Topic 7 AP Exam Practice
Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 3 refer to the cartoon below.
1. What development during World War II does the cartoon represent?
- (A) The alliance between Hitler and the Soviet Union
- (B) The surprise Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
- (C) The successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad
- (D) The rise of Soviet communism during the war
2. Which statement best describes the context to understand the cartoon?
- (A) Soviet forces defeated German forces in a counteroffensive at Stalingrad.
- (B) Soviet forces successfully held German forces to a stalemate at Stalingrad.
- (C) Soviet forces violated their nonaggression pact with Germany with their victory at Stalingrad.
- (D) Soviet forces were trapped at Stalingrad as the Germans faked a retreat, yet the Soviets still won the battle.
3. The importance of the event depicted in the cartoon was that it was
- (A) a direct response to Germany’s invasion of Poland
- (B) the battle that caused Britain and France to enter the war
- (C) the last Allied victory in Europe, ending the European part of the war
- (D) an Allied victory that was crucial in defeating Germany
Short-Answer Questions
1. Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.
“Nearly 350,000 American women served in uniform, both at home and abroad. . . . . General Eisenhower felt that he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform. ‘The contribution of the women of America, whether on the farm or in the factory or in uniform, to D-Day was a sine qua non of the invasion effort.’
Women in uniform took office and clerical jobs in the armed forces in order to free men to fight. They also drove trucks, repaired airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes, served as radio operators, analyzed photographs, flew military aircraft across the country, test-flew newly repaired planes, and even trained anti-aircraft artillery gunners by acting as flying targets. Some women served near the front lines in the Army Nurse Corps, where 16 were killed as a result of direct enemy fire. Sixty-eight American service women were captured as POWs in the Philippines. More than 1,600 nurses were decorated for bravery under fire and meritorious service, and 565 WACs in the Pacific Theater won combat decorations. Nurses were in Normandy on D-plus-four.”
“American Women in World War II: On the Home Front and Beyond,” The National World War II Museum, New Orleans
2. Answer all parts of the question that follows.