US History Chapter 13 and 14: A World in Flames and America and WWII
1. Which of the following is NOT considered a cause of World War II?
A. The rise of dictatorships
B. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C. WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
2. According to the chart to the right, the political ideologies of which of the following countries were
most similar to those of Germany?
A. Italy
B. Russia
C. United States
USSR
Communism: Advocates one-party rule
and the elimination of private property,
and does not tolerate opposition.
Italy
Fascism: Advocates extreme
nationalism and a strong centralized
government led by a dictator.
Germany
Nazism: Advocates extreme
nationalism, control of all industry by
the state, the superiority of the Aryan
race, and leadership by a dictator
Japan
Militarism: Advocates extreme
nationalism, values military virtues and
ideals, and takes an aggressive military
approach to expanding its power.
3.
In the 1930’s the United States responded to the conflicts in Europe by passing a series of neutrality
laws. The Neutrality Acts:
A. Made it illegal for America to sell arms to any country at war
B. Required all countries to buy nonmilitary supplies on a “cash and carry” basis
C. Both A and B
4. After
was invaded, Britain and France declared war against Germany.
A. Poland
B. France
C. Soviet Union
5. The U.S. automobile industry was converted for the mass production of:
A. Government Issued clothing
B. Military equipment and weapons
C. Buildings to house soldiers
6. According to the political cartoon to the right, how did Americans feel about assisting the Allies?
A. Many Americans were willing
to help the British but did not
want to sell them arms
B. The United States did not want
to get involved in another
European War
C. Both A and B
7. Which choice best completes the diagram?
A. Spain
B. Japan
C. Great Britain
Germany
Axis
Powers
Italy
?
8. The Lend-Lease Act was Roosevelt’s way of getting arms to Britain and becoming the “arsenal of
democracy” without Britain having to
A. Give up more territory for bases
B. Pay cash
C. Return them after the war
9.
One of the reasons Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was the United States’ embargo on the sale of
strategic materials and efforts to stop Japan from:
A. Invading Indochina
B. Attacking British and Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia
C. Both A and B
Please examine the timelines. Then answer questions 10-11.
10. Hitler became chancellor in the same year as:
A. FDR was inaugurated
B. The first neutrality act was passed
C. German government suspends freedom of press, speech, and assembly
11. Referring to timeline above, choose the most accurate statement.
A. World War II began during Roosevelt’s first term in office.
B. The Spanish Civil War was over in 1936
C. Poland was the first attack in WWII
Use the picture and the quote to help answer
questions 12.
12. Why did the United States enter the war
in 1941?
A. Blitzkrieg over Poland
B. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
C. Sinking of the Lusitania
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in
infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and
deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of
Japan… No matter how long it may take us… the American
people in their righteous might will win through to absolute
victory.” -from the Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Matching
13. Appeasement
14. Embargo
15. Internationalism
16. Isolationism
A. Believed that Americans should stay out of
world affairs
B. Stopped the sale of oil from the United
States to Japan
C. Idea that trade between nations helps to
prevent war
D. Accepting demands in order to avoid
conflict
17. All of the following are true about minorities in the military EXCEPT
A. Though later serving with distinction, Japanese Americans were not initially allowed to serve in
the military
B. Most minorities were allowed only in noncombat positions
C. Navajo Native Americans served as code talkers
“The greatest advantage the United States enjoyed on the ground in the fighting was… the jeep and the twoand-a-half ton truck. These are the instruments that moved and supplied United States troops in battle, while
the German army… depended on animal transport…. The United States, profiting from the mass production
achievements of its automotive industry… had mobility that completely outclassed the enemy.
-General George Marshall
18. What does the passage above tell us about the way World War II was won?
A. Moving troops and supplies quickly was critical
B. The jeep and the two-and-a-half ton truck were not invented in time to have an impact on WWII
C. The Automotive industry weakened the United States
19. If British and American troops opened a second front by attacking Germany from the west, it would
take pressure off the:
A. Soviet Union
B. British
C. Italians
20. The Battle of the Atlantic Ocean slowly turned in favor of the Allies, in part due to new technology,
including depth charges, radar, and
A. tanks
B. sonar
C. Mass production
21. These two groups replaced factory workers when white males were drafted:
A. Hispanics & African Americans
B. Women & African Americans
C. Women & Children
Use the quote and picture to answer question 22.
“They’d halt us in front of these big artesian
wells… so we could see the water and they
wouldn’t let us have any. Anyone who would
make a break for water would be shot or
bayoneted. Then they were left there. Finally,
it got so bad further along the road that you
never got away from the stench of death. There
were bodies laying all along the road in various
degrees of decomposition – swollen, burst
open, maggots crawling by the thousands...”
22. What does the quote and picture describe:
a. The Bataan Death March
b. The Invasion of Tarawa
c. The Battle of Iwo Jima
23. Rosie the Riveter, as pictured, was a piece of propaganda that encouraged:
A. Women to stay at home
B. Women to work in factories
C. Women to grow victory gardens
24. There was a housing crisis in 1940 because:
A. Racism led to riots which destroyed homes
B. Many people moved to where the defense industries were located faster than housing could
be built
C. Large amounts of national disasters wiped out many homes
25. In 1942 Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the west coast of the U.S. a military zone
and ordered all people of
ancestry to relocate to
___________.
A. Jewish, Concentration Camps
B. African American, Concentration Camps
C. Japanese, Internment Camps
26. The Office of Price Administration used rationing in the United States during WWII. Rationing is:
A. The limiting the purchase of some products
B. The planting of gardens
C. The wearing of suits with no vests, no cuffs and a short jacket
27. In the case Korematsu v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese
Americans was
A. Unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once
B. Constitutional because it was based on military urgency
C. Unconstitutional because it was based on race
28. The primary US strategy in the Pacific was known as:
A. island destruction
B. Island hopping
C. Nation building
29. The United States believed the products of the Manhattan Project were necessary in order to
guarantee:
A. A German alliance with the US
B. An unconditional Japanese surrender
C. That all Americans had jobs at minimum wage
30. The two cities hit by the atomic bombs were:
A. Nagasaki & Hiroshima
B. Tokyo and Hiroshima
C. Tokyo & Nagasaki
31. Which of the following choices best completes
the diagram?
A. D-Day
B. Double V Day
C. V-E Day
32. According to the chart to the right, which country
lost the most people during WWII?
A. Germany
B. Japan
C. USSR
33. Which organization was formed at the end of WWII to promote peace?
A. League of Nations
B. Manhattan Project
C. United Nations
34. At the Nuremberg Trials, the International Military Tribunal:
A. Required Germany to pay reparations for the war
B. Put German leaders on trial for their war crimes
C. Declared international peace and no more wars
35. The US decided to defeat Hitler before dealing with Japan partly because
A. The US had closer ties with Japan
B. Germany declared war on Japan
C. Germany was considered a greater threat
Using your own knowledge and the timeline above, answer the following 2 questions.
36. The Nuremberg Laws prohibited Jewish Germans from all of the following except:
A. Owning and operating businesses
B. Holding public office or voting
C. Both A and B
37. The Wannsee Conference was held to determine the “final solution of the Jewish question.” As a
result, which event on the timeline took place?
A.
B.
C.
The Nuremberg laws denying Jews citizenship are passed
Jewish passports are marked with the letter “J”
First transports of Jews are taken to Auschwitz
38. The picture to the right represents:
A. Blitzkrieg
B. Kristallnacht
C. Jude
39. All of the following are true about the Jewish refugees
aboard the SS St. Louis except:
A. Allowed immigration to the United States
B. Were sent back to Europe
C. Were trying to escape Jewish persecution
40. Looking at the circle graph on the right, which of the
following is a true statement?
A. More Jewish died at Auschwitz than any
other group
B. Jewish were not the only ethnic group
whose members died in concentration
camps
C. Both A and B
41. Which of the following is NOT true about Japanese-American during WWII?
A. They were placed in internment/prison camps
B. Over 100 of them were convicted of treason and executed
C. They faced the most discrimination of any group during WWII in America
42. Which of the following is NOT something the average American citizen would have done to show
their support for the war effort?
A. Grow victory gardens
B. Participate in scrap drives
C. Spy on Germany
Use the Reading above answer the following two questions.
43. Which of following is false?
A. Japan would not have lost without the Atomic Bomb
B. The Atomic Bomb saved the life of US soldiers
C. The atomic bomb was a secret weapon
44. The Japanese government would end the war if
A. The emperor will continue to rule Japan
B. The US cannot rule Japan
C. Both A and B
Battles Matching
45. Battle of Midway
46. Iwo Jima
47. Battle of Stalingrad
48. Okinawa
49. Battle of the Bulge
50. Normandy
A.
B.
C.
D.
Allowed Allies to have a base to use for bombing Japan
Last battle before the invasion of Japan
Last German offensive
Turning point in the war that stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific and
put them on defensive
E. First major Russian defeat of Germany in Europe; leads to them retreating &
fighting a defensive war.
AB. On June 6, 1944, (D-Day) nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000
soldiers set sail for the coast of
to begin Operation Overlord