WWII Part I Test Sparks

The immediate event that started World War II was

• Britain and France’s policy of appeasement.

• the Treaty of Munich allowing Hitler to occupy part of Czechoslovakia.

• Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.

• Hitler’s alliance with the Italian dictator, Mussolini.

Although officially neutral, the United States increasingly helped Britain through actions like

• Neutrality Acts

• Lend Lease Acts

• America First Committee

• enforcement of the arms embargo

Thousands of African Americans soldiers served bravely in a WWII flight crew known as the

• Nisei Airmen

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Harlem Flyers

“Rosie the Riveter” was a “poster girl” that symbolized

• the end of stay at home moms

• new fashions for women

• the role of women in the workforce in the United States

• a reminder to men that they can be replaced

Which of these events occurred first?

• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

• Germany attacks the Soviet Union

• Germany invades Poland

• Battle of Britain

Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Okinawa

• Iwo Jima

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the a-bomb was to:

• find out how destructive the bomb really was

• teach Japanese military leaders a lesson

• end the war and save American lives

• show how powerful the United States was

Match the following

• FDR

• Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

• Winston Churchill

• The Supreme Commander of all Allied forces in Europe during WWII

• Benito Mussolini

• President during MOST of WWII

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Leader of Germany during WWII

• Adolf Hitler

• Dictator of Italy during WWII

The Axis Powers was made up of _

This image represents

• soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Okinawa

• soldiers are raising the flag in Normandy

• soldiers are raising the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima

• soldiers are raising the flag at D-Day