WWII Quiz 2 on Home Front & Winning FY25

What were the effects of rationing on the American people during WWII? (Choose 3)

• rationing required many sacrifices

• many items such as coffee, meat and butter were scarce

• people were asked to conserve materials

• people could buy whatever they wanted

Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of

• women who worked as nurses

• women who worked in factories

• women who went to war

• women who planted victory gardens

the person responsible for the Holocaust

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Joseph Stalin

What is D-Day?

• an attack on the beaches of Normandy, France

• the day the Germans surrendered

• the day Germany surrendered

• an attack on Poland

What does not describe VE Day?

• Victory in Europe

• May 8, 1945

• Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers

• Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers

Why did President Truman decide to drop the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• He wanted a quick end to the war by forcing Japan to surrender.

• He wanted to punish Japan for being part of the Axis Powers.

• He wanted to get rid of the Japanese culture.

• He wanted to punish Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor.

What is VJ Day? Choose two

• Germany surrenders

• Japan surrenders

• Victory in Japan

• the atomic bombs were dropped

Identify an important advantage for the Americans provided by capturing the island of Iwo Jima.

• Iwo Jima provided an important supply base for the Americans.

• Iwo Jima had fertile farmland that the Americans needed to grow crops.

• Iwo Jima had massive stores of gasoline that the Americans needed.

What was the name of African American pilots during WWII?

• Atlanta Airmen

• Chattanooga Airmen

• Washington Airmen

• Tuskegee Airmen

What two things did Eleanor Roosevelt do after her husband died? (Choose two)

• traveled the world campaigning for human rights

• was a member of the United Nations

• was the first woman in congress

• was a Supreme Court Judge