Quiz 35, Chapter 20, pp. 376-386

Question 0

Name the two men who were involved with the Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 0

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin

Question 1

Who was the leader of Italy’s Fascist party?

Answer 1

Benito Mussolini

Question 2

What document laid the foundation for the formation of the UN

Answer 2

Atlantic Charter

Question 3

Name the great black American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, angering the racist Adolf Hitler

Answer 3

Jesse Owens

Question 4

What event caused Churchill and Roosevelt to consider Stalin an ally?

Answer 4

Hitler’s invasion of Russia in June 1941

Question 5

What act passed in 1940 allowed the Allies to buy large amounts of American food and weapons?

Answer 5

Lend-Lease Act

Question 6

What event prompted the U.S. to enter WWII

Answer 6

Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941

Question 7

Name the man who won a government contract to build “Liberty Ships” to supply American troops

Answer 7

Henry Kaiser

Question 8

What was the name of the British Prime Minister who appealed to America for help after the London “Blitz”?

Answer 8

Winston Churchhill

Question 9

Who was responsible for the murder of over 6 million Jews during the Holocaust?

Answer 9

Adolf Hitler