World War 2 Quiz

Krystalnacht is most commonly known as what?

• The Day Ambush

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Landing in Europe

• Night of the Broken Glass

What event led the United States to become invovled in World War 2 ?

• The Discovery of Auschwitz
• The Battle of Britain
• The Sinking of the Lusitania
• The Attack on Pearl Harbor
  

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Britain and France declared war in response to what event?

• German invasion of Poland
• Soviet invasion of Finland
• German invasion of Czechoslovakia
  
• Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

This is what the atomic bomb program came to be called:

• Office of Scientific Research and Development
  
• War Production Board
• War Production Board
• Manhattan Project

In 1941, the ______________________passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the US."

• Lend-Lease Act
  
• Trade Embargo
• Atlantic Charter
• Neutrality Act

Which of the following formed the axis powers?

• France, Germany and Japan
• Great Britain, Germany and Italy
• Japan, Russia, and China
• Italy, Germany, and Japan
  

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Which of the following formed the Allied powers?

• Italy and Great Britain
• France and Germanyv
• 
  France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
• Japan and Germany
  

Thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned in relocation camps based on

• racism and fears they would not be loyal to the United States
• being put on trial for war crimes
• their stated support of  the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• their unwillingness to aid the war effort.
  

which statement best explains the overall intention of government propaganda during WWII?

• To advance the rights of women
• To generate hatred towards the opposition
• To increase stronghold of dictatorships in Europe
  
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  To promote the war effort and obtain unconditional support of the war

During World War II, posters of “Rosie the Riveter” like the one above were used to

• encourage women to serve in the armed forces
• recruit women into wartime industries
• support higher education for women
  
• promote women’s suffrage