World War 2 Quiz

What was the name for the secret project to build an atomic bomb?

• Manhattan Project

• Tuskegee Airben

• Secret Boom

• Normandy

Who was the fascist leader of Italy?

• Adolph Hitler

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Benito Mussolini

• Neville Chamberlain

Which act permitted the US to sell arms to warring countries on a cash & carry basis?

• Neutrality Act 1939

• Lend-Lease Act

• Anschluss

• Double V

What is the name of the Allied military strategy in the Pacific Ocean?

• firebomb

• island hopping

• kamikaze

• blitzkrieg

At first many Americans were against the war and supported ________________________.

• fascism

• communism

• isolationism

• internationalism

The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to

• test the newly developed atomic bomb.

• determine how the holocaust happened.

• punish German leaders for war crimes.

• remove the emperor of Japan from power.

First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. — Martin Niemöller

Which event is Martin Niemöller referring to in this passage?

• (1) Ukrainian famine

• (2) World War I

• (3) breakup of Yugoslavia

• (4) Holocaust

reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• US stopped selling oil to Japan

• US stopped buying oil from Japan

• Japan wanted to conquer the US

• Japan wanted to spread communism

America joined the war after

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• Germany sank the Lusitania

• The holocaust ended

• None of the Above

Who were the Axis Powers?

• Germany, Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy and Japan
• Germany, Italy and the United States