World war II review

Rosie the Riveter represented women who __________ during World War II.

• went to war

• became nurses

• worked in factory jobs

• planted “victory gardens”

This man was the dictator of Germany, and rose to power during WWII.

• Benito Mussolini

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

Select each of the people, countries, and terms that were a part of the Axis Powers.

• Japan

• Mussolini

• Germany

• Britain

• Hitler

Select each of the people, countries, and terms that were a part of the Axis Powers.

• Churchill

• Italy

• Hirohito

• FDR/Truman

• Stalin

Sugar, gasoline, meat, and rubber for tires were all items rationed during WWII.

• True

• False

The United States entered World War II in response to

• Hitler seizing power in Germany.

• Hitler's troops invading Poland

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• Japan and Germany signing an alliance

Rosie the Riveter symbolized

• the suffering of US citizens forced to live in internment camps

• women who went to work to support the war effort

• rationing

• women in armed forces during WWII

Who was the U.S. President during the bombing of Pearl Harbor and D-Day?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

The date on which Japan formally surrendered to the United States in 1945 is commonly referred to as

• D-Day

• UN Day

• VE Day

• VJ Day

Why is VE day celebrated?

• It is when the Allies were victorious at Iwo Jima.

• It symbolizes the Allied victory on the beaches of Normandy.

• It is when Allied forces defeated Germany.

• It ended World War II.