World War II

The United States declared war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

• True
• False

Hoping to avoid war, Great Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement and gave in to Germany's demand for more territory.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Where were the atomic bombs dropped? 

• Hiroshima/Nagasaki
• China
• Tokyokawa
• Okinawa

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

• to create an international peacekeeping organization

• top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb

• to provide benefits to World War II veterans

• to help workers who lost their jobs when the was ended

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which dictator(s) helped cause World War II?

• Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo

• Tojo, and Mussolini

• Hitler

• Mussolini, and Hitler

Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?

• They never did that.

• They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.

• To make Japan "salty".

• They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What event led Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

• Germany invaded Poland.
• Germany and Italy formed the Rome-Berlin Axis.
• Germany invaded Sudetenland.
• Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack each other.

Allied strategy in the Pacific was called island hopping.

• True

• False

What was the main group of people killed in the Holocaust?

• The Jewish People
• The German People
• The Italian People
• The Christian People

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George W. Bush
• Winston Churchill