
Spring Semester Review (WWII-Cold War) pg. 1-2
Authored by Gladys Lopez
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11th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)
Neutral
What was the US before getting involved in WWII?
Lend-Lease Act
What is another word for isolationist?
Isolationist
Where did Germany invade in 1939, causing WW2 to begin?
Poland
What did FDR pass in 1941 to help the Allied Powers financially and get weapons?
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)
Oil supply
What did we cut off from Japan causing them to bomb Pearl Harbor?
A military base / naval base
What year did the US get involved?
1941
Why did the US join WW2?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
What was Pearl Harbor?
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)
U.S., Great Britain, USSR, France
Where did the US invade on June 6, 1944?
Opened up a new allied front
Who did the US put into internment camps after Pearl Harbor?
Normandy, France
Who were the Allied Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Who were the Axis Powers?
Japanese Americans
What did D-Day do that was important?
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)
Atlantic and Pacific
What two fronts was the US fighting on?
establishing military bases
When the US was “island-hopping” what were they establishing on each island?
Battle of Midway
What was the turning point in the war?
war bonds
What did the US sell to help finance the war?
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following: WWII (1939-1945)
Harry Truman
What happened on the Bataan Peninsula?
prevent mass casualties & end WWII
Why did he drop the bombs instead of invading by foot?
Volunteerism / Supporting the war effort
What president dropped the atomic bombs?
Forced death march (60 miles)
What are Victory Gardens and the recruiting of women examples of?
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?
1945
What happened after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
Manhattan Project
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
arms race with the Soviet Union
What was initiated after Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb?
the use of nuclear weapons
Who was the US fighting against during the Cold War?
Capitalism vs. Communism
What were they threatening against one another?
Soviet Union
Why was the US fighting against the Soviet Union?
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