TAMU HIST 106 Mcinnis Exam 3 Test
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Who won the Battle of Stalingrad? - Answer The Soviet Union defeated Germany
What did General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz success depend on? - Answer
Their invasions of Japan and our control over the sea
What battle was a turning point for the navy? - Answer Battle of Midway in June of 1942
What was significant about the Battle of Midway? - Answer It was the first defeat of the
modern Japanese navy
What was the result of the Battle of Midway? - Answer The US gained control of the Central
Pacific
What Islands did the US "hop" to in 1942? - Answer The Solomon Islands and the
Guadalcanal
By 1943, America had halted Japanese offenses in which bodies of water? - Answer The
Central and Southwest Pacific
What feature of our home front was the most important contribution to our victory? - Answer
The American Industry
How did the assembly lines previously used to build the Model T contribute to war efforts? -
Answer American industries could build tanks and planes faster than the Germans could sink
them
A. Philip Randolph - Answer Threatened a march on Washington to try and force the end of
discrimination in employment and the armed forces
What was FDR's reaction to Randolph's threats? - Answer The 1941 Fair Employment
,What happened in Detroit during 1943 - Answer A race riot that killed 23 African Americans
and 9 Whites and fueled the post war civil rights movement
How many terms did FDR serve? - Answer 4, in November of 1944 he was reelected
When was D Day? - Answer June 6th, 1944
What was the result of D Day? - Answer An Allied victory, they had taken the beaches of
Normandy and liberated France
What day did Hitler commit suicide? - Answer April 30th, 1945
What was Stalin's main goal after Germany's defeat? - Answer to regain the Balkans of
Poland
What did America believe was the greatest failure during the war? - Answer They believed
that their failure to join the League of Nations laid the groundwork for the war but after, they
had faith in collective security
1943 Conference in Teheran, Iran - Answer -The big 3 (Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill)
-Soviets agreed to enter the war with Japan after Germany's defeat
When did FDR die? - Answer April 12th, 1945
Who succeeded FDR after his death? - Answer Harry Truman
What were the strategic options to defeat Japan? - Answer 1. Diplomatic (work with them)
2. Military (invasion would leave more allies dead)
3. Atomic
What was the Manhattan Project - Answer The project to atomically bomb Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
, When did we bomb Nagasaki? - Answer August 8th, 1945
When does imperial Japan surrender? - Answer August 15th, 1945
What were the legacies of World War Two? - Answer -Most destructive and deadly war in
history
-New technological advances
-More opportunities for women and minorities
-Accelerates the growth of US power
What were the 3 main political shifts during the 1945 Potsdam Summit? - Answer 1. FDR's
death
2. Churchill had been replaced
3. Stalin controls A LOT of European territories
Before the summit, what was Truman's goal? - Answer To work with Stalin in ending the war
with Japan
What were the main reparation goals after WWII at the Summit? - Answer Demilitarization,
denazification, decentralization, and democracy
What created the initial stalemate between the US and Stalin? - Answer 80% of soviet
intelligence was in the US and UK, which meant that Stalin and the Soviets knew we had a bomb
According to Albert Wolsteader, what does the "Cold War" mean? - Answer The "Cold War"
describes a nuclear balance, and the US' ability to extend deterrence
What is the Iron Curtain? - Answer The division of Europe that spread from the Baltic to the
Adriatic Sea
Germany was the key to ___ - Answer Economy
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Answers 2026 Updated.
Who won the Battle of Stalingrad? - Answer The Soviet Union defeated Germany
What did General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz success depend on? - Answer
Their invasions of Japan and our control over the sea
What battle was a turning point for the navy? - Answer Battle of Midway in June of 1942
What was significant about the Battle of Midway? - Answer It was the first defeat of the
modern Japanese navy
What was the result of the Battle of Midway? - Answer The US gained control of the Central
Pacific
What Islands did the US "hop" to in 1942? - Answer The Solomon Islands and the
Guadalcanal
By 1943, America had halted Japanese offenses in which bodies of water? - Answer The
Central and Southwest Pacific
What feature of our home front was the most important contribution to our victory? - Answer
The American Industry
How did the assembly lines previously used to build the Model T contribute to war efforts? -
Answer American industries could build tanks and planes faster than the Germans could sink
them
A. Philip Randolph - Answer Threatened a march on Washington to try and force the end of
discrimination in employment and the armed forces
What was FDR's reaction to Randolph's threats? - Answer The 1941 Fair Employment
,What happened in Detroit during 1943 - Answer A race riot that killed 23 African Americans
and 9 Whites and fueled the post war civil rights movement
How many terms did FDR serve? - Answer 4, in November of 1944 he was reelected
When was D Day? - Answer June 6th, 1944
What was the result of D Day? - Answer An Allied victory, they had taken the beaches of
Normandy and liberated France
What day did Hitler commit suicide? - Answer April 30th, 1945
What was Stalin's main goal after Germany's defeat? - Answer to regain the Balkans of
Poland
What did America believe was the greatest failure during the war? - Answer They believed
that their failure to join the League of Nations laid the groundwork for the war but after, they
had faith in collective security
1943 Conference in Teheran, Iran - Answer -The big 3 (Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill)
-Soviets agreed to enter the war with Japan after Germany's defeat
When did FDR die? - Answer April 12th, 1945
Who succeeded FDR after his death? - Answer Harry Truman
What were the strategic options to defeat Japan? - Answer 1. Diplomatic (work with them)
2. Military (invasion would leave more allies dead)
3. Atomic
What was the Manhattan Project - Answer The project to atomically bomb Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
, When did we bomb Nagasaki? - Answer August 8th, 1945
When does imperial Japan surrender? - Answer August 15th, 1945
What were the legacies of World War Two? - Answer -Most destructive and deadly war in
history
-New technological advances
-More opportunities for women and minorities
-Accelerates the growth of US power
What were the 3 main political shifts during the 1945 Potsdam Summit? - Answer 1. FDR's
death
2. Churchill had been replaced
3. Stalin controls A LOT of European territories
Before the summit, what was Truman's goal? - Answer To work with Stalin in ending the war
with Japan
What were the main reparation goals after WWII at the Summit? - Answer Demilitarization,
denazification, decentralization, and democracy
What created the initial stalemate between the US and Stalin? - Answer 80% of soviet
intelligence was in the US and UK, which meant that Stalin and the Soviets knew we had a bomb
According to Albert Wolsteader, what does the "Cold War" mean? - Answer The "Cold War"
describes a nuclear balance, and the US' ability to extend deterrence
What is the Iron Curtain? - Answer The division of Europe that spread from the Baltic to the
Adriatic Sea
Germany was the key to ___ - Answer Economy
