World War II Quiz

The Lend-Lease Act –

• allowed Great Britain to colonize the Caribbean and South America

• allowed for nations to buy or lease equipment for defense purposes

• required the president to avoid leasing policies

• instituted the draft for American citizens

World War II began in 1939 with –

• the attack on Pearl Harbor

• the battle of Midway

• Germany invading Poland

• Battle of Britain

What is significant about the date of December 7, 1941?

• France was invaded

• Pearl Harbor was attacked

• Neutrality Acts were approved

• Peace was finalized

Germany’s pounding attack on Britain by air was called –

• D-Day

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of El Alamein

The United States during the first two years of World War II –

• sent troops to Europe

• drafted servicemen to fight

• remained officially neutral

• invaded the Soviet Union

What event shown took place on June 6, 1944?

• El Alamein

• Normandy landings

• Pearl Harbor

• Stalingrad

The Allied strategy of “Defeat Hitler First” meant –

• most American military resources were targeted for Europe

• to organize and invade Australia

• to quickly defeat and gain access to Soviet oil fields

• Britain had to be forced out of the war quickly

Which U.S. president shown ordered the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

During World War II, who were “the Big Three,” the leaders of the Grand Alliance between the major Allied powers?

• Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Hirohito

• Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Göring

• Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

How did President Harry Truman force the Japanese to surrender during World War II?

• By blockading the ports of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• By continuing to use submarine warfare against Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• By using heavy artillery and airstrikes against Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• By using two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki