7.4-7.8 Test

The willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group of people is called

• genocide.

• rationing.

• concentration.

• internment.

The Allied strategy for capturing Pacific locations from the Japanese was known as

• propaganda.

• kamikaze.

• island hopping.

• the Manhattan Project.

The key turning point in the Pacific, resulting in the loss of four Japanese aircraft carriers, was

• Okinawa

• Midway

• D-Day

• Guadalcanal.

Following the battle of Stalingrad,

• German troops had won control of the Soviet Union.

• Hitler had gained control of key Soviet oil fields.

• Hitler's plan to control all of Europe had ended.

• Stalin used two atomic bombs on Germany.

On Kristallnacht, the "Night of the Broken Glass," Jewish

• businesses and churches were targeted and destroyed.

• citizens were moved into segregated areas called ghettoes.

• people were shipped to concentration camps in Europe.

• families were subjected to cruel medical experiments.

Events in 1940s Detroit and the West coast "Zoot Suit Riots" showed that

• whites appreciated the work of minorities during WWII.

• blacks enjoyed equal status in U.S. factories during the war.

• Americans were not always welcoming to minority groups.

• Hispanic workers contributed greatly to the U.S. economy.

One effect of the D-Day invasion was that

• Germany could never again attack the Allies.

• Hitler surrendered and Germany ceased fighting.

• The Allies took a key step towards defeating Germany.

• Soviet troops stopped attacking German soldiers.

The unique thing about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was that they

• fought against Soviet troops at Stalingrad.

• were made up of entirely Japanese-American troops.

• flew planes that escorted Allied bombers over Europe.

• liberated several concentration camps in Europe.

The Manhattan Project was the name given to the

• Japanese idea for a ground invasion of the U.S.

• German plan to destroy New York City during WWII.

• Classified WWII alliance between America & Britain.

• Top secret American effort to create the Atomic bomb.

Which group of Americans was placed in internment camps during WWII?

• German-Americans

• Italian-Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Jewish-Americans