15. (07.05 lc)

what did truman hope to gain by dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki? (4 points)

avoidance of a long land war in japan
complete destruction of japan's military
damage to japan's economic strongholds
increased chances of re-election in the u. s.
16. (07.05 lc)

which of the following was a long-term effect of dropping the bomb on hiroshima? (4 points)

a world-wide end to imperialist tendencies
creation of mobile hospitals
negative effects on the health of the survivors
opportunities to build safer cities
17. (07.06 mc)

nazi policies prior to the beginning of the holocaust sought to (4 points)

instill a sense of national unity even among jews
restrict the personal rights of jewish people
pressure jewish groups to support the war
protect the german people from jewish reprisals
18. (07.06 mc)

anti-semitism during world war ii had its roots in which of the following? (4 points)

destruction of christian relics during the crusades
failed attempts at conquest during the classical period
nomadic practices of jewish populations
the middle ages, when jews were blamed for jesus' death
19. (07.06 mc)

the german goal to eliminate the jews and other undesirable groups was based on (4 points)

a desire to keep the german race pure
a lack of ethnic diversity in regional centers
the crowded conditions in industrial cities
the desire to create a new jewish state
20. (07.06 mc)

like the nazi's nuremburg laws against the jewish people, the khmer rouge in cambodia began its oppression by (4 points)

creating a new category of citizenship
limiting personal freedoms
outlawing religious practice
shutting down education systems
21. (07.06 mc)

genocide in rwanda was largely the result of (4 points)

a collapsing government
a desire for expansion
years of ethnic rivalries
increased militarization
22. (07.07 lc)

who won a nobel peace prize for his european recovery plan (erp)? (4 points)

george marshall
henry truman
thurgood marshall
willy brandt
23. (07.07 lc)

what body was formed "to employ its full resources, military or economic [in] the struggle for victory over hitlerism," but is still an international peacekeeping organization today? (4 points)

league of nations
federal republic of germany
united nations
warsaw pact
24. (07.07 lc)

after germany surrendered to end world war ii, the allies separated germany into (4 points)

eight colonies
four zones
six city-states
two halves
25. (07.07 lc)

how did the united nations hold accused war criminals responsible for the atrocities of the holocaust? (4 points)

it tried and convicted the guilty war criminals in the nuremberg trials.
it moved to abolish international humanitarian law.
it sent the guilty to holocaust-like prisons.
it banished those found guilty from europe.