Which of the following did NOT influence Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb?
A. An invasion of Japan would produce enormous U.S. causalities.
B. An invasion of Japan did not guarantee unconditional surrender.
C. Truman helped create the Manhattan Project.
D. Japan needed to pay a high price for attacking Pearl Harbor and starting the war with the U.S.
After which battle in the Pacific did the Allies begin to plan their first counteroffensive against Japan?
A. Battle of Okinawa
B. Battle of Iwo Jima
C. Battle of Midway
D. Battle of Guadalcanal
In what city was the World Disarmament Conference of 1932 held?
A. Geneva, Switzerland
B. London, England
C. Paris, France
D. Berlin, Germany
Which of the following nations was a member of the Axis powers during World War II?
A. Japan
B. Mexico
C. Norway
D. Poland
Which country successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949?
A. Germany
B. Soviet Union
C. Italy
D. Great Britain
In what year did the Nazis enact the "final solution"?
A. 1942
B. 1940
C. 1932
D. 1945
Which of the following African nations did Italy attack in 1935?
A. Ethiopia
B. Egypt
C. Nigeria
D. Libya
In 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany after the Nazis invaded
A. Poland.
B. Austria.
C. France.
D. Norway.
Which of the following was the first concentration camp built by the Nazis?
A. Buchenwald
B. Dachau
C. Ravensbruck
D. Auschwitz
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Kristallnacht?
A. It was a anti-Semitic rampage.
B. It was not instigated by the Nazi party.
C. It lasted for two days.
D. Many synagogues and Jewish-owned business were destroyed.
What was the name of the economic assistance program offered by the U.S. to war-torn nations after World War II?
A. the Truman Plan
B. the Roosevelt Plan
C. the Marshall Plan
D. the Eisenhower
When did the United States Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act?
A. 1939
B. 1945
C. 1920
D. 1941
In 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt laid the groundwork for the postwar world with the
A. London-Washington Charter.
B. Atlantic Charter.
C. United Nations Charter.
D. Across the Pond Charter.
In what year did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
A. 1943
B. 1939
C. 1941
D. 1940
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about wartime production?
A. The Allies out produced the Axis powers in every major area of war goods.
B. The United States became an industrial juggernaut during the war.
C. Women were not allowed to work in war production factories.
D. Ford and General Motors produced thousands of planes for the war.
The day that the Allied forces invade Normandy, France was also known as
A. VJ-Day.
B. V-Day.
C. D-Day.
D. DE-Day.
In 1988 the United States government awarded surviving Japanese American internees ________ for their losses.
A. $200,000
B. $200
C. $2,000,000
D. $20,000