World War II Review

Which conclusion can be made about the role of women during WWII, based on this picture?

• women worked only in traditionally female-dominated jobs
• it was acceptable for women to work, with men away at war
• it was considered unpatriotic for women to leave their home to seek employment
• women's contributions were not valued by American society

Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

What was the policy called that continually gave in to Hitler's demands in order to prevent conflict with Germany?

• policy of appeasement

• policy of nullification

• policy of aggression

• policy of enactment

Two superpowers that emerged after World War II

• Soviet Union and Germany
• United States and Germany
• Soviet Union and China
• United States and Soviet Union 

What was the United States foreign policy before World War II?

• direct involvement

• aid to Axis Powers

• supported Japan

• isolationism

A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied is called

• direct democracy

• monarchy

• representative democracy

• fascism

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

• the Progressive Movement

• Internment camps

• the Marshall Plan

• the Holocaust

What event started World War II, setting off war in Europe?

• Battle of Britain

• Germany invaded Poland

• Japan bombed Pearl

• Japanese aggression in East Asia

The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to:

• ban the use of chemical and biological warfare

• develop the atomic bomb

• coordinate troop movements between New York and Europe

• supply the Allies with more fighter planes    

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