Entering World War II – Flashcards
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The form of government in Germany under Adolf Hitler can best be described as
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Totalitorian
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When Hitler sent troops into Rhineland in 1936 and Austria in 1938, other European nations
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Offered no resistance
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Which practice is sometimes characterized by extreme nationalism?
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Fascism
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Germany's reparation payments after World War II caused
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massive inflation in Germany
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Which of the following best summarizes how Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany?
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Hitler was elected as a strong leader by Germans who felt angry following the Treaty of Versailles
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Which of the following was Hitler's first violation of the Treaty of Versailles?
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The German invasion of the Rhineland
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Which practice places citizens under absolute state control?
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Totalitarianism
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Totalitarian governments are characterized by extreme nationalism, or belief that
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One's country is superior to other countries
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How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions in the Czech region of the Sudetenland?
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It ;ed Germany to invade and occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia
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Which of the following is a feature of democratic system but not totalitarian system?
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Freedom of Speech
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Germany's invasion of which country started WWII?
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Poland
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Passage of the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 signaled?
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The end of American neutrality in WWII
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How did the Destroyers of Bases agreement President Roosevelt signed help Britain and its allies?
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The agreement put US bases on British territory
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Which piece of Roosevelt's legislation, passed in 1941, stirred up the most controversy?
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The Lend-Lease Act
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During the 1950s, the US followed a foreign policy of isolationism. Which is the best example of that policy?
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Avoiding alliances with other nations
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Which of the following was a reason the US adopted a policy of isolationism before WWII?
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The large number of American casualties in WWI
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Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech signaled a shift in US foreign policy from isolationism to
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Internationalism
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Why was Japan's attack on Hawaii a strategic move?
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Hawaii was where a large portion of the Pacific fleet was sheltered
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A goal of the Defense Plant Corporation was
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to give money to businesses to fund war protection
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How did the US Computer ENIAC help the war effort?
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It did complex calculations needed to accurately five artillery
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Which two groups helped the US boost its WWII production to record levels?
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Labor and Business
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What did the US government do to ensure there would not be any vital factory work stoppages during WWII?
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The government banned workers in important industries from striking
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How did the Gross National Product(GNP) of the US change between 1940 and 1944?
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It more than doubled
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Which of the following best summarizes the status of WWII than any other country were
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Oil and Steel
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Who issued Executive Order 9066?
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Which statement best describes the role of West Coast newspapers in provoking fear of Japanese people in the 1940s?
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The newspapers reported rumors about Japanese Americans being spies
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What was the impact of President Roosevelt's approval of Executive Order 9066?
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More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps
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Who was Fred Korematsu?
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An American citizen who lived in California
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Which of the following best describes the Nisei 42nd Regimental Combat Team?
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It consisted mostly of Japanese immmigrants
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How did America's involvement in WWII impact race relations in the military?
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Individuals of different backgrounds made significant contributions to the war effort, which encouraged racial integration in the military
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What was the policy regarding Japanese Americans in the military during WWII?
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Japanese Americans could only fight in Europe, not the Pacific
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During WWII, the US government sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps based on
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Whether they lived in an exclusion zone.
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In Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that in a time of great "emergency and peril", the internment of Japanese Americans was
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Constitutional
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Which of the following best describes one reason that thousands of Japanese Americans voluntarily joined the US military during WWII?
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To show their loyalty to the US
