WORLD WAR II REVIEW

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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The act of the USSR blocking itself off from trading with non-communist countries after WWII. This act was called

• The Great Blockage
• The Iron Curtain
• The Soviet Union
• Capitalism

U.S. Marines were victorious in this battle to obtain islands from Japan. This battle took place where?

• D-Day

• Iwo Jima

• Pearl Harbor

• Hiroshima

What happened as a result of Japan's surrender?

• Harry Truman was defeated in his re-election as president.

• Americans celebrated the surrender, which was called VJ Day.

• Atomic bombs were outlawed for future use.

• Japanese-Americans started immigrating to Japan again.

On June 6, 1944, Allied troops arrived onshore at Normandy and surprised the Germans. This operation was known as

• Normandy

• Iwo Jima

• D-Day

• VE Day

The first atomic bomb was dropped on

• Pearl Harbor

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Germany

World War II began when

• Japan invaded Manchuria

• Japan invaded Vietnam

• Germany invaded Austria

• Germany invaded Poland

[1] Which of these is NOT a cause of World War II? (You will write down 4 after review)

• The Treaty of Versailles leading to the rise of Dictators

• League of Nations was weak and had no army

• Appeasement- allowing Dictators to do and take what they wanted

• The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939

• The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand