American History-- World War II

Otherwise known as "lightning warfare", Hitler used this intense, concentrated strategy to easily conquer Europe.

• Kamikaze

• Blitzkrieg

• The Blitz

• Luftwaffe

Violating the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler build up his superior air force, known as the...

• Seppuki

• Blitzkrieg

• Schlieffen Plan

• Luftwaffe

The 1930s American Great Depression finally ended because...

• The emerging factory production needed for supporting WWII

• Hoover's plan for charities to support the poor

• Roosevelt's New Deal

• Americans stopped paying their loans to other countries

Which country switched from being in Hitler's alliance to the Allies' alliance?

• France

• Russia (Soviet Union)

• Italy

• Great Britain

Which of the following was NOT one of the conditions that Germany had to follow in the Treaty of Versailles after World War ONE?

• Germany had to pay for the entire war

• Germany had to give up all of its territories in Africa and Europe

• Germany had to admit full blame for the war (guilt clause)

• Germany could maintain an Air Force and Submarines, but couldn't use them.

What dragged the United States into WWII in 1941?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Hitler's invasion of Poland

• The Blitz--the Nazis' attack on London, Great Britain

• The start of the Holocaust

Hitler backstabbed this group of people in the Battle of Stalingrad and embarrassingly lost. This led to millions of them pushing him back into Germany.

• Americans

• British

• Free France

• Russians (Soviets)

What's the Manhattan Project?

• An American secret operation to create nuclear weapons

• A response letter to Japan's request to surrender

• A fighting strategy used in Europe by the Allies

• A plan to set up camps for Japanese-Americans throughout the US

After New Deal president Franklin D Roosevelt died towards the end of WWII, which person took his place and decided to drop the bombs on Japan?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

• Douglas MacArthur

• Winston Churchill

Japanese suicide bombers would fly into Allied ships through an act called...

• Luftwaffe

• Seppuku

• Kamikaze

• Banzai