World War Two (Flocabulary Quiz)
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- Q 1/10Score 0Which of the following is a characteristic of fascism?29
exploitation of people's fear
all of the above
nationalist sentiment
military dictatorship
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- Q1Which of the following is a characteristic of fascism?
exploitation of people's fear
all of the above
nationalist sentiment
military dictatorship30s - Q2In the decade leading up to WWII, America ________.
was governed by President Harry S. Truman
was interested in getting involved in the war to stop the spread of fascism
was trying to recover from the Great Depressionattacked a Japanese naval base
30s - Q3How did Adolf Hitler win the support of the German people?
He gave speeches supporting tolerance of different ethnic and religious groups.
He formed a secret alliance with the Japanese.
He blamed groups like the Jews for Germany's economic and social problems.He created the New Deal to fix Germany's economic and social problems.
30s - Q4What event directly caused the United States to join WWII?
the sinking of American warships by German U-boats
Hitler's invasion of Poland
the discovery of concentration camps in Europe
the bombing of Pearl Harbor30s - Q5What happened on D-Day?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Russia declared war on Japan.
Germany surrendered to the Allies.
Efforts to liberate France and Italy from Germany's control began.30s - Q6Which of the following was a reason that Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Japan was threatening to drop atomic bombs on US naval bases.
Truman wanted to scare Germany into surrendering.
Truman did not know how destructive the atomic bombs would be.
An invasion of Japan could have cost up to 1 million American soldier lives.30s - Q7Which famous historical figure first told President Roosevelt about the possibility of creating an atomic bomb?
Thomas Edison
Benito Mussolini
Albert EinsteinAdolf Hitler
30s - Q8What was the major decision that President Truman faced in 1945?
whether to take over for President Roosevelt
whether to declare war on Japan
whether to surrender to Germany
whether to drop atomic bombs on Japan30s - Q9What happened in late April and early May of 1945?Germany surrendered, and Hitler committed suicide.
France and Italy were liberated from Germany's control.
Hitler first rose to power.
Germany invaded Poland, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
30s - Q10What was the purpose of the original concentration camps built in the early 1930s?
to imprison Allied forces captured during the war
to exterminate groups like Jews, gypsies and gay people
to be Adolf Hitler's headquarters during the war
to imprison groups like Jews, gypsies and gay people and have them perform slave labor30s
