Post Test: World War II Exam/34
Questions with Solutions A+ Graded
Peasant strikes and rural unrest during the Red Years led to the rise of
nationalism in ___________ and helped ____________________________ seize
power. - -Italy, Benito Mussolini
-Blackshirts were the fascist military wing under the leadership of
___________________, while the Bolsheviks were a communist group led by
___________________. - -Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin
-The Spanish Civil War is also known as _____________ because many
countries indirectly participated in the war. Countries such as the Soviet
Union and Mexico supported the _______________, while countries such as
Germany and Italy supported the _______________. - -a proxy war,
Republicans, Nationalists
-What could the US government have done to improve the economy in
European nations before the Great Depression? - -decrease protectionism
-Who succeeded Vladimir Lenin and became the leader of the Soviet Union?
- -Joseph Stalin
-What was one effect of the US protectionism policy after World War I? - -
higher taxes on foreign imports
-Why did Portugal supply weapons to the Nationalists in Spain? - -to support
fascism
-The main opponents in World War II were the _____________________. The
United States entered the war on the side of the ____________ after the
bombing of _________________ by __________ in ________________________. - -Axis
Powers and the Allies, Allies, Pearl Harbor, Japan, December 1941
-The policy of __________________ kept the United States out of the fighting
during the first few years of World War II. The policy of ________________
prompted Britain and France to agree to Germany's demand for Sudetenland
in Czechoslovakia. - -isolationism, appeasement
-_______________________ believed that the Munich Agreement had brought
peace in Europe and thus supported it. On the other hand, _____________
strongly opposed it. - -Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill
-Which major city in the Soviet Union suffered under Germany's blockade?
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