Unit 7 Review

What is the significance of D-Day?

• The invasion led to the continuation of the Holocaust.

• The war went into a guerilla style war that lasted only a few years longer.

• The successful invasion led to the ultimate defeat of Germany.

• It signified that the war in Japan would only last a little longer.

What was the biggest contribution of Mexican Americans to the war effort?

• They fought in the military and took the lead in D-Day.

• They were guards for those placed in internment camps.

• They worked in factories that symbolized Rosie the Riveter.

• They worked in farms and produced much needed food.

Besides defeating the enemy, what was another goal of African Americans in the Double V campaign?

• They wanted to show the American people that they deserved civil rights.

• They wanted to show the people in Africa that the war would soon be over.

• They wanted to show the Soviets that communism was evil.

• They wanted to show the Japanese that we would avenge Pearl Harbor.

Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps?

• The government believed that war with Japan in Hawaii was inevitable.

• They appeared to despise the Axis and refused to help the Americans in any way.

• The government believed that the Japanese Americans would help the Japanese if an invasion occurred.

• They refused to join the military and fight for the Allies.

Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?

• Jews

• Nationalists

• Fascists

• Aryans

What future president planned the D-Day invasion and was the Supreme Allied commander?

• George Washington

• Barack Obama

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Abraham Lincoln

What did Hitler do when he knew he would not be able to win the war?

• He surrendered and turned himself in.

• He killed his wife and then himself.

• He still thought he would be able to win.

• He freed the Jews from the concentration camps.

On D-Day, what area did the U.S., Britain, and Canada invade?

• Alsace-Lorrain

• Normandy, France

• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• Spain

What happened on VE Day?

• The United States entered the war

• Allied forces invaded France

• The Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga

• Germany surrendered

What was the BIGGEST key to D-Day success?

• Ability of the French to knock out the Railroad

• Weather patterns

• Digging protection on the beaches

• Hitler not knowing where the invasion was coming