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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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

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

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight Eisenhower

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

Select the THREE countries that were apart of the Axis Powers.

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Japan

• Italy

Which country attacked Pearl Harbor?

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• Soviet Union