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Spring Semester Review (WWII-Cold War) pg. 1-2

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Social Studies

11th Grade

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Spring Semester Review (WWII-Cold War) pg. 1-2
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Lend-Lease Act

What is another word for isolationist?

Neutral

Where did Germany invade in 1939, causing WW2 to begin?

Isolationist

What did FDR pass in 1941 to help the Allied Powers financially and get weapons?

Poland

What was the US before getting involved in WWII?

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

What did we cut off from Japan causing them to bomb Pearl Harbor?

A military base / naval base

Why did the US join WW2?

Oil supply

What was Pearl Harbor?

1941

What year did the US get involved?

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Opened up a new allied front

Who did the US put into internment camps after Pearl Harbor?

U.S., Great Britain, USSR, France

Who were the Allied Powers?

Germany, Italy, Japan

What did D-Day do that was important?

Normandy, France

Where did the US invade on June 6, 1944?

Japanese Americans

Who were the Axis Powers?

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Battle of Midway

When the US was “island-hopping” what were they establishing on each island?

war bonds

What did the US sell to help finance the war?

Atlantic and Pacific

What was the turning point in the war?

establishing military bases

What two fronts was the US fighting on?

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Harry Truman

What happened on the Bataan Peninsula?

Volunteerism / Supporting the war effort

What are Victory Gardens and the recruiting of women examples of?

prevent mass casualties & end WWII

Why did he drop the bombs instead of invading by foot?

Forced death march (60 miles)

What president dropped the atomic bombs?

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)

Japan surrenders / WWII ends

What was the secret project to design this new weapon?

Manhattan Project

What happened after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki?

1945

What year were the bombs dropped?

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following: Truman to Nixon & the Cold War (1945-1991)

End of WWII

Capitalism vs. Communism

Who was the US fighting against during the Cold War?

arms race with the Soviet Union

What was initiated after Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb?

Soviet Union

What were they threatening against one another?

the use of nuclear weapons

Why was the US fighting against the Soviet Union?

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