End of the War in Europe — Unit test

Question 1

A reason the Neutrality Acts were revised to allow cash-and-carry in the 1930s was

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because fascism was gaining ground in Europe.

Question 2

After World War II, which of the following changes occurred in Germany?

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Germany became two separate countries.

Question 3

A similarity between the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea is that both

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were fought by warplanes from aircraft carriers.

Question 4

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 5

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 6

Which of the following is true of Great Britain’s participation in World War II in 1940?

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Its Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain.

Question 7

When Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936 and Austria in 1938, other European nations

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offered no resistance.

Question 8

Which was a result of the US occupation of Japan after World War II?

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The US and Japan became allies and trading partners.

Question 9

Approximately how many Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust?

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6 million

Question 10

By the end of 1944, during the last days of Nazi Germany, Allied forces

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had blocked Germany in on three sides.

End of the War in Europe — Unit test Answers