What happened in Germany, Italy, and Spain during the 1930s?
Posted on May 4th, 2010 by admin
Leaders rose to effectively meet the challenges of the times.
Parliamentary governments had difficulty forming coalitions.
Democracy prevailed but governments struggled to pay off war debts.
Fascist dictators assumed power.
22. Which leader is not accurately matched with his country?
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Mussolini Austria
Franco Spain
Hitler Germany
Hirohito Japan
23. What did the Rhineland, Ethiopia, and Austria have in common?
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They were three of the territories invaded by European dictators in the 1930s.
They became Allies in order to prevent Germany from invading.
Leaders from these areas headed the League of Nations.
Hitler conquered all three before taking Poland and Czechoslovakia.
24. What did the passage of five neutrality laws in the 1930s indicate about U.S. foreign policy?
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The United States encouraged everyone to avoid war.
Congress wanted a return to isolationism.
The government fine-tuned its policy toward other nations.
Congress was unwilling to develop additional alliances.
25. What program did Franklin Roosevelt develop to provide supplies to the English in spite of U.S. neutrality laws?
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Borrow-Benefit
Cash and Carriers
Lend-Lease
Supply and Land
26. What famous words did President Roosevelt use to describe the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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"A point in history full of promise and danger"
"A day that will live in infamy"
"Nothing to fear but fear itself"
"Transformation of a lie into truth"
27. How did President Roosevelt indicate his commitment to being prepared for war?
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by detailing preparations in his inaugural and State of the Union addresses
by changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War
by signing the Selective Service Act requiring young men to serve in the military
by calling for large contracts for corporations that built tanks, planes, and jeeps
28. What was the U.S. response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
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bombing Tokyo
joining the Allies and declaring war on Germany
declaring war on Japan and joining the Allies
returning the fleet to naval bases in San Diego
29. Why did President Roosevelt establish a War Production Board?
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to organize the branches of the military as they developed the best strategies of attack
to make the supplies necessary for war
to coordinate the production of war goods among corporations
to be certain that the government received the best deal from overseas producers
30. What did President Roosevelt bring together to create what he called an "arsenal of democracy?"
(Points: 3)
ships from all the Allies that could deliver weapons and ammunition to the ground troops
liberty ships, planes, weapons, and supplies for the military produced by corporations
a munitions facility located in the center of the country that would supply either coast
all the Allied troop commanders to strategize ways of ending the war
31. What action taken by the U.S. government during World War II violated the constitutional rights of some citizens?
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arresting protesters that wanted to voice concerns about the cost of the war
interning and detaining Japanese citizens in camps
preventing news organizations from showing casualties being returned home
tapping the phones of suspected communists without warrants
32. Which two U.S. commanders led troops in the European and Pacific fronts?
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Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz and John Nance Garner
Dwight Eisenhower and George C. Marshall
Henry Stimson and Douglas MacArthur
33. Which U.S. victory in the Pacific theater took the Japanese by surprise?
(Points: 3)
Midway
Tokyo
Bataan
Okinawa
34. What was significant about the D-day landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944?
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A small force defeated a much larger contingent of Germans.
French forces took the lead in fighting the war.
American forces led the Allies in a battle that marked the beginning of the end of the war.
The English coordinated the invasion, which was originally planned to land in Calais.
35. What do tin foil drives, victory gardens, and rationing have in common?
(Points: 3)
They were part of the civilian reaction while waiting for the military to return home at the end of World War II.
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Democracy prevailed but governments struggled to pay off war debts.
Mussolini Austria
They were three of the territories invaded by European dictators in the 1930s.
Congress was unwilling to develop additional alliances.
Supply and Land
May 4th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Democracy prevailed but governments struggled to pay off war debts.
Mussolini Austria
They were three of the territories invaded by European dictators in the 1930s.
Congress was unwilling to develop additional alliances.
Supply and Land
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