World War II Pretest

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

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

• True
• False

To solve the shortage of farm workers during World War II, the U.S. government requests the help of Mexican farm workers known as braceros.

• True
• False

What is significant about D-Day?

• It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in army history, and the turning point of the war.
• Thousands of Nazi soldiers froze or starved to death after they were trapped by the Soviets.
• The Allies discovered concentration camps where Jews and others had been murdered.
• The British stopped the German advance and were able to gain control of the Suez Canal.

Which of the following enabled the U.S. military to keep important messages secret from the Japanese.

• Code Talkers
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshema
• Battle of Midway

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

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.

Which countries had not fallen to Germany when the U.S. entered the war?

• Great Britain and France
• France and Italy
• Great Britain and the U.S.S.R.
• Belgium and the Netherlands