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Chapter 23 Summative Quiz

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1. The decision by Great Britain and France to sign the Munich Accord with Germany was considered an act of

isolationism.

internationalism.

appeasement.

neutrality.

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2. Adolf Hitler’s popularity within Germany was a consequence of German

frustration with post–World War I deprivations.

admiration for the policies of Mussolini and Franco.

fear of future aggression by neighboring France.

desire to prevent the spread of Soviet communism.

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3. What did Germany do to trigger a declaration of war by Great Britain and France?

Forced unification with Austria

Launched an invasion of Poland

Provided support for Spain’s Franco

Forged an alliance with the Soviet Union

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4. Joseph Stalin was motivated to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler by

the Soviets’ need for economic and military aid.

Stalin’s desire to gain control of Eastern Europe.

Stalin’s sense that he needed to preempt a Nazi invasion.

the need for an ally given widespread anti-communism in Europe.

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5. The Lend-Lease Act did not violate the Neutrality Acts because

the equipment it provided to Great Britain was obsolete.

no American servicemen were sent to Europe as a result.

the British received no aid from the federal government.

no weapons or munitions were actually sold to the British.

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6. During World War II, German submarines began sinking American ships after

Roosevelt won his third presidential term.

the United States began a military draft.

Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act.

the signing of the Atlantic Charter.

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7. President Roosevelt maintained a position of neutrality despite his concerns about the rise of fascism in Europe because he

did not want to ally the United States with the Soviet Union.

believed that Great Britain and France could defeat Germany.

thought the United States was too weak economically to enter a war.

did not want to enter a war without strong public support.

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8. The Tripartite Treaty resulted in

Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States.

Japan bombing the Pearl Harbor naval base.

the United States ending all trade with Japan.

Congress agreeing to repeal the Neutrality Acts.

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9. Tensions between the United States and Japan prior to Pearl Harbor resulted from

Japan’s continuing efforts to occupy and control China.

American missionary efforts to convert the Japanese.

competition between the two for control of Manchuria.

Japan’s refusal to become an American trading partner.

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10. The Japanese surrender was precipitated by

receiving an ultimatum from President Truman.

the advance of the Soviet army into Manchuria.

the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

the dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

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11. Most Americans found dropping the atomic bomb on Japan was acceptable because they believed it

would prevent the Russians from entering the war in the Pacific.

saved the lives of thousands, perhaps millions, of American soldiers.

demonstrated American military and technological superiority.

would ultimately be less expensive than continuing the ground war.

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12. During World War II, when civil rights activists spoke of a two-front war, they were connecting

their fight against racism at home to the nation’s fight against the Nazis.

the war against Japan to discrimination against Japanese Americans.

the war in Europe to race riots in American cities like Detroit and Los Angeles.

the war in Europe to tensions between the races within the American military.