WWII

Question 0

Kristallnacht was a night of spontaneous rioting by the German people, enraged over the killing of a German diplomat by a Jewish refugee

Answer 0

False

Question 1

Fascists were strongly anti-Communist

Answer 1

True

Question 2

American commanders at the Pearl Harbor Naval base received a war warning, but Hawaii was not mentioned as a possible target

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese sank or badly damage most of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Adolf Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the

Answer 4

Jews

Question 5

The British and French realized that appeasement had failed when Hitler

Answer 5

Invaded Poland

Question 6

The first are that Hitler “unified” with Germany was

Answer 6

The Sudetenland

Question 7

The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression testy contained a secret deal

Answer 7

Divide Poland a between them

Question 8

Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for

Answer 8

U.S. bases on British-held territory

Question 9

The Nye Committee report created the impression that America’s entry into a World War I was influence by

Answer 9

American arms manufacturers

Question 10

Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island was to

Answer 10

Gain a base from which to attack Hawaii

Question 11

The Bataan Death March occurred in

Answer 11

The Philippines

Question 12

A key to the American success at Midway was

Answer 12

Breaking the Japanese Navy’s secret code

Question 13

In his book, Adolfo Hitler claimed the blond, blue-eyed Germans were descendants of a “master race” called

Answer 13

Aryan

Question 14

As Hitler began to claim lands for Germany, other nations followed a policy of ( ), or giving in to his demands in exchange for peace

Answer 14

Appeasement

Question 15

German plans to invade the Soviet Union was called Operation

Answer 15

Barbarossa

Question 16

The ( ) Act allowed the United Starr to send weapons to Britain if Britain promised to return them or pay rent for them when the war ended

Answer 16

Lend-Lease

Question 17

Talks between Roosevelt and Churchill on ships near Newfoundland in 1942 resulted in the ( ), which commuted the two leaders to a post war of democracy, non-aggression, and free trade

Answer 17

Atlantic Charter

Question 18

The American North Africa Campaign was called Operation

Answer 18

Dynamo

Question 19

On ( ) 11, 1939 Scientist Albert Einstein wrote President Roosevelt a letter detailing the possibility of an atomic bomb

Answer 19

October

Question 20

Leader of Fascist Spain

Answer 20

Gen. Francisco Franco

Question 21

Il Duce

Answer 21

Benito Mussolini

Question 22

Joseph Stalin wanted the Americans to send troops to the Eastern front to help defend the Soviet Union

Answer 22

False

Question 23

The Nuremberg Laws

Answer 23

Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans

Question 24

The Nazis' "final solution" referred to their plans to

Answer 24

Exterminate Europe's Jews

Question 25

A night of anti-Jewish violence became known as

Answer 25

Kristallnacht

Question 26

As a result of a presidential order allowing the military declare any part of the United States to be a military zone

Answer 26

Many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps

Question 27

Blue points and red points were a system for

Answer 27

Rationing goods

Question 28

Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because

Answer 28

U.S. planes could bomb Japan from there

Question 29

The "Double V" campaign meant

Answer 29

Victory over Hitler's racism abroad and victory over racism at home

Question 30

The Battle if ( ) was the turning point in the war of the Pacific

Answer 30

Midway Island

Question 31

If all the Battle fought by the United Staes troops in WWII more soldiers received the Congressional Medal of Honor got their actions in this campaign

Answer 31

Iwo Jima

Question 32

All were beachheads assaulted during the D-Day invasion EXCEPT

Answer 32

Silver

Question 33

By putting the Germans in the defensive? The Soviet forces created a turning point in the was in Europe at the Battle of

Answer 33

StalinGrad

Question 34

Adolfo Hitler was sure the Allied invasion if Europe was coming at ( ), in France

Answer 34

Calais

Question 35

The code name for the Allied invasion if France was

Answer 35

Operation Overlord

Question 36

The Allies landed invasion forces in the area of France called

Answer 36

Cobra

Question 37

The American program to build an atomic bomb was code-named the

Answer 37

Manhattan Project

Question 38

The atomic bomb, ( ) was the first dropped on the Japanese at Hiroshima. On August ( ), 1945 the second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki

Answer 38

Little Boy, 9

Question 39

The Japanese will use ( ) attacks on US ships for the first time during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Answer 39

Kamikaze

Question 40

After the was the International Tribunal tied German leaders suspected if commuting war crimes at the ( ) Trials

Answer 40

Nuremberg

Question 41

In overall command of the invasion of France

Answer 41

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 42

Head of the Manhattan Project for the military

Answer 42

Gen. Leslie Groves

Question 43

Led the American Feet at the Batle of Leyte Gulf

Answer 43

William F. Halsey

Question 44

Upon his return to the Philppines said, "I have returned."

Answer 44

Douglas MacArthur