WWII Review so Far

WWII for African Americans

• Segregation in the South & the Army

• Fighting for Democracy oversea & at home

• Large percentage of AA drafted to war

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Match the following

• Limited food and other resources needed for the war

• Citizens bought these to support the war with money

• Government agency that filtered and distributed all information about the war

• Gardens that citizens grew to supplement their own food supply

Rationing

War Bonds

Office of War Information

Victory Gardens

• Rationing

• War Bonds

• Office of War Information

• Victory Gardens

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African American fighter pilots​

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African American women ​

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Order by FDR to relocate Japanese, Italian, and German Americans to Internment Camps ​

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Tuskegee Airmen

Worked in factories and in the military

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What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

• They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.

• They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

• The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.

• They took control of many Japanese islands.

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Match the following

• Limited food and other resources needed for the war

• Citizens bought these to support the war with money

• Government agency that filtered and distributed all information about the war

• Gardens that citizens grew to supplement their own food supply

Rationing

War Bonds

Office of War Information

Victory Gardens

• Rationing

• War Bonds

• Office of War Information

• Victory Gardens

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Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Adolf Hitler

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What role did women  take during WWII?

• house wives that took care of the house and  children

• drove tanks and fought in the war

• created black out curtains for everyone 

• filled many traditionally male jobs

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Who is this a image of and what did she a symbol of .....

• June the Fighter symbol of women's suffrage

• Susan the solider symbol of women working on airplanes

• Rosie the Riveter symbol of women working in factories during the war.

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Who were the Tuskegee airmen?

• drivers

• Alabamian pilots

• African American military pilots

• People from Tuskegee

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In 1938, Hitler forcibly annexed/"Anschluss" his home country of...

• Austria

• Czechoslovakia

• Albania

• Germany

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A campaing that said African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called

• “Double V.”

• “Tuskegee Airmen.”

• “Fight for Right.”

• “Two V.”

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War Bonds

• US citizens finance war, patriotism

• US plan in pacific during WWII

• US factories convert to make war supplies

• let Hitler get his way

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A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces

• Blitzkrieg

• Genocide

• Trench Warfare

• Amphibious Attack

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Why were Japanese Internment Camps developed on the West Coast in the United States?

• The US had an extreme hatred for Japanese Americans in the United States after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• President Roosevelt made an agreement with Great Britain that he would isolate Japanese Americans.

• The US was scared that Japanese Americans were operating as spies for Japan, and we wanted to protect our citizens from this threat.

• The US was scared that Japanese Americans would quickly turn on us and attack the continental US.

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After the Battle of Bulge, Germany surrenders. The victory in Europe is known as

• VJ Day

• VE Day

• D-Day

• The end of WWII

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President who takes office after FDR's sudden death

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry S. Truman

• John F Kennedy

• George Bush

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Which is an example of appeasement? 

• The U.S. Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937
• the conquest of Poland in 1939
• the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941
• the agreement of Britain and France to give Germany the Sudetenland in 1938

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Which WWII military leader achieved notoriety as a commander of U .S. tanks that rapidly crossed into France and Germany in 1944 and 1945? 

• Chester Nimitz

• Douglas MacArthur 

• George Patton 

• George Marshall 

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1. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
2. Office of War Information created 
3. Germany invades Poland 
4. Allies invade Europe on D-Day
Which sequence of these World War II events is in the correct chronological order? 

• 1-2-3-4

• 2-3-4-1

• 3-1-2-4

• 4-1-3-2

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This case stated that during times of war, protective measures may be taken even if they violate a certain racial groups civil rights:

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Korematsu v. United States

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

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Victory in Europe (V-E Day) was a result of ________________.

• Japan surrendering

• The atomic bombings

• Germany surrendering

• the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

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As World War II was ending, the United States decided to join the United Nations mainly because the United States

• sought to meet the American public’s overwhelming demand for free-trade agreements

• wanted to continue to play the same role it had in the League of Nations

• recognized that efforts to achieve world peace required United States involvement

• wanted to stop the growing influence of newly independent developing nations

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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

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How are Japan’s invasion of China and Germany’s invasion of Western Europe similar?

• Both of the invading countries were forced to attack British allies to ensure victory.

• Both of the invading countries sought to implement plans to eliminate a religious group.

• Both of the invading countries were forced to attack U.S. ships to secure natural resources

• Both of the invading countries sought to gain territory through military force.

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What is the primary reason the invasion of Normandy is considered a turning point of World War II?

• The invasion required that thousands of troops cross the English Channel.

• The invasion positioned the Allied forces to begin the Western Europe campaign.

• The invasion served as an example of coordinated planning by Allied leaders.

• The invasion encouraged large-scale uprisings against Nazi occupation throughout Europe.

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The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to —

• Give the United States an advantage in military encryption.

• Encourage immigrant enlistment in the U.S. Army during World War II.

• Decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces.

• Increase the number of women joining the U.S. military during World War II.

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Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?

• Sonar

• Jet engines

• Radar

• Cipher machines

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What was the ultimate goal of Operation Overlord?

• To overtake Berlin via invasion and win the war

• To clear the English channel of all submarines for deployment of transports

• To invade the beaches of France and set up a landing zone for more troops and tanks

• To take southern Italy via Paratroopers and halt Hitler's allies

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Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps .

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe.

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews.

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers.

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What 2 conferences had the UK and the US (only) in attendance?

• Atlantic Charter

• Casablanca

• Tehran

• Yalta

• Potsdam

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What was the Conference that Stalin could not attend because of the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Atlantic Charter

• Casablanca

• Tehran

• Yalta

• Potsdam

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What conference of the Big 3 starts the planning for D-Day when they decide to fight Germany on 2 fronts?

• Atlantic Charter

• Casablanca

• Tehran

• Yalta

• Potsdam

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The idea of UNCONDITIONAL Surrender for Germany is agreed to at one of the early conferences.

• True

• False

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These conferences shape what the world will look like after WWII is over.

• True

• False

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What is the primary reason the invasion of Normandy is considered a turning point of World War II?

• The invasion required that thousands of troops cross the English Channel.

• The invasion positioned the Allied forces to begin the Western Europe campaign.

• The invasion served as an example of coordinated planning by Allied leaders.

• The invasion encouraged large-scale uprisings against Nazi occupation throughout Europe.

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(US.53) Which American President desegregates the military?

• FDR

• Truman

• Reagan

• Wilson

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(US.52) Who was the key supporter of women joining the workforce in WWII?

• Rosie the Rivetter

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Audrie Hepburn

• Margaret Sanger