The Holocaust — Unit test Answers

Look at this photograph taken during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Which of the following describes Adolf Hitler’s role in public life during the 1930s?

Even before World War II started in 1939, Japan had already invaded which of these areas?

How was Hitler’s attack on the Soviet Union similar to his invasion of France?

Which of the following organized Kristallnacht?

Japan was unable to launch any more major offensives after losing the Battle of

In 1941, Japan’s desire for expansion in the Pacific led to war with

Why was Benito Mussolini able to seize control in Italy?

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Why is the name “totalitarianism” appropriate for that form of government?

In the report below, a Nazi officer describes the evacuation of the Warsaw ghetto in 1943."The execution of this transfer order [to move all the Jews in the ghetto to concentration camps] proved to be very difficult, since the managers as well as the Jews resisted in every possible way . . . The conditions discovered there are indescribable. I cannot imagine a greater chaos than in the Ghetto of Warsaw.”—SS General Jürgen Stroop, 1943

One reason the Third Reich was effective was because it

The passage below contains testimony from the commander of Auschwitz, given at a war crimes trial in 1946.DR. KAUFMANN: Is it furthermore true that Eichmann stated to you that in Auschwitz a total sum of more than 2 million Jews had been destroyed?HÖSS: Yes.DR. KAUFMANN: Did you yourself ever feel pity with the victims, thinking of your own family and children?HÖSS: Yes.DR. KAUFMANN: How was it possible for you to carry out these actions in spite of this?HÖSS: In view of all these doubts which I had, the only one and decisive argument was the strict order and the reason given for it by the Reichsführer Himmler.

What provisions of the Treaty of Versailles did Hitler violate in 1935? Choose two answers.He stopped taking responsibility for the war.He sent troops into neutral territories. He stockpiled military resources.He borrowed money from other countries.He stopped taking financial responsibility for damages.

In a speech to the British people near the beginning of World War II, Churchill said the following:Let us brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."—Winston Churchill