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Question 1

When it first entered World War II, why did the United States commit seventy percent of its resources to the war in Europe?

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Roosevelt and Churchill decided to focus on the greater threat first.

Question 2

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 Jewish people.

Question 3

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 4

Who won the fighting in North Africa in 1943?

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Allied forces

Question 5

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

Question 6

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 7

During World War II, which was an Allied nation?

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China

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

On the Night of Broken Glass in Germany, which of the following occurred?

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Thousands of Jewish people were arrested.

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