World War II

Who was the president of the United States during World War II?

• Herbert Hoover

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

In December of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the United States had declared war on Japan. The event that led to this decision was Japan's:

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Bombing of England
• Bombing of Normandy
• Bombing of London

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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of American pilots who flew many missions during World War II. They were good pilots who earned a great deal of recognition, but were also unique in the military because they were

• Japanese Americans
• Asian Americans
• African Americans
• Mexican Americans

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In 1942, 50 nations came together to draw up the United Nations Charter.  What was the purpose of drawing up the charter?

• Promote another World War.
• Prevent WWIII and promote peace
• Prevent the Civil War
• To drop a bomb on Japan

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German leader who led the Nazi Party

• Joseph Stalin
• Adolf Hitler
• Benito Mussolini
• Hirohito

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On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers

• invaded the stormy beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out of Normandy
• invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese
• attacked Pearl Harbor

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The president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight Eisenhower

The Nazi government began to systematically kill Jews, gypsies, and the disabled.  This was know as the

• V- J Day

• V- E Day
• Holocaust
• Korean War

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Japanese Americans were placed in ______________ during WWII after the attack of Pearl Harbor.

• concentration camps
• internment camps

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During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to

• promote women's suffrage

• recruit women into wartime industries

• support higher education for women

• encourage women to serve in the armed forces