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

German leader who led the Nazi Party

• Joseph Stalin
• Adolf Hitler
• Benito Mussolini
• Hirohito

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

• V-E Day

• V-J Day

• D-Day

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

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight Eisenhower

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

• concentration camps
• internment camps

Which World War II figure does the list describe?

-fled from Germany in 1933

-encouraged the establishment of the project that developed the atomic bomb

-contributed to the emergence of the US as a world power

• Albert Einstein

• George Patton

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin Roosevelt

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Communist leader of the Soviet Union who allied with Hitler at first

• Dictator of Italy who promised to attack and conquer other countries

• President of the United States from 1933-1945

• Prime Minister of Great Britain

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

• Italy

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Japan

How did the use of the atomic bomb impact the outcome of WWII?

• Germany was forced to surrender.

• Japan was forced to surrender.

• Germany was forced to retreat from Western Europe.

• Japan was forced to retreat from the Pacific Islands.