VUS.11a,b,c WORLD WAR II

VUS.11a,b,c WORLD WAR II

How did it start? How did we get involved? What happened?

Multiple Choice

Much like the beginning of WWI, World War II started

• in America while Britain stayed neutral

• in Africa while we stayed neutral

• in Europe while we stayed neutral

• in Europe while Germany stayed neutral

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Allied Leaders is INCORRECTLY matched with his country?

• FDR = United States

• Stalin = Russia

• Churchill = Britain

• Chiang Kai-Shek = China

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Axis Leaders is incorrectly matched with his country?

• Tojo = Japan

• Mussolini = Italy

• Hitler = Germany

• Hirohito = China

Multiple Choice

World War II began in 1939 when ---

• Japan bombed Peal Harbor

• France armed its military

• Hitler invaded Poland

• Stalin came to power in the USSR

• US passed the Lend-Lease Act

Multiple Choice

Though Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with this nation, he always intentded to invade it and take its oil.

• Poland

• Italy

• USSR

• Japan

Multiple Choice

During the first two years of World War II, the United States --

• remained officially neutral

• invaded the Soviet Union (USSR)

• officially joined the Axis Powers

• started submarine warfare against Germany

• declared support for Italy and Germany

Multiple Choice

What gave the President authority to send equipment to countries to defend themselves against the Axis Powers?

• Wilson's Fourteen Points

• Neutrality Acts

• Lend-Lease Act

• Espionage and Sedition Act

• 18th Amendment

Multiple Choice

How did America respond to Japan's growing aggression in Asia?

• it put the naval base at Pearl Harbor on alert

• it contemplated joining the League of Nations

• it imposed an embargo on exports of oil & steel to Japan

• it ignored them and hoped other people would stop them

Multiple Choice

Which militaristic nation invaded and brutalized the Chinese province of Manchuria?

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• Korea

• Soviet Union (USSR)

Multiple Choice

What is significant about the date - December 7, 1941?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Victory in Europe (VE) Day

• Victory against Japan (VJ) Day

• France was invaded by Germany

• Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress

Multiple Choice

In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."

• Normandy ,France

• Invasion of North Africa

• Pearl Harbor , Hawaii

• Bombing of Japan

Multiple Choice

Who was the leader of U.S.A.?

• Churchhill

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

Name the three countries that formed the alliance known as the Axis powers (it was also known as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)

• Japan, U.S., Russia

• Japan, Germany, Soviet Union

• Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union

• Japan, Germany, Italy

Multiple Choice

This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.

• Invasion of Normandy
• El Alamein
• Kursk
• Battle of the Bulge

Multiple Choice

This battle's code name was Operation Overlord.

• Stalingrad

• Invasion of Sicily

• Invasion of Normandy

• Midway

Multiple Choice

The turning point on the Eastern Front.

• Midway

• Invasion of Sicily

• El Alamein

• Stalingrad

Multiple Choice

What is significant about D-Day?

• A turning point of the war - Allied invasion of France to liberate it from Nazis

• Thousands of Nazi soldiers froze after they were trapped by the Soviets.

• The Allies discovered concentration camps.

• The British stopped the Germans and gained control of the Suez Canal.

Multiple Choice

Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• George W. Bush

• Winston Churchill

Multiple Choice

Allied strategy in the Pacific was called island hopping.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What best describes 'Fascism'? 

• Dictatorship is the best form of government
• Military form of rulership
• Government for the people by the people
• The working class supports the country

Multiple Choice

Who was the general in charge of island hopping strategy in the Pacific to get close to invading Japan?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Douglas MacArthur
• Adolf Hitler
• Hideki Tojo

Multiple Choice

The U.S. Navy sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle.

• Coral Sea
• Stalingrad
• Midway
• Invasion of Normandy

Multiple Choice

The United States dropped two atomic bombs on these Japanese cities and forced Japan to surrender

• Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Beijing & Shanghai

• London & Paris

Multiple Choice

Who was the US president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Woodrow Wilson