Japan surrendered after a second atomic bomb was dropped on ...

[jjjetplane]

Question 1

How did the policy of appeasement contribute to World War II?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

According to the Past and Present video in section 23.6, wars are generally beneficial to a country when they are __________.
 
  A) fought somewhere else
  B) fought in the country
  C) longer than a year
  D) shorter than a year

Question 3

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 23.6, what happened on the day that Franklin Roosevelt described as a date which will live in infamy?
 
  A) dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima
  B) completion of the Manhattan Project
  C) opening of second front on D-Day
  D) Japans attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 4

According to the Arguing History video in section 23.6, Harry Truman saw the atom bomb as __________.
 
  A) the quickest way to end the war against Germany
  B) the quickest way to end the war against Japan
  C) a weapon that should never be deployed
  D) only to be used after a land invasion had failed

Question 5

Japan surrendered after a second atomic bomb was dropped on __________.
 
  A) Iwo Jima
  B) Okinawa
  C) Nagasaki
  D) Hiroshima

[iman]

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Appeasement means to concede rather than risk war.
b. Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement in response to German and Japanese military aggression in the years before the outbreak of World War II.
c. Although Franklin Roosevelt believed it was better to tackle problems before they grew larger, isolationist sentiment in the United States led him to support the policy of appeasement.
d. After World War I, none of these countries were eager to be dragged into another war.
e. The policy of appeasement encouraged Germany and Japan to expand their territories.
f. The only way to stop them was to go to war.

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: D

Answer 4

Answer: B

Answer 5

Answer: C

[jjjetplane]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[Liddy]

Gracias!