chapter 21 multiple choice

Question 1

spanish civil war/ international incident when

Answer 1

italy and germany sent troops to spain

Question 2

hitler challenge peace by sending troops into

Answer 2

austria
rhineland
Czechoslavakia

Question 3

immediate cause of WWII

Answer 3

germany invading poland

Question 4

1939-Americans neutral because

Answer 4

we were isolated

Question 5

date which will live in infamy

Answer 5

(FDR) japanese bombing pearl harbor

Question 6

after battle of Midway, the allies

Answer 6

on the offensive in the pacific

Question 7

pres truman/ decision to drop atomic bomb

Answer 7

invasion would cost up to a million american causalities

Question 8

battle of el Alamein/ turning point

Answer 8

ended the German offensive in N.Africa

Question 9

D-Day resulted in

Answer 9

liberation of France

Question 10

Germany defeated France by

Answer 10

bypassing the maginot line

Question 11

hilter tried to defeat britain by

Answer 11

boming british cities

Question 12

hilter’s invasion of the soviet union

Answer 12

gain control of oil and farmland

Question 13

scorched earth policty of retreat used by

Answer 13

russia before nazi invasion

Question 14

u.s. policies during WWII

Answer 14

isolationism
lend-lease act
arsenal of democracy

Question 15

japan’s attack of pearl harbor was an attempt to

Answer 15

destroy our pacific fleet

Question 16

allies attack the axis powers by invading italy

Answer 16

where axis powers are most vulnerable

Question 17

dunkirk

Answer 17

rescue of over 300,000 french and british soldiers

Question 18

vichy france

Answer 18

nazi puppet government

Question 19

island hopping

Answer 19

capture some islands.

bypass others

Question 20

policy of appeasement

associated with _______ of Great Britain

Answer 20

give into the aggressor to keep the peace

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain