World War II

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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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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Leader of Italy

• Adolf Hitler
• Benito Mussolini
• Emperor Hirohito
• Dwight Eisenhower

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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Prime Minister of England/Great Britain

• Winston Churchill
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Benito Mussolini
• Dwight Eisenhower

When Germany surrendered  and the war ended in Europe, this was known

• V-E Day
• V-J Day
• D-Day

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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In Roosevelt's speech after ____ ,he called it , " A day that will live in infamy."

• Normandy ,France

• Invasion of North Africa

• Pearl Harbor , Hawaii

• Bombing of Japan

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