WWII Unit Review

The disastrous effects of WWI and the Great Depression led

• to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

• to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.

• totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.

• people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.

What policy did Great Britain, France, and the United states pursue against the new regimes in Germany, Italy, and Japan in the 1930s?

• Military Intervention
• Appeasement
• Economic Sanctions
• Declaration of War

During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt realized that most Americans

• opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe.

• supported the aims of the Axis Powers.

• were more concerned with the war than with U.S. domestic affairs.

• were eager for the United States to solve Europe’s problems.

What is one way American women mobilized for the war effort?

• They joined army, navy, and Coast Guard auxiliaries.

• They fought in the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

• They served as Navajo Code Talkers in the war in the Pacific.

• They flew more than 500 combat missions in fighter planes.

During World War II, the federal government dealt with the problem shown in this cartoon by

• rationing gasoline used by American drivers

• 
  increasing imports of oil from the Dutch East Indies

• ending the use of tanks by the military

• setting higher mileage standards for car manufacturers

Why did the Allies pursue a “Europe First” strategy?

• They considered Germany to be their most dangerous enemy.

• They felt that Japan would soon seek peace if it was not attacked.

• They believed victory in Europe would be quick and easy.

• They believed that Japan posed little threat to their interests.

In what ways did Americans’ lives change during WWII?

• Some goods were rationed to free up resources for war production.

• Congress reduced taxes on working Americans to boost morale.

• Americans found it easier than ever to buy consumer goods.

• The government relaxed controls on wages and prices.

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

• Trials held in Berlin

• Trials against the Japanese war criminals

• Trials to save American lives.

• Trials that were held to judge the Nazi war criminals

What was the goal of Hitler’s “Final Solution”?

• the elimination of all socialist and communist regimes in Europe

• a military victory over the Soviets that would ensure a supply of oil

• the unification of all Germanic people into the Third Reich

• the extermination of all Jews in areas controlled by Germany

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy….

-President Franklin Roosevelt,

December 8, 1941

 

What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?

• the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

• a police attack on strikers in Detroit

• the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange

• an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine