WWII Review

Match the following WWII events to their historical significance

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Event that liberated France & marked a turning point for war in Europe

• D-Day / Invasion of Normandy

• Event that marked a turning point for war in the Pacific

• Battle of Midway

• Event that led to the start of WWII

• German invasion of Poland

• Event that led to U.S. entering into WWII

The only African American veteran given the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in WWII

• Alfred T. Mahan

• Vernon Baker

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King

Religious homeland created for the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust

• Nagasaki

• Hiroshima

• Israel

• Stalingrad

Which dates are most associated with World War II?

• 1914-1918

• 1939-1945

• 1939-1941

• 1918-1929

Last German offensive attack on the western front in Europe that resulted in an Allied victory and the beginning of the end of war in Europe

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Britain

Match the following

• Island Hopping

• Military tactic used to by the U.S. to get close enough to launch an attack on Japan's mainland

• Rationing System

• Implemented by the U.S. government to help conserve goods for the war effort

• VIctory Gardens

• Produced by the Office of War Information to promote U.S. involvement in the war

• Propaganda

• Sold by the U.S. government to help finance the war effort

• War Bonds

• Encouraged by the U.S. government to help conserve food for the war effort

The Nuremberg Trial

• Members of the Allied Forces

• What were the charges in the Nuremberg Trials?

• Crimes against humanity & war crimes

• Who served as the Judge and Jury in the Nuremberg Trials?

• Nazi Party Leaders

• Who was prosecuted in the Nuremberg Trials?

Which action brought an end to war in the Pacific and officially ended WWII?

• U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• Germany invading the Soviet Union

• The invasion of Normandy

• The Battle of the Bulge

Executive Order 9066

• Internment of Japanese-Americans

• Event the prompted passage of Executive Order 9066

• Attack on Pearl Harbor & U.S. entry War

• Result of Executive Order 9066

• National Security as U.S. entered WWII

• Justification of Executive Order 9066

What year did World War two begin?

• 1939

• 1938

• 1940

• 1941