World War 1 and 2

World War 1 and 2

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What is an alliance?

• A strong love for one’s country

• An agreement between nations to defend one another

• A country who remains neutral during a war

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How did the United States manage to get enough soldiers to fight in WWI?

• They drafted 4 million men and women to become soldiers.

• They drafted men 16 years and older to become soldiers.

• They drafted 4 million men to become soldiers.

• They recruited soldiers from Mexico and Canada.

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How did Germans feel about the Treaty of Versailles?

• Germans supported it.

• Germans did not support it but liked the new government.

• Germans felt like it was well deserved.

• Germans did not agree with it or the new government.

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By 1918, the nations involved in World War I agreed to stop fighting.  the war officially ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.  Allied leaders used this treaty to

• give colonies to Germany.
• return land in France to Germany.
• punish Germany for starting the war.
• force France to pay money to Germany.

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Who was the African American well known for his writing and poetry during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Louis Armstrong

• Langston Hughes

• Charles Lindbergh

• Ernest Hemingway

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The Treaty of Versailles punished ____________ with big fines when the war was over.

• Germany

• Russia

• The Ottoman Empire

• Austria-Hungary

• Bulgaria

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The leader of Japan during WWII

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

• Adolph Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

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Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?

• American, England, and Russia

• Sweden, Germany, and Denmark

• Italy, Russia, and Austria

• Italy, Germany, and Japan

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Who were the Ally powers?

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Russia, Japan, China, India

• United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, China

• Brasil, Argentina, Germany

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Which event did FDR refer to when he said, "A date which will live in infamy?"

• The German invasion of France

• The German bombing of London

• The Japanse-Internment Camps

• The Pearl Harbor Attack

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The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The invasion and division of France

• The invasion and division of Poland

• Attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic

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Led by General Eisenhower, this event was the turning point of WWII. It pushed the Germans out of France after Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France

• VE-Day

• D-Day

• VJ-Day

• Pearl Harbor

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What was the end date of the war in Europe?

• V-E Day

• V-J Day

• V-8 day

• VH 1 day

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Symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war

• Susan B Anthony

• Rosie the Riveter

• Rosa Parks

• Uncle Sam

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Women helped out during the war in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• working as nurses

• fighting overseas in trench warfare

• working in factories to make weapons

• sewing uniforms

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Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• group of African American pilots during WWII

• Group of Japanese pilots during WWII

• Group of Asian pilots during WWII

• Group of European pilots during WWII

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The time period when Nazi Germany (Hitler) sent millions of Jewish people to die in concentration camps

• Imperialism

• Fascism

• Holocaust

• Pearl Harbor