Question

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Answer 1

Which statement best describes the effect of the Fall of Berlin?

Question 14 options:

Agreement between Germany, France, the US, and Russia to divide the Japanese Empire among the winning nations


Deadly battle primarily between Soviets and Germans that led to formal German surrender ending the European front in WWII known as V-E day, 1945


Accidental conflict between the Russians and US where mistaken intelligence led to Russian forces bombing US troops


Major offensive in October of 1943 where German forces dug in and repelled Russian attackers from the west and Italian forces from the north

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

November20, 1944Hitler abandons Rastenburg headquarters
December16Battle of the Bulge; Germans begin counteroffensive in Ardennes
December24Germans surround Americans at Bastogne
January16, 1945U.S. forces freed from Bastogne
February4Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta Conference
April12Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes U.S. president
April16Soviets begin offensive on Berlin
April25U.S. and Soviet advances meet for first time
April28Partisans execute Mussolini
April30Hitler commits suicide
May7Germany signs formal surrender
May8Western Allies declare V-E Day
May9USSR declares Victory Day
KEY PEOPLE
Adolf Hitler - German chancellor; committed suicide on April 30, 1945, with fall of Berlin imminent
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd U.S. president; met with Churchill and Stalin at Yalta Conference but died in April 1945
Harry S Truman - 33rd U.S. president; took office upon Roosevelt’s death
Winston Churchill - British prime minister; met with Roosevelt and Stalin at February 1945 Yalta Conference
Joseph Stalin - Soviet premier; began to assert USSR’s dominance over Eastern Europe in final days of the war, which led to Cold War tensions
German Desperation
During the second half of 1944, the Nazi empire gradually imploded as its enemies invaded from east, west, and south. Supplies and manufacturing dwindled on a daily basis. The once-mighty Luftwaffe had some of the best military aircraft in the world but lacked fuel to fly them and parts to maintain them. Evidence suggests that Chancellor Adolf Hitler himself became addicted to a variety of drugs and that he may also have suffered from syphilis, Parkinson’s disease, or both.

Far separated from reality, Hitler placed his last hope of winning the war on the latest developments of German technology. These developments were both impressive and real but were too late and too poorly executed to change the outcome of the war or even delay it by much. Among Germany’s most fearsome new weapons were two missiles, the V1 and the V2. The V1 was the world’s first cruise missile, the V2 the world’s first weaponized ballistic missile. Other German innovations included both jet- and rocket-propelled aircraft. However, nearly all of these innovations were still experimental in nature and not truly ready for effective use in combat. German scientists were also busily working on the development of an atomic bomb, but the war ended before they could succeed.

The Battle of the Bulge
On December 16, 1944, the Germans began their last major counteroffensive of the war, as three German armies surged into the Ardennes Forest, dividing the Allied front with the ultimate goal of retaking the Belgian city of Antwerp. This time, Allied intelligence failed to intercept the German plans, and the action was a complete surprise.

The Germans launched the attack during a heavy snowstorm that grounded all aircraft, making it difficult for the Allies to evaluate the extent of the attack. Furthermore, the Germans deployed a group of about thirty English-speaking soldiers behind Allied lines, dressed in American uniforms and driving captured American vehicles. These special troops succeeded in creating chaos among the Allied troops by reversing road signs, cutting communications wires, and inciting a panic among Allied troops once they realized that they had been infiltrated.

By December 24, the Germans had penetrated deep into French territory, making a distinct bulge in the front line that lent the Battle of the Bulge its name. German forces surrounded a large contingent of U.S forces in the town of Bastogne and attempted to intimidate them with an invitation of surrender. The offer was refused.

As the weather cleared and Allied aircraft could fly again, the Germans were pushed back, and supplies were airdropped to the trapped American troops. In the meantime, other Allied armies were diverted from other areas of France to help. By early January 1945, the Germans were once again in retreat, and on January 16, the soldiers trapped at Bastogne were free, and the “bulge” was no more.

Answer 6

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Question 15 (1 point) Question 15 Unsaved
Which is an example that highlights wartime conversion or rationing during WWII?

Question 15 options:

typewriter factories producing machine guns


all of these


Ford manufacturing airplanes and tanks


families received a designated number of coupons to purchase some food items

Question 16 (1 point) Question 16 Unsaved
How did the experience of women and blacks differ during WWII?

Question 16 options:

women were told to stay home and encourage their men to work harder, while blacks were brought back to the factories and forced to work against their will


black men were promoted quickly to high positions in the defense industry because they had the most factory experience, while women were banned from industrial jobs


the role of women in the workforce expanded and was encouraged, while blacks were continually discriminated against and restricted from civilian and government jobs


both blacks and women were prohibited from working in factory or government jobs

Question 17 (1 point) Question 17 Unsaved
What was the War Production Board’s purpose?

Question 17 options:

to enforce trade agreements with non-warring nations


to ensure that all countries followed the rules of engagement and that civilians were not harmed during the war


to oversee and control the US’ total war effort during WWII


all of these

Question 18 (1 point) Question 18 Unsaved
Which statement shows the impact of Roosevelt’s executive order ending discrimination in government jobs?

Question 18 options:

German Americans were given positions of power in government jobs because it was believed that they would be able to successfully predict what Hitler would do


African Americans joined defense industry while avoiding race riots in America that Hitler could have used as potential propaganda


African Americans were given separate but equal positions within the government to control the economic activities (employment) of other African Americans


Japanese Americans were hired for defense jobs as a show of good faith by the US government

Question 19 (1 point) Question 19 Unsaved
Which statement highlights the most likely reason why President Roosevelt issued an executive order that led to the forced imprisonment of Japanese Americans?

Question 19 options:

President Roosevelt was concerned that the Japanese Americans would be attacked by other Americans who were angry about Pearl Harbor


a belief that America’s national security was at stake after the attack at Pearl Harbor from suspected collusion between Japanese Americans and the Japanese military


Japan requested that their dual citizens be isolated to ensure that American ideals would not be spread to their population


Japanese Americans felt guilty about the attack at Pearl Harbor and volunteered to be imprisoned as an atonement for their home country’s actions

Answer 7

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