WW2 notes – Flashcard
44 test answers
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answers 44question
Why did Stalin want Britain and the United States to open a second front in France?
answer
he wanted Germany to divide its troops between two fronts
Unlock the answer
question
President Truman's chief priority in using the atomic bomb against Japan was to
answer
save American lives
Unlock the answer
question
Which group did Nazi ideology consider superior to other people?
answer
Aryans
Unlock the answer
question
At the 1942 Wannsee Conference, Reinhard Heydrich
answer
outlined a plan to exterminate about 11,000,000 Jews
Unlock the answer
question
What is one result of WWII?
answer
colonial peoples renewed their drive for independence from European powers
Unlock the answer
question
Following the battle of Stalingrad,
answer
Hitler's plans of dominating Europe had ended
Unlock the answer
question
What did American leaders learn at Kasserine Pass in North Africa?
answer
they needed aggressive officers and troops better trained for desert fighting
Unlock the answer
question
Allied bombing of Germany in 1942 changed the war because it
answer
helped pave the way for a later all-out offensive
Unlock the answer
question
Which of the following was a result of the Battle of Midway?
answer
Japan never again threatened Pacific domination
Unlock the answer
question
How did wartime pressures create a break from the past?
answer
many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women's work
Unlock the answer
question
During WWII, many African Americans
answer
joined organizations dedicated to fighting segregation
Unlock the answer
question
How did population shifts change American life during the war?
answer
the Southwest became a growing cultural, social, economic, and political force
Unlock the answer
question
Executive Order 9066 affected civil liberties in the United States because it
answer
designated war zones from which anyone could be removed
Unlock the answer
question
FDR created the Office of Price Administration (OPA), which
answer
had the authority to control wages and set maximum prices
Unlock the answer
question
Which of the following took place at the Tehran Conference?
answer
Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack Germany on the Western Front
Unlock the answer
question
What was one effect of the D-Day invasion?
answer
the Allies took an important step toward reaching Berlin
Unlock the answer
question
One of the effects of the Battle of the Bulge was that
answer
Germany used its reserves and demoralized its troops in the battle
Unlock the answer
question
Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan?
answer
Harry S. Truman
Unlock the answer
question
Hitler's economic persecution of Jews in Germany involved
answer
barring Jews from working in civil service
Unlock the answer
question
Many Jews were prevented from leaving Germany because
answer
some countries refused to accept them during the Great Depression
Unlock the answer
question
What was Hitler's "final solution"?
answer
a plan to exterminate all Jews living in Third Reich-controlled regions
Unlock the answer
question
The largest Nazi death camp was located at
answer
Auschwitz
Unlock the answer
question
Which of the following limited the U.S. response to the Holocaust?
answer
the focus of U.S. resources on defeating Hitler
Unlock the answer
question
How did Japan change politically after WWII?
answer
a new constitution enacted democratic reforms
Unlock the answer
question
Which two nations emerged as the strongest following WWII?
answer
the Soviet Union and the United States
Unlock the answer
question
What campaign in the European theater was fought on a continent other than Europe?
answer
North African campaign
Unlock the answer
question
What was an effect that WWII had on American women?
answer
the war accelerated a trend toward white-collar employment for women
Unlock the answer
question
What effect did the D-Day invasion have on WWII?
answer
forced the Germans to fight the war on two fronts
Unlock the answer
question
What, in theory, was the purpose of concentration camps?
answer
to convert Jews into members of the Third Reich
Unlock the answer
question
Which of the following measures were taken when the Allies dealt with war criminals that violated provisions of the Geneva Convention?
answer
the Allies held trials against Japanese citizens who brutally mistreated prisoners of war
Unlock the answer
question
United Nations
answer
fostered cooperation between the Great Powers
Unlock the answer
question
War Refugee Board
answer
U.S. organization designed to aid Eastern European Jews
Unlock the answer
question
genocide
answer
willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group
Unlock the answer
question
442nd Regimental Combat Team
answer
all-Nisei unit; most decorated military unit U.S. history
Unlock the answer
question
rationing
answer
limiting the amount of certain goods that civilians can buy
Unlock the answer
question
Tuskegee Airmen
answer
famous African American squadron
Unlock the answer
question
Yalta Conference
answer
Big Three meeting to discuss postwar plans
Unlock the answer
question
A. Philip Randolph
answer
campaigned against discriminatory practices in the United States
Unlock the answer
question
island hopping
answer
strategy used for capturing strategic Pacific locations
Unlock the answer
question
"Europe First" strategy
answer
Allied two-front strategy used to defeat Hitler
Unlock the answer
