World War II

Question 1

Axis Powers?

Answer 1

Japan, Italy, Germany

Question 2

As European tensions worsened, Congress passed the _________________ , continuing the ban on selling arms to warring nations and requiring them to buy all non-military supplies from the US on a “cash and carry” basis.

Answer 2

Neutrality Act of 1937

Question 3

In 1940, FDR listed the Four Freedoms that the US and Britain stood for:

Answer 3

Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Want
Freedom of Fear

Question 4

The _______________report documented the huge profits that arms factories had made during the war and had created the impression that these businesses influenced the decision to go to war.

Answer 4

Nye Committee

Question 5

In 1934, Senator _____________ held hearings to investigate these allegations.

Answer 5

Gerald P. Nye

Question 6

When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 6

December 7th, 1941.

Question 7

Committed both nations to a post world war and democracy, non-aggression, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas.

Answer 7

Atlantic Charter

Question 8

Who developed the Atlantic Charter?

Answer 8

Roosevelt and Churchill

Question 9

The __________ ________ ____ declared that the entire western half of the Atlantic was apart of the Western Hemisphere and therefore neutral.

Answer 9

Hemispheric Defense Zone

Question 10

The _____ ___ _______ _________ wanted the repeal for neutrality laws and stronger action against Germany.

Answer 10

Fight for Freedom Committee

Question 11

Allowed the US to lend or lease arms to any country considered “vital to the united states”.

Answer 11

Lend-Lease Act

Question 12

Took the title of iL Duce

Answer 12

Mussolini

Question 13

Hitler ordered the German air force, ________, to begin attacking British ships in the English Channel.

Answer 13

Luftwaffe

Question 14

________ used massed tanks, combined with waves of aircraft and paratroopers, to break through and encircle enemy positions.

Answer 14

Blitzkrieg

Question 15

The Germans crossed the __________ ___________ __ _________ and eastern Belgium and smashed the British and French troops waiting on them.

Answer 15

Ardennes Mountains of Luxemburg

Question 16

At the ______ ________ ,on September 29, 1938, Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands, a policy that became known as appeasement.

Answer 16

Munich Conference

Question 17

_________ was an aggressive nationalistic movement that considered the nation more important than the individual.

Answer 17

Fascism

Question 18

He was backed by the ___________ , a Fascist militia.

Answer 18

Blackshirts

Question 19

What does USSR stand for?

Answer 19

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 20

After Lenin died in 1924, ______ ______ came to power.

Answer 20

Joseph Stalin

Question 21

What does Nazi stand for ?

Answer 21

National Socialist German Worker’s Party

Question 22

The Nazi party was known to be ____ _______.

Answer 22

Anti-Semetic.

Question 23

Government owned farms?

Answer 23

Collectives

Question 24

What was Hitler’s book?

Answer 24

Mein Kampf

Question 25

What race did Hitler believe was the “master race”?

Answer 25

Aryans.

Question 26

He then have himself the new title of ___ ______, or “The Leader”

Answer 26

Der Fuhrer

Question 27

Fascism was also strongly ____ _________.

Answer 27

Anti-Communist.

Question 28

Japanese Prime Minister?

Answer 28

Hirohito

Question 29

Japanese Minister of War?

Answer 29

Tojo

Question 30

Who founded Italy’s fascist movement?

Answer 30

Mussolini

Question 31

He focused on getting Nazis elected to the _________ , the lower house of the German Parliament.

Answer 31

Reichstag

Question 32

In 1931, Japan invaded the resource-rich region, _________ ______

Answer 32

Manchuria, China

Question 33

The invasion of Nanking became known as the ____ __ _______.

Answer 33

Rape of Nanking

Question 34

________ became independent in name, but it was under German control.

Answer 34

Slovakia

Question 35

On ________ __, Germany and Italy both declared on the United States.

Answer 35

December 11th.

Question 36

The Hebrew term for Holocaust is _____ , meaning “catastrophe”

Answer 36

Shoah

Question 37

On January 20, 1942, Nazi leaders met at the ______ __________ and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans.

Answer 37

Wansee Conference

Question 38

_____________ _____ were where men, women, and children were sent to be executed.

Answer 38

Extermination Camps

Question 39

_____________ _____ was a camp where persons are detained or confined.

Answer 39

Concentration Camps

Question 40

___ _________ was the mass extermination of millions of European Jews

Answer 40

The Holocaust

Question 41

Hitler underestimated the strategy of the US, which was to view Germany as the larger threat but fight the Japanese with the __ ____

Answer 41

U.S. Navy

Question 42

The Senate voted __ to _ and the House voted ___ to _ declare war on Japan.

Answer 42

82 to 0

388 to 1

Question 43

Roosevelt sent _________ to the Philippines.

Answer 43

MacArthur

Question 44

_________ _________ were materials important for fighting a war.

Answer 44

Strategic materials.

Question 45

Japan depended on the US for many key materials, including _____ ____, _____, and ___.

Answer 45

scrap iron, steel, and oil

Question 46

___ ________ _____ _________ opposed any intervention to help the allies.

Answer 46

The American First Committee.

Question 47

June 4, and estimated 338k British and French troops had been saved during the _______ __ ______

Answer 47

Miracle at Dunkirk