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Fighting World War 2 Topic Test

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During World War II, which was an Allied nation?
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China
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During the final years of World War II, how did the Allies gain control of the North Atlantic?
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They used better anti-submarine technology.
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In 1945, what concern did the Allies have about invading the Japanese mainland with ground forces?
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They were worried there would be too great a loss of life.
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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.
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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.
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How did Admiral Chester Nimitz displease the US Congress during World War II?
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He refused to take the US fleet into battle immediately after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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 Jews.
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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.
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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
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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
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On the Night of Broken Glass in Germany, which of the following occurred?
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Thousands of Jews were arrested.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A result of the Nuremberg trials was that the United Nations
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established that genocide was an international crime.