World War II — Test

Question 1

The threat to the survival of which nation led the Allies to pursue a “Europe-first” strategy?

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the Soviet Union

Question 2

How did Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease Act shift US foreign policy away from isolationism?

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It lent arms to Allied forces and allowed them to pay later.

Question 3

Fred Korematsu argued that internment was unconstitutional mainly because internees

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did not receive due process.

Question 4

The mass murder of Jewish people in Russia was carried out by

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mobile killing squads.

Question 5

During World War II, the Allies were able to go on the offensive against Japan after

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the US won the Battle of Midway.

World War II — Test Answers