World War II history quiz

Totalitarianism is

• a democracy ruled by a President

• a Republic ruled by an Emperor

• a system of government ruled over by a dictator

• an Empire ruled by a King/Queen

To avoid war, England and France decided to follow a policy of

• appeasement

• isolation

• resistance

• war

The Cash and Carry System allowed the United States to borrow military supplies from Allied Nations

• True

• False

In 1941, the United States starts the Lend-Lease Plan where they lent arms and supplies to Great Britain and the USSR

• True

• False

An embargo is

• the ban of an export to another country

• the discount of an export to another country

• the tax of an export to another country

• the tariff of an export to another country

3 reasons why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor includes

• The Japanese wanting to establish a "New Order"

• Germany wanting territories in China

• The United States placing an embargo on oil to Japan

• To convince the United States to stay out of World War II

• The United States planning to expand its Navy

Former Marine Philip Johnston's idea to stop the Japanese from hearing in on American communications was the Navajo Code

• True

• False

In the original test program after Pearl Harbor, there were

• 425 Navajo Code Talkers

• 33 Navajo Code Talkers

• 29 Navajo Code Talkers

• 800 Navajo Code Talkers

In December 1941, almost 13 million women were at work. By February 1943, that number rose to 15 million

• True

• False

Womanpower ads, most of which were full pages, were tied into which 3 forms of media?

• Motion Pictures

• Tik Toks

• Newspapers

• Radio

• USO Shows