Module Five Exam Review – Flashcards

The quote below was written by Benito Mussolini in 1925: "Italy wants peace and quiet, work and calm. I will give these things with love if possible and with force if necessary." This quote is associated with which of the following movements that led to the outbreak of World War II?

Which of these was intensified by the outbreak of World War II?

This quote from General Dwight Eisenhower was made in 1945: "The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were so overpowering as to leave me a bit sick. In one room, where they [there] were piled up twenty or thirty naked men, killed by starvation, George Patton would not even enter." —General Dwight Eisenhower Witnessing what caused the Commander of Allied Forces in World War II to make this statement?

What effect did the "final solution" have on the population of Eastern Europe?

The quote below was written during the 1940s: "The senselessness of all the inactive manpower. . . . [M]en who are able and willing to do all they can to lick the Axis. . . . Why won't America let us?" Based on the quote, which conclusion can be made about the United States during World War II?

Why did the Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States (1944) anger supporters of civil liberties?

This image is posted in the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C: A weathered chart with German lettering shows a series of different colored triangles and Star of David shapes. Some of the triangles have single bars above them. Others have circles below. In the lower right section of the chart is a striped garment with one of the shapes attached, as if instructing a person using the chart where to place the shape. Public Domain What was the purpose of the shapes and colors that are shown on the chart?

This statement was one of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration in July 1945: "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and, to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative is prompt and utter destruction." What does this statement indicate about the use of the atomic bomb in World War II?

The development of an atomic bomb by the United States did which of these?

How did the United States continue trade during the war without actually entering the war effort?

How did President Roosevelt get around the Neutrality Acts after Japan invaded China in 1937?

Which describes the American public's reaction to the Lend-Lease Act?

American neutrality was tested when this county was attacked in the 1930s?

The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between which countries?

How did the U.S. government pay for the war effort during World War II?

Which conference was held to decide how to address the issues arising from the surrender of Nazi Germany?

Photograph taken at the Mauthausen Camp: A photograph shows a brick wall with two large and thick metal doors in the middle of it. Large rolling metal trays are coming out of the doors. Two smaller metal doors are at the bottom of the wall. A long metal pole with a rounded handle is leaning against the wall. The bricks on the wall are discolored and darkened above and below the doors. Where the doors are open, darkened bricks can be seen inside. © 2012 Image Quest The image depicts which area of a death camp?