WWII Review

WWII began when...

• Germany invaded the Soviet Union (Russia)

• Japan invaded China

• Germany invaded Poland

• US invaded Japan

After Japan invaded China, the US

• Put an embargo on oil and steel to Japan

• Sent planes to bomb the Japanese homeland

• Declared war on Japan

• Invaded China and Manchuria

Which event brought the United States into WWII?

• Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

• German invasion of Russia

• Communist revolution in Russia

• German submarine attacks against US shipping vessels

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

• US loan of money and supplies to the British to fight the Germans

• Soviet loan of troops to the US to fight the Japanese

• German loan of troops to protect Austria from invasion

• Japanese loan of planes and ships to China

Who was the Supreme Leader of Allied Forces in Europe?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George C. Patton

• Joseph Goebbels

What was the Allied invasion of Normandy?

• D-Day

• VE Day

• VJ Day

• Operation Barbarossa

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase “a date that will live in infamy” referred to

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Invasion of Poland

• D-Day invasion

• Dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Why was the Battle of Midway important?

• Halted German invasion of the Soviet Union

• Halted German split of Allied lines in Europe

• Halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific

• Halted Italian bombing of Great Britain

Which of these was NOT a segregated unit for African Americans?

• 461st Tank Battalion

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Montford Point Marines

• 442nd Regiment (Purple Heart Battalion)

What group served as valuable code talkers in WWII?

• Japanese-Americans

• African-Americans

• Native-Americans

• Jewish-Americans