The U.S. at War: Europe and North Africa

Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Theodore Roosevelt

• David Lloyd George

This was Germany's last major offensive campaign of WWII.

• Invasion of Normandy
• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Kursk

• Battle of the Bulge

Why is the D-Day battle (Operation Overlord) significant?

• It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

• It marked the end of German U-boat operations in the Atlantic

• It marked the start of the liberation of France and Western Europe.

• It was the turning point of the war in North Africa.

To ensure that the armed forces had adequate supplies of material during the war, the United States government

• Set up a black market system

• created a lottery to raise money to buy supplies

• Implemented a strict, points-based rationing system

• Created a special currency that could only be used to buy food

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II

• axis powers
• rationing
• Japanese internment
• allied powers

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

• Leon Trotsky

• Rudolf Hess

• Josef Stalin

• Joseph Tito

The Allied landing in Normandy, France was called

• Operation Torch
• Operation Overlord (D-Day)
• Operation Husky
• Operation Avalanche

What was the main goal of the Battle of the Atlantic?

• To drive the Germans out of North Africa

• To protect U.S. bases in Greenland and Iceland

• To protect vital supplies bound for Great Britain

• To keep the Japanese Navy out of the Atlantic Ocean

An agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.

• War Production Board

• Office of Price Administration

• Fair Employment Practices Commission

• National Park Service

The style of clothing in the picture here was known as...

• A Flapper suit

• A Zoot suit

• The Dapper Dan

• The Charleston tux