Unit 5 Test

Question 1

Rise of Dictators after WWII

Answer 1

Economic depression, Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

Axis powers

Answer 2

Japan, Germany, Italy joined together

Question 3

Allied powers

Answer 3

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Question 4

Appeasement (why did it fail?)

Answer 4

a policy. Britain and France tried with Germany. They believed Hitlers demands were reasonable, wanted peace not another war. It failed when Hitler demands the city of Danzig

Question 5

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 5

took citizenship away from the jewish germans and banned marriage between jews and other germans

Question 6

Hitler & Germany defeat

Answer 6

Hitler blamed the defeat of the war on the Jews.

Question 7

SS St. Louis

Answer 7

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Question 8

“Final Solution”

Answer 8

to get rid of all the jews

Question 9

Wannsee Conference

Answer 9

Nazi leaders met to determine what they would do with jews

Question 10

Japans invasion of Manchuria

Answer 10

they invaded Manchuria because it was resource rich region of Northern China

Question 11

Neutrality Act of 1935

Answer 11

made it illegal for Americans to sell arms to any country at war

Question 12

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression

Answer 12

Hitler and Stalin signed a treaty to not go to war with eachother. Instead have Germany fight against Britain and France

Question 13

Kristallnacht

Answer 13

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Question 14

Destroyers for bases

Answer 14

Great Britain exchanged their military bases in New Foundland and islands in the Carribean for the americans destroyers

Question 15

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 15

Roosevelts plan to aid Britain by allowing them to “borrow” arms as long as they promised to give them back or pay rent after the war

Question 16

Hitlers goal in bombing London

Answer 16

He wanted to terrorize the British into surrendering

Question 17

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 17

FDR runs for a third term, this goes against a precedent that George Washington set

Question 18

Blue prints vs. Red prints

Answer 18

blue points: controlled processed foods

red points: controlled meats, fats, and oils

Question 19

Battle of Iwo Jima

Answer 19

American military invades, needed an island closer to Japan

Question 20

Bataan Death March

Answer 20

prisoners walked 65 miles to Japanese prison camps, 10,000 troops died. Occurred in the Filipinos

Question 21

Battle of Midway

Answer 21

Americans decoded what the Japanese were saying over the radio. Japanese goal was to prevent Americans from bombing Tokyo. Turning point in the war

Question 22

V-J Day & V-E Day

Answer 22

• Japan surrendered

- Victory in Europe

Question 23

Nye Committee

Answer 23

blamed Arm factories for American involvement in the war

Question 24

Battle of Britain

Answer 24

Britain fought back and Hitler cancelled the land invasion because of his losses

Question 25

Auschwitz

Answer 25

The worse concentration camp that the Jews could be sent to

Question 26

Cost-plus system

Answer 26

a government contract to a pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed percentage

Question 27

Liberty Ships

Answer 27

construction work applied different techniques, welded instead of riveted allowed for easy repair

Question 28

D-Day & Pas-de-Clais

Answer 28

D-Day: invasion of Normandy, Omar Bradley was in control of the troops at Omaha Beach. He nearly evacuated because of their success at other beaches
Pas-de-Calais: allies placed inflatable equipment to confuse the Germans

Question 29

Women in WWII

Answer 29

women released men for combat.

Question 30

Double V Campaign

Answer 30

campaigned that urged African Americans to support the war to achieve a double victory, both over Hitlers racism abroad and the racism at home

Question 31

Auto Industry & WWII

Answer 31

the auto industry produced 1/3 military equipment; trucks, jeeps, tanks, helmets, and artillary

Question 32

Convoy system

Answer 32

a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection

Question 33

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 33

major turning point in the war in Europe. Put Germany on the defensive for the remainder of the war

Question 34

Nuremberg Trials

Answer 34

Prosecution of Nazi Germans and Japanese leaders

Question 35

Rosie Riveter

Answer 35

hired women to work in factories during the war

Question 36

Winston Churchhill

Answer 36

British prime minister, says “Britain will never surrender”

Question 37

Adolf Hitler

Answer 37

Dictator of Germany, executed many Jews. Extreme nationalism, anticommunist

Question 38

Joseph Stalin

Answer 38

Dictator of the Soviet Union, communist. Comes to power after the death of Vladimir Lenins

Question 39

James Doolittle

Answer 39

lieutenant, commanded to bomb Tokyo

Question 40

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 40

commander of airfields in the philippines

Question 41

Omar Bradley

Answer 41

commander of the American forces landing at Omaha and Utah

Question 42

Harry Truman

Answer 42

becomes president after FDRs death. Approves Manhattan Project

Question 43

Chester Nimitz

Answer 43

commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, planned operations against Japanese Navy

Question 44

Manhattan Project

Answer 44

secret american program to build an atomic bomb, led by Robert Oppenheimer
Reasons for: military weapon, save american lives, end war quickly, keep soviets out of Japan
Reasons against: kill a massive amount of civilians, environmental impact, future atomic warfare, would it work?