World War 2

Match the following leaders to the countries they ruled or governed in

• Japan

• Benito Mussolini

• United States

• Adolf Hitler

• China

• Mao Zedong

• Germany

• Hirohito

• Italy

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which event started World War II?                                  

• Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 

• Japan’s attack on San Francisco

• Germany’s attack on Poland

• Germany sinking the USS Essex

Answer explanation

The Allied invasion of Normandy was called

• Operation Torch

• Operation Overlord (D-Day)

• Operation Husky

• Operation Avalanche

What did the Lend-Lease program do? 

• Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn't be attacked by them
• Sent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the Axis
• Sent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effort
• Sent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort

Which President gave the order to drop the Atomic Bomb?

• Herbert Hoover
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Ronald Reagan

a. Hitler blamed the Jewish people for the problems of Germany.

b. Jewish people and other minorities were forced into concentration camps.

c. Europeans were punished for helping and protecting Jewish people.

Which World War II event is most being described by the information in the list.

• the Holocaust

• sinking of the Lusitania

• D-Day

• bombing of Hiroshima

Why did the US enter World War II?

• Germany was attacking other nations.

• The United States wanted to be allies and fight with Japan.

• There was pressure from Congress to join the war.

• The Pearl Harbor attack was unprovoked and put Americans in danger.

Tuskegee Airmen were

• important during World War I.

• African American pilots who lost many bombers.

• African American pilots who had proven themselves to be very skilled and successful.

• not able to fly during World War II.

The image was most likely intended to promote

• popular support for federal civil rights legislation to end discrimination

• the belief that women should have rights equal to those of men

• the movement of women into jobs traditionally held by men

• access to union membership for all workers regardless of race or gender

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

• Hawaii

• Japan

• Phillipines

• Midway