World War II Review B

What was the goal of the government’s Manhattan Project?

• creating a spy network in the Axis

• developing the atomic bomb

• improving nuclear power plants

• reducing urban unemployment

On June 6, 1944, 60,000 American and Allied troops gathered in southern England, crossed the English Channel, arrived on the beaches of Normandy, France and surprised the Germans.  This operation was known as?

• VE Day

• D-Day

• VJ Day

• the Holocaust

Trying to kill an entire group or race of people..

• Extermination

• Executive Order 9066

• Genocide

• Rationing

What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?

• They were deported from the U.S.

• They were forced to serve in the military

• They were placed in internment camps

• They were executed

The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, thought he would destroy most of the U.S Navy when he ordered the Japanese to:

• bomb Pearl Harbor

• invaded France

• bomb Poland

• capture Hitler

What was the first island the U.S. took from Japan?

• Iwo Jima

• Okinawa

• Midway

• Hawaii

This German scientist helped the United States develop the first atomic bomb.

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Lindbergh

• Josef Mengele

• Warner van Bran

Island-Hopping" or "Leap-frogging" refers to?

• Germany's military campaign in the Pacific Theatre

• A good way to vacation

• United States' military campaign in the European Theatre

• United States' military campaign to get closer to Japan

What was V-E Day?

• Dooms-day. Germany surrenders

• Victory over Europe. France surrenders

• Victory over Europe. Germany surrenders.

• Victory over Europe. Italy surrenders

What was the Codename for building of atomic bomb?

• operation overlord

• Manhattan project

• Blair witch project 

• Project 832