World War II Homework

Question 1

1. In the mid to late 1930s, the United States was unwilling to commit itself to working with other countries to restore stability to the world. This attitude was reflected in its foreign policy of 
	A) internationalism 
	B) isolationism 
	C) containment 
	D) globalism 
	E) flexible response

Answer 1

B) isolationism

Question 2

2. During the 1930s, all of the following were examples of increased isolationist sentiment in the United States except
   A) the Nye committee’s attack on war profiteering during World War I
   B) the passage of Neutrality Acts that forbade the United States to sell arms to either side in any future war
   C) the refusal of most Americans to become involved in conflicts in Europe and Asia
   D) the ratification by the Senate of a treaty making the United States a member of the World Court
   E) the passage of legislation to prevent the United States from entering the war

Answer 2

D) the ratification by the Senate of a treaty making the United States a member of the World Court

Question 3

3. In the early 1930s, a step toward World War II occurred in Asia when Japan adopted a territorially aggressive policy toward 
	A) the Philippines 
	B) Vietnam 
	C) the Soviet Union 
	D) Korea 
	E) China

Answer 3

E) China

Question 4

4. World War II began in the Far East when
   A) Japan invaded Russia in 1937
   B) Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941
   C) Japan made an alliance with Manchuria
   D) Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937
   E) Japan agreed to an alliance with Germany and Italy

Answer 4

D) Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937

Question 5

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Answer 5

C) Japan made an alliance with Manchuria

Question 6

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Answer 6

D) Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937

Question 7

7.	In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in
A.	Germany.
B.	Spain.
C.	Italy.
D.	Japan.
E.	France.

Answer 7

C. Italy.

Question 8

8. Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?
   A. His rise was partially precipitated by ruinous inflation.
   B. Hitler displayed a pathological anti-Semitism and a passionate militarism.
   C. Hitler believed in the genetic superiority of the Aryan people.
   D. Hitler argued in favor of extending German territory for the purpose of Lebensraum.
   E. Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government “the Weimar Republic.”

Answer 8

E. Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government “the Weimar Republic.”

Question 9

9. In 1932, the League of Nations, in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria,
   A. issued warnings to the Japanese government, but little else.
   B. imposed economic sanctions against Japan.
   C. sent financial aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s government in China.
   D. sent Europeans to Manchuria to train Chinese pilots.
   E. called for Japanese recognition of the Open Door policy.

Answer 9

A. issued warnings to the Japanese government, but little else.

Question 10

10. During the 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy
    A. led the United States to give up its membership in the World Court.
    B. reflected the sentiments of a majority of the American public.
    C. led the U.S. Senate to assert that no single nation was a threat to world peace.
    D. was strongly supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
    E. declined after the investigations chaired by Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota.

Answer 10

B. reflected the sentiments of a majority of the American public.

Question 11

11.	The Munich Peace Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over
A.	Austria.
B.	Poland.
C.	Hungary.
D.	Belgium.
E.	Czechoslovakia.

Answer 11

E. Czechoslovakia.

Question 12

12. The Munich agreement of 1938
    A. was the result of negotiations involving the League of Nations.
    B. put most of Poland under German control.
    C. ended further German aggression until World War II began.
    D. was an act of appeasement.
    E. was signed by Joseph Stalin despite misgivings about German intent.

Answer 12

D. was an act of appeasement.

Question 13

13. Germany began World War II in Europe after
    A. Germany’s occupation of additional areas of Czechoslovakia.
    B. a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.
    C. France promised Poland it would provide military support if attacked.
    D. Germany and Austria were unified.
    E. Hitler’s violation of the Munich agreement.

Answer 13

B. a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.

Question 14

14.	By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated
A.	Norway.
B.	Denmark.
C.	France.
D.	the Netherlands.
E.	All these answers are correct.

Answer 14

E. All these answers are correct.

Question 15

15. In 1941, Germany’s declaration of war against the United States
    A. occurred after the United States declared war on Germany.
    B. came the same day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
    C. did not occur until two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    D. occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.
    E. was never reciprocated by Congress.

Answer 15

D. occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.

Question 16

16. Who is considered the founder of fascism?
    a. Benito Mussolini
    b. Adolf Hitler
    c. Francisco Franco
    d. Joseph Stalin
    e. Hideki Tojo

Answer 16

a. Benito Mussolini

Question 17

17. Which statement about the Japanese-American internment is false?
    a. The press supported the policy of internment almost unanimously.
    b. The Supreme Court refused to intervene.
    c. Japanese-Americans in Hawaii were exempt from the policy.
    d. Japan used it as proof that America was racist toward nonwhite people.
    e. Once the FBI did background checks on individuals they were free to leave the camps and return home.

Answer 17

e. Once the FBI did background checks on individuals they were free to leave the camps and return home.

Question 18

18. The policy followed by Britain and France toward Germany of giving concessions in hopes of avoiding war was called
    a. isolationism.
    b. détente.
    c. internationalism.
    d. appeasement.
    e. provocation.

Answer 18

d. appeasement.

Question 19

19. What was the “final solution”?
    a. The Allied operation for D-Day
    b. Adolf Hitler’s plan to mass-exterminate “undesirable” peoples
    c. The United States’ plan for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
    d. Japan’s plan to attack Pearl Harbor
    e. Joseph Stalin’s plan to spread communism throughout the world

Answer 19

b. Adolf Hitler’s plan to mass-exterminate “undesirable” peoples

Question 20

20. As fascism rose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s, most Americans
    a. supported U.S. intervention.
    b. supported U.S. neutrality.
    c. wanted to move beyond isolationism.
    d. remained ambivalent.
    e. favored an end to international trade.

Answer 20

b. supported U.S. neutrality.

Question 21

21. December 7, 1941, is known as a “date that will live in infamy,” referring to
    a. the German invasion of Poland.
    b. the Japanese assault on Indochina.
    c. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    d. the German declaration of war against the United States.
    e. Jeannette Rankin’s vote against a declaration of war.

Answer 21

c. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Question 22

22. The Holocaust
    a. was the spread of contagious disease in Asia.
    b. was the mass extermination of millions of Jews and others in Nazi death camps.
    c. included the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
    d. is the equivalent of D-Day.
    e. was the mass slaughter of the Chinese during the Japanese invasion.

Answer 22

b. was the mass extermination of millions of Jews and others in Nazi death camps.

Question 23

23. Government propaganda and war films portrayed the Japanese as
    a. blameless victims of their own government.
    b. similar to the Germans and Italians.
    c. bestial and subhuman.
    d. freedom fighters.
    e. Communists.

Answer 23

c. bestial and subhuman.

Question 24

24. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    a. had little impact on the course of the war.
    b. did little damage and caused few casualties.
    c. brought the war to an end but remains controversial.
    d. brought the war to an end and caused no controversy.
    e. was vetoed by President Truman.

Answer 24

c. brought the war to an end but remains controversial.

Question 25

25. An immediate consequence of the Nazi-Soviet treaty of nonaggression in August 1939 was
    A) Hitler’s invasion of Poland.
    B) a U.S. declaration of war against Germany.
    C) the end of Hitler’s aggression in Europe.
    D) confirmation of the effectiveness of appeasement.

Answer 25

A) Hitler’s invasion of Poland.

Question 26

26. World War II began in Europe with the
    A) Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1937.
    B) German invasion of the Sudetenland in 1938.
    C) Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935.
    D) German invasion of Poland in 1939.

Answer 26

D) German invasion of Poland in 1939.

Question 27

27. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was part of the Japanese plan to
    A) knock out American naval bases in the Pacific.
    B) demonstrate that the United States could not possibly win a war against an Asian nation.
    C) demonstrate to the Germans that Japan had its own objectives in the Pacific.
    D) retaliate against the United States for the incarceration of Japanese citizens.

Answer 27

A) knock out American naval bases in the Pacific.

Question 28

28. Just after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
    A) proponents of neutrality in the United States stepped up their appeals in Congress to keep the nation out of war.
    B) Congress endorsed President Roosevelt’s call for a declaration of war.
    C) Hitler and Mussolini offered to negotiate a peace.
    D) Japan’s emperor issued an official apology.

Answer 28

B) Congress endorsed President Roosevelt’s call for a declaration of war.

Question 29

29. In 1942, President Roosevelt authorized the roundup and internment of all Americans of Japanese descent because
    A) the government had evidence that Japanese Americans were a threat to national security.
    B) many Americans believed that Japanese Americans were potential sources of espionage and subversion.
    C) the government wanted to use strategically placed prison camps to prevent Japan from launching an air attack on the West Coast.
    D) many male members of their families had refused to register for the draft.

Answer 29

B) many Americans believed that Japanese Americans were potential sources of espionage and subversion.

Question 30

30. All of the following were arguments for using the atomic bomb against Japan except
    A) to end the war before Russia attacked the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria.
    B) to demonstrate America’s power and so advance American interests in the postwar world.
    C) to save American lives.
    D) to prevent Japan from launching its own superbomb.

Answer 30

D) to prevent Japan from launching its own superbomb.

Question 31

31. During the war in Europe, Germany’s advance into the Soviet Union was reversed at
    a. Moscow.
    b. Kiev.
    c. Leningrad.
    d. Vladivostok.
    e. Stalingrad.

Answer 31

e. Stalingrad.

Question 32

32. In 1938, Anschluss (annexation of Austria)
    A. was proclaimed by Hitler.
    B. caused an uproar in the United States.
    C. was created at the Munich Conference.
    D. led France to put its military on alert.
    E. came to be identified with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Answer 32

A. was proclaimed by Hitler.

Question 33

33. The major second European front was opened in
    a. June 1942.
    b. October 1942.
    c. June 1943.
    d. October 1943.
    e. June 1944.

Answer 33

e. June 1944.

Question 34

34. “D-Day” refers to the
    a. Allied invasion of the Soviet Union.
    b. Allied invasion of Japan.
    c. Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
    d. dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
    e. Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.

Answer 34

e. Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy.

Question 35

35. The Maginot Line was a
    A) treacherous stretch of the Alps that separated France from Germany.
    B) section of the Rhine River that was difficult to ford.
    C) line of fortifications that separated much of France from Germany.
    D) stand of dense forest that separated much of France from Germany.

Answer 35

C) line of fortifications that separated much of France from Germany.

Question 36

36. The Battle of Britain
    A) handed Hitler his first major defeat.
    B) ended with England’s occupation by Germany.
    C) proved that Great Britain no longer needed U.S. assistance.
    D) emboldened the French to expel occupying German forces.

Answer 36

A) handed Hitler his first major defeat.

Question 37

37. The United States was reluctant to accept Jewish refugees from Nazi oppression largely because
    A) of anti-Semitism.
    B) of overpopulation.
    C) there were no ships to transport them to America.
    D) they posed a substantial security risk to the nation.

Answer 37

A) of anti-Semitism.

Question 38

38. June 6, 1944, the date the Allies unleashed an assault against the German army on the beaches of Normandy, is known as
A)	VE Day.
B)	D Day.
C)	VJ Day.
D)	DE Day.

Answer 38

B) D Day.

Question 39

39. April 30, 1945, was a turning point in the war. It was the day
    A) Allied bombers leveled Hamburg.
    B) Allied bombers leveled Berlin.
    C) Adolf Hitler killed himself in his underground bunker.
    D) Adolf Hitler surrendered to the Allied military forces.

Answer 39

C) Adolf Hitler killed himself in his underground bunker.