Question 1

A chief reason for Britain's prolonged appeasement of Hitler was that

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A)  the British government wanted a counterweight to France on the Continent. 
B)  he was seen by some leaders as an anticommunist bulwark. 
C)  the British government of the late 1930s was strongly pro-German. 
D)  he was seen as a way to tame the eastern European troublemakers. 
E)  the United States urged Britain to stay out of any dangerous situations. 
A)  the British government wanted a counterweight to France on the Continent. 
B)  he was seen by some leaders as an anticommunist bulwark. 
C)  the British government of the late 1930s was strongly pro-German. 
D)  he was seen as a way to tame the eastern European troublemakers. 
E)  the United States urged Britain to stay out of any dangerous situations.

Question 2

France held out hope for a long time that, if push came to shove,

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A)  the Maginot Line would protect them from Germany. 
B)  Germany could not succeed in any aggressive action against them without Austria's support, and since Anschluss was forbidden, all would be well. 
C)  Mussolini would rein Hitler in and come on board with France. 
D)  the United States would intervene with economic sanctions and halt German aggression in its tracks. 
E)  Britain would come to the support of the beleaguered Czech government when Hitler made his bid for domination there. 
A)  the Maginot Line would protect them from Germany. 
B)  Germany could not succeed in any aggressive action against them without Austria's support, and since Anschluss was forbidden, all would be well. 
C)  Mussolini would rein Hitler in and come on board with France. 
D)  the United States would intervene with economic sanctions and halt German aggression in its tracks. 
E)  Britain would come to the support of the beleaguered Czech government when Hitler made his bid for domination there.

Question 3

In Spain's Civil War that began in 1936,

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A)  Hitler and Mussolini sent enough arms and advisers to make the difference, leading Franco and his forces to victory. 
B)  France joined in to help the Spanish Loyalists by creating a Popular Front movement. 
C)  most of the Western democracies sided with the Catholic Church, the peasants, and most of the middle classes. 
D)  Sweden and Switzerland refused to get involved, but Portugal sent troops to support the Loyalists. 
E)  volunteers from around the world went to Spain to fight with the Loyalists, but United States citizens held to the government's official stance of neutrality. 
A)  Hitler and Mussolini sent enough arms and advisers to make the difference, leading Franco and his forces to victory. 
B)  France joined in to help the Spanish Loyalists by creating a Popular Front movement. 
C)  most of the Western democracies sided with the Catholic Church, the peasants, and most of the middle classes. 
D)  Sweden and Switzerland refused to get involved, but Portugal sent troops to support the Loyalists. 
E)  volunteers from around the world went to Spain to fight with the Loyalists, but United States citizens held to the government's official stance of neutrality.

Question 4

The Soviet Union and the United States were at odds over many things during the post-World War II era, but the issue that led to the most dramatic confrontation between the two occurred when

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A)  the United States introduced a new currency, the deutsche mark, into West Germany, thus financially separating East Germany from West Germany, to East Germany's detriment. 
B)  Stalin attempted to get the Allies to leave West Berlin in 1948 by imposing a blockade that denied ground access to the city, and the Americans had to carry out a long-running airlift of supplies. 
C)  the Soviet Union began in late 1945 to impose satellite governments throughout the countries of eastern Europe. 
D)  the Soviets accused, with reason, the Allies of refusing to honor wartime commitments to share West German resources with them, to serve as war reparations. 
E)  the West chose to ignore earlier plans to hunt down Nazis and bring them to justice, choosing instead to build up German protections in hopes of keeping communism from spreading. 
A)  the United States introduced a new currency, the deutsche mark, into West Germany, thus financially separating East Germany from West Germany, to East Germany's detriment. 
B)  Stalin attempted to get the Allies to leave West Berlin in 1948 by imposing a blockade that denied ground access to the city, and the Americans had to carry out a long-running airlift of supplies. 
C)  the Soviet Union began in late 1945 to impose satellite governments throughout the countries of eastern Europe. 
D)  the Soviets accused, with reason, the Allies of refusing to honor wartime commitments to share West German resources with them, to serve as war reparations. 
E)  the West chose to ignore earlier plans to hunt down Nazis and bring them to justice, choosing instead to build up German protections in hopes of keeping communism from spreading.

Question 5

Operation Barbarossa

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A)  was the code name for the attack on Russia by the Germans. 
B)  pitted Hitler and Mussolini on one side against all of the Allied forces, at the Marne River in 1944. 
C)  was the name given for the invasion of Sicily as the Allies moved to take Italy in 1943. 
D)  stood for Hitler's planned invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939. 
E)  was Hitler's plan to tear down the Maginot Line as he invaded France and captured Paris. 
A)  was the code name for the attack on Russia by the Germans. 
B)  pitted Hitler and Mussolini on one side against all of the Allied forces, at the Marne River in 1944. 
C)  was the name given for the invasion of Sicily as the Allies moved to take Italy in 1943. 
D)  stood for Hitler's planned invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939. 
E)  was Hitler's plan to tear down the Maginot Line as he invaded France and captured Paris.

Question 6

President Truman and the U.S.high command asserted that dropping the atomic bomb on Japan saved about ____________________ American lives.

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The answer of President Truman and the U.S.high command asserted...

Question 7

The chief American architect of the victory over Japan in the Pacific was General ____________________.

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The answer of The chief American architect of the victory...

Question 8

In June 1944, what began the part of World War II in Europe that was known as the Second Front?

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A)  The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 
B)  The German attacks on Soviet Russian territory. 
C)  The German attacks and later defeat on the Italian peninsula. 
D)  The attacks around Stalingrad marking the beginning of the Russian offensive. 
E)  The invasion across the English Channel by British, American, and Canadian forces. 
A)  The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 
B)  The German attacks on Soviet Russian territory. 
C)  The German attacks and later defeat on the Italian peninsula. 
D)  The attacks around Stalingrad marking the beginning of the Russian offensive. 
E)  The invasion across the English Channel by British, American, and Canadian forces.

Question 9

Discuss the course of World War II from the German perspective.How did they justify their actions and succeed initially?

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Answers would include a discussion of th

Question 10

The codename ____________________ denoted the German attack on Russia.

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Operation

Question 11

In February 1945, the allied participants at the ____________________ agreed that free elections would be held in liberated areas as soon as possible, but the Soviets refused to honor the agreement.

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The answer of In February 1945, the allied participants at...

Question 12

Blitzkrieg refers to

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A)  the German SS. 
B)  German military strategy. 
C)  the Germany legislature. 
D)  the code word for German intelligence. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  the German SS. 
B)  German military strategy. 
C)  the Germany legislature. 
D)  the code word for German intelligence. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 13

To end World War II, the United States dropped bombs on ____________________ and ____________________, Japanese cities.

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Hiroshima,

Question 14

The Battle of the Coral Sea

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A)  led to the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese control, making it possible for General MacArthur to have a strategic location from which to command the Pacific fleet. 
B)  stopped any thoughts the Japanese had of taking India, despite the fact that the Japanese government suggested that it would liberate India if Britain lost the war. 
C)  led to Japan's capture of all of Southeast Asia. 
D)  halted Japan's march southward through the Pacific toward Australia, effectively turning the tide of the war. 
E)  was one of the deadliest Pacific conflicts for the United States, temporarily making Americans fear that the war there might not be won. 
A)  led to the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese control, making it possible for General MacArthur to have a strategic location from which to command the Pacific fleet. 
B)  stopped any thoughts the Japanese had of taking India, despite the fact that the Japanese government suggested that it would liberate India if Britain lost the war. 
C)  led to Japan's capture of all of Southeast Asia. 
D)  halted Japan's march southward through the Pacific toward Australia, effectively turning the tide of the war. 
E)  was one of the deadliest Pacific conflicts for the United States, temporarily making Americans fear that the war there might not be won.

Question 15

In making the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan, the United States dealt with all of these considerations EXCEPT

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A)  The Japanese had throughout the war shown fierce resistance and determination. 
B)  Some analysts suggested American casualties during an invasion of Japan might rise to 200,000. 
C)  Some who were against dropping the bombs believed that the Japanese were on the verge of surrendering. 
D)  The Japanese had already fought very bloody battles trying to hang on to other islands. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  The Japanese had throughout the war shown fierce resistance and determination. 
B)  Some analysts suggested American casualties during an invasion of Japan might rise to 200,000. 
C)  Some who were against dropping the bombs believed that the Japanese were on the verge of surrendering. 
D)  The Japanese had already fought very bloody battles trying to hang on to other islands. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 16

How long did the peace last regarding the proclamation by Neville Chamberlain in 1939 declaring "peace in our time"?

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A)  About a week. 
B)  Four years. 
C)  Three days. 
D)  Almost six months. 
E)  One year. 
A)  About a week. 
B)  Four years. 
C)  Three days. 
D)  Almost six months. 
E)  One year.

Question 17

What course did the Western democracies pursue during the Spanish Civil War?

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A)  They remained neutral. 
B)  They supported Spain. 
C)  They supported the Loyalists. 
D)  They supported the Popular Front. 
E)  They supported the Nationalists. 
A)  They remained neutral. 
B)  They supported Spain. 
C)  They supported the Loyalists. 
D)  They supported the Popular Front. 
E)  They supported the Nationalists.

Question 18

Anschluss refers to which of the following?

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A)  Italy breaking its alliance with the French and beginning to gravitate toward Germany. 
B)  German aggressive actions toward the British. 
C)  German invasion of Norway. 
D)  Polish concentration camps. 
E)  Union of Austria and Germany. 
A)  Italy breaking its alliance with the French and beginning to gravitate toward Germany. 
B)  German aggressive actions toward the British. 
C)  German invasion of Norway. 
D)  Polish concentration camps. 
E)  Union of Austria and Germany.

Question 19

One of the earliest of Hitler's violations of the Versailles Treaty was the creation of the powerful ____________________, or German ____________________.

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Luftwaffe,

Question 20

World War II was a watershed in history in several ways, one of them being that

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A)  most countries in Western Europe were damaged heavily by the fighting and took decades to recover. 
B)  even all of the war's winners felt like losers when the war was over. 
C)  a war was fought in two completely different parts of the world for the first time in history. 
D)  the United States agreed to a negotiated treaty with Japan after stating that there would be no negotiations. 
E)  more people died in World War II, perhaps as many as 30 million, than had died in any other disaster in recorded history, and a huge number of those killed were civilians. 
A)  most countries in Western Europe were damaged heavily by the fighting and took decades to recover. 
B)  even all of the war's winners felt like losers when the war was over. 
C)  a war was fought in two completely different parts of the world for the first time in history. 
D)  the United States agreed to a negotiated treaty with Japan after stating that there would be no negotiations. 
E)  more people died in World War II, perhaps as many as 30 million, than had died in any other disaster in recorded history, and a huge number of those killed were civilians.

Exam 45: World War II

A chief reason for Britain's prolonged appeasement of Hitler was that

France held out hope for a long time that, if push came to shove,

In Spain's Civil War that began in 1936,

The Soviet Union and the United States were at odds over many things during the post-World War II era, but the issue that led to the most dramatic confrontation between the two occurred when

Operation Barbarossa

President Truman and the U.S.high command asserted that dropping the atomic bomb on Japan saved about ____________________ American lives.

The chief American architect of the victory over Japan in the Pacific was General ____________________.

In June 1944, what began the part of World War II in Europe that was known as the Second Front?

Discuss the course of World War II from the German perspective.How did they justify their actions and succeed initially?

The codename ____________________ denoted the German attack on Russia.

In February 1945, the allied participants at the ____________________ agreed that free elections would be held in liberated areas as soon as possible, but the Soviets refused to honor the agreement.

Blitzkrieg refers to

To end World War II, the United States dropped bombs on ____________________ and ____________________, Japanese cities.

The Battle of the Coral Sea

In making the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan, the United States dealt with all of these considerations EXCEPT

How long did the peace last regarding the proclamation by Neville Chamberlain in 1939 declaring "peace in our time"?

What course did the Western democracies pursue during the Spanish Civil War?

Anschluss refers to which of the following?

One of the earliest of Hitler's violations of the Versailles Treaty was the creation of the powerful ____________________, or German ____________________.

World War II was a watershed in history in several ways, one of them being that

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