29- End of World War II Part 2

The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) illustrates a commitment to the concept of...

• colonialism

• isolationism

• mutual defense

• human rights

The principal goal of the United Nations has been to...

• develop military alliances around the world

• encourage expansion of international trade

• promote peaceful solutions to world problems

• regulate the use of atomic energy

During World War II, the Manhattan Project was the name of the plan to...

• open a second front in Europe

• capture Pacific islands held by the Japanese

• develop the atomic bomb

• liberate German concentration camps

The primary purpose for the creation of the United Nations was to...

• maintain an international army

• promote peace through international agreements

• free Eastern European countries from communism

• supply food to all member countries

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The Nuremberg trials held at the conclusion of World War II added to international law by...

• settling boundary disputes in Europe through arbitration

• placing the blame for World War II on many nations

• ruling that moral and ethical considerations do not apply in wartime

• establishing that high officials and individuals are responsible for their wartime actions

A major purpose of the GI Bill was to provide World War II veterans with...

• educational opportunities after the war

• protection against racial discrimination

• civilian jobs in the military

• increased Social Security payments

United States foreign policy changed following World War II as the United States...

• became more involved in world affairs

• returned to a policy of isolationism

• rejected membership in the United Nations

• pursued a policy of appeasement toward the Soviet Union

In which pair of events is the second event a response to the first?

• Truman Doctrine →D-Day Invasion

• Manhattan Project → Lend-Lease Act

• Holocaust → Nuremberg War Crimes trials

• Germany's invasion of Poland → Munich Conference

One purpose of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was to...

• end racial segregation in the military

• replace the draft with an all-volunteer military

• maintain troop strength at World War II levels

• give educational aid to returning veterans

The war crimes trials of German military officials after World War II and of Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War (2003-2011) both demonstrate the principle that...

• only nations are considered responsible for wartime actions

• international law may not be applied to national leaders

• protection of civil liberties depends on the circumstances at the time

• leaders can be held accountable for crimes against humanity