Review - WWII Test

Who became president of the US after Franklin Roosevelt and was responsible for the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

• Winston Churchill

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry Truman

The first Black aviators in the US military were known as the...

• WASPS

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Red Barons

• Harlem Hellfighters

Which of the following is a similarity between World War I and World War II?

• both wars began with the assassination of a world leader

• in both wars, the US fought against Russia

• in both wars, the USA only entered the war when we were directly threatened

• in both wars, the battles were fought primarily in Australia and Europe

During the Holocaust, Jewish people and other groups were rounded up and forced into

• incarceration camps

• concentration camps 

• fighting on the front lines of the war

• leaving the country

Which of the following groups were targeted during the Holocaust? Select ALL that apply - Check all that apply

• Roma

  Jewish People

• Disabled People

• communists and socialists

• Japanese People

• Catholics

How did the results of World War I cause World War II?

• As per President Wilson's peace plan United States was going to invade Germany .

• Germany's war debt from World War I caused political and economic instability in Europe which allowed for the rise of fascism

• Great Britain was blamed for World War I so they were asked to surrender all their land

• the League of Nations declared War on Italy because they blamed Italy for World War I

What event forced Japan to surrender in 1945?

• the D-Day invasion

• the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• the attack on Pearl Harbor

• the US victory at the Battle of Midway

What is the name for the political philosophy that gave rise to dictators with total power and denied individual freedoms?

• capitalism

• socialism

• fascism

• communism

All of the following were fascist dictators EXCEPT

• Benito Mussolini

• Hideki Tojo

• Harry Truman

• Adolf Hitler

How was Dorothea Lange significant to World War II?

• she took photos documenting the conditions of Japanese Americans in incarceration (internment) camps

• she took photos documenting the conditions of concentration camps in Germany

• she was the first woman to join the military in World War II

• she was a Jewish girl who kept a diary of her experience in hiding and later died in a concentration camp