World War II - Part 1

The WWII event that attempted to kill all the Jews in Europe by the Nazis is known as

• Executuve Order 9066

• Executive Order 8802

• The Blitzkrieg

• The Holocaust

Individual rights of citizens were ignored when Executive Order 9066

• placed Jews in concentration camps

• placed Japanese Americans in internment camps

• prevented African Americans from getting government jobs

• allowed the integration of African Americans in the military

The court case that allowed the U.S. to violate citizen's civil rights by forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps was _____________ vs the United States.

• Roosevelt

• Baker

• Stalin

• Korematsu

The only African-American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor while living was

• Harry Truman

• Vernon Baker

• Joseph Stalin

• Fred Korematsu

A pivotal point in the war was the opening of a second front in France with the

• invasion of Guadalcanal

• Battle of the Bulge

• D-Day invasion

• Battle of Stalingrad

The symbol of women in the workforce during WWII was

• Rosie the Riveter

• Peter Patton

• Bert the Turtle

• Timmy Truman

Who declared the attack on Pearl Harbor "a date which will live in infamy"?

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

• George Custer

• Joseph Stalin

What group had their civil liberties violated when they were sent to internment camps during WWII?

• French-Americans

• Japanese-Americans

• Jewish-Americans

• Russian-Americans

Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, the Fair Employment Act, allowing which group government jobs during WWII?

• Italian-Americans

• Jews-Americans

• English-Americans

• African-Americans

Which group was the primary target of the the Germans during the Holocaust?

• Muslims

• Indians

• Jews

• Protestants