Chapter 21 Multiple Choice

Question 1

Spanish Civil War was an international incident hen

Answer 1

Italy and Germany sent troops to Spain

Question 2

Hitler challenged peace by sending troops into

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Austria
the Rhineland
Czechoslovakia

Question 3

immediate cause of WWII

Answer 3

Germany invading Poland

Question 4

1939- American were neutral because

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we were isolated, wanted to stay isolated

Question 5

“Date which will live in infamy”

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FDR said it; his referring to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 6

after Battle of Midway, the Allies

Answer 6

go on the offensive in the Pacific

Question 7

President Truman/decision to drop atomic bomb

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an invasion would cost up to 1 million American casualites

Question 8

Battle of El Alamein was a turning point

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because it ended the German offensive in North Africa

Question 9

D-Day resulted in liberation of

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France

Question 10

Germany defeated France by

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bypassing the Maginot Line

Question 11

Hitler tried to defeat Britain by

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bombing British cities

Question 12

Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union (June, 1941)

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gained control of oil and farmland

Question 13

“scorched earth” policy of retreat used by before

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Russia

Nazi invasion

Question 14

U.S. policies during WWII

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isolationism
Lend-Lease Act
arsenal of democracy (democratic principles)

Question 15

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor was an attempt to

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destroy our Pacific fleet

Question 16

Allies attack the Axis powers by invading Italy

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where the Axis Powers were the most vulnerable

Question 17

Dunkirk

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rescue of over 300,000 French and British troops

Question 18

Vichy France

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the Nazi puppet government

Question 19

“island hopping”

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capture some islands and bypass others

Question 20

policy of appeasement

associated with

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give in to the aggressor to keep the peace

Neville Chamberlain the Prime Minister of Great Britain