Nazi engineer,the United States beat Germany in World War II because

A)the United States was better.
B)the United States had outproduced Germany.
C)the United States was evil.
D)the United States had moral authority.
E)Germany was too technologically superior.

Question 74

At this conference,representatives from Russia,England,and the United States proposed the division of Europe after World War II ended.

A)Tripoli
B)Morocco
C)Yalta
D)New Zealand
E)Tokyo

Question 75

The largest naval engagement in history occurred at the Battle of

A)Midway.
B)Leyte Gulf.
C)Coral Sea.
D)Pearl Harbor.
E)Tarawa.

Question 76

What was not a new technology developed during World War II?

A)Computers
B)Radar
C)Plastics
D)Jet engines
E)Tanks

Question 77

Describe the Atlantic Charter and explain its significance.

Question 78

What led to the outbreak of the Second World War? Pay particular attention to the actions of the Germans and the Japanese.

Question 79

What lessons does the D-day offensive offer about the significance of preparation and planning for the success of an operation? What other factors beyond preparation and planning does the D-day invasion suggest one consider when assessing why certain operations fail or succeed?

Question 80

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)After World War II,Stalin lived up to his promises to respect his Eastern European neighbors' borders.
B)After World War II,presidential authority increased at the expense of congressional and state power.
C)During World War II,the United States experienced a minor economic recession.
D)After World War II,the United States refused to join the United Nations.
E)After World War II,the United States experienced an economic recession.