War Crimes and the Holocaust — Unit test

Question 1

The occurrence of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in Germany in 1938 showed that the Nazi government

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fully supported violence against Jewish people.

Question 2

Why did supporters of using the atomic bomb reject the idea of dropping one on a deserted island?

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They did not want to waste one of the remaining bombs.

Question 3

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan at the end of World War II thought an invasion would

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cost too many American lives.

Question 4

Approximately how many Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust?

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6 million

Question 5

How was the battle at Normandy a turning point in World War II?

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The Allied forces succeeded in pushing over one million Allied soldiers into France.

Question 6

Supporters of the atomic bomb argued against the idea that the US should not use the bomb against Japan by

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noting that firebombing had already caused extensive damage in Japan.

Question 7

Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Washington, DC, shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941?

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to plan an overall strategy for the rest of World War II

Question 8

What was General MacArthur’s main motivation as he led forces in the Southwest Pacific between 1942 and 1944?

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his desire to keep his promise to return to the Philippines

Question 9

Who won the fighting in North Africa in 1943?

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Allied forces

Question 10

During World War II, which was an Allied nation?

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China

War Crimes and the Holocaust — Unit test Answers