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Possible Essay Questions for
World War II Exam
• Explain the historic causes of the
Jewish Holocaust in Europe, and for
the policies the Germans enacted.
Could this event have been prevented?
If so, how? Bring in evidence from the
textbook, the movie and in class
discussions.
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Possible Essay Questions for
World War II Exam
• Was the U.S. justified in using the
atomic bomb to end the war with
Japan? Use evidence from your
textbook, the article you read and
our discussion in class to justify
your position.
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Pacific War-100
• The U.S entered the war because
of an attack by this nation.
• Japan
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Pacific War -200
• Japan attempted to cope with the
population explosion after WWI
by discouraging people to do
this.
• Marrying before they were 30.
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Pacific War -300
• The collapse of this nation paved
the way for Japan to take control
of indochina.
• China
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Pacific War -400
• In 1931 the Japanese invaded
this region of China.
• Manchuria
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Pacific War -500
• The two locations in Japan which
were destroyed by Atomic
Bombs.
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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European War-100
• During the Spanish Civil War,
Hitler and Mussolini supported
this group.
• Fascists
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European War -200
• During the German invasion of
Russia, Stalin prevented the
Germans from living off of the
land by instituting this policy.
• The Scorched-Earth Policy.
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European War -300
• Roosevelt and Churchill obtained
this promise from Stalin at the Yalta
Conference.
• That free elections would be held in
the Soviet occupied portions of
Europe.
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European War -400
• One major factor, besides
Russia’s massive population, that
prevented Germany from taking
Moscow during the war was this.
• The Russian Winter
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European War -500
• This British Prime Minister
resigned at the beginning of
World War II, after the fall of
Denmark and Norway.
• Neville Chamberlin
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Holocausts-100
• The Japanese Holocaust of
World War II.
• The Rape of Nanking.
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Holocausts -200
• The name for the German policy
of eliminating all of the Jews at
the end of World War II.
• The Final Solution.
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Holocausts -300
• The site of the first German
concentration camp.
• Dachau
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Holocausts -400
• The Nazi mass-murder of the
Jews, and the Japanese massmurder of the Chinese, are both
examples of this.
• Genocide
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Holocausts -500
• The site of the war crime trials of
Germans in Europe.
• Nuremberg
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America in the War-100
• The U.S. policy which allowed
the government to trade with
Great Britain and maintain its
neutrality, prior to Pearl Harbor.
• Cash-and-Carry
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America in the War -200
• The U.S. Admiral who lead the
land attack against the Japanese.
• Douglass MacArthur
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America in the War -300
• This man ordered the use of the
atomic bombs against Japan.
• Harry Truman
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America in the War -400
• This American commander
directed the Operation Overlord
campaign.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
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America in the War -500
• This American naval battle in the
Pacific was one of Japan’s
greatest defeats.
• The Battle of Midway
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Mixed Up Medley-100
• The defense of the common
interests of countries against
attack.
• Collective Security
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Mixed Up Medley -200
• The policy of granting
concessions to Hitler, prior to the
war.
• Appeasement
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Mixed Up Medley -300
• This document signified
America,’s shift away from
isolationism.
• The Atlantic Charter.
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Mixed Up Medley -400
• This Scandinavian nation valiantly
resisted Soviet expansionism.
• Finland
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Mixed Up Medley -500
• This man condemned the Italian
invasion of his nation of
Ethiopia.
• Haile Selassia
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