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WorksheetsAmH2:WWII and its Aftermath
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What act illustrated an end to the US position of neutrality by allowing for the lending of money to Britain in order to buy military supplies?
a)
Cash & Carry Act
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Arsenal of Democracy Act
d)
Selective Service Act
2.
In what year did Congress pass the Selective Service Act requiring the registering of males from 21-35?
a)
1938 (German invasion of Poland)
b)
1940 (after the US surrender of France to Germany)
c)
1941 (after the bombing of Pearl Harbor)
d)
1943 (In preparation for the D-Day Invasions)
3.
What act of aggression was Japan's first clear violation of the League of Nations?
a)
Invasion of Manchuria
b)
Invasion of Papua New Guina
c)
Invasion of the Philippenes
d)
Invasion of Korea
4.
What was the purpose of Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech?
a)
Recognize dangers of fascism & test popular opinion on going to war
b)
Denounce Hitler but defend American neutrality
c)
Denounce Japanese invasion of Manchuria but support American neutrality
d)
Called for the internment of Japanese Americans living near military bases & factories
5.
How did America respond to the Quarantine Speech?
a)
With great public support for interning Japanese Americans
b)
With great public support for going to war with Japan
c)
With great public opposition to the idea of going to war
d)
By going out and buying millions in war bonds
6.
What was the policy of decrying growing German and Japaneses aggression, but not taking military action called?
a)
Censor
b)
Neutralization
c)
Appeasement
d)
Smart
7.
Which of the following was NOT at the Munich Conference which allowed Hitler's claim to the Sudetenland?
a)
Neville Chamberlain (Great Britain)
b)
Adolf Hitler (Germany)
c)
Edouard Daladier (France)
d)
Joseph Stalin (Russia)
8.
In what ways did the US take action against the growing aggression of Japan in 1940-1941?
a)
US instituted an oil embargo against Japan
b)
US prohibited the sell of scrap metal and steel to Japan
c)
US froze all Japanese credit & investments in the US
d)
All of the answers are correct
9.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
a)
An agreement to not use submarine warfare in the Atlantic
b)
An agreement to appease aggression to prevent a global conflict
c)
An agreement for the US to sell munitions to Great Britain
d)
An agreement drafted in 1941 by Churchill & Roosevelt to promote democracy after the war
10.
What event triggered the United States to declare war on Japan?
a)
Sinking of the Lusitania
b)
Explosion of the USS Arizona
c)
Attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor
d)
Japanese invasion of US held Philippines
11.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a total surprise to the American military and government.
a)
Yes
b)
No
12.
The US began mobilizing for the war in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What was the primary purpose of the War Productions Board?
a)
To establish and manage war industries
b)
To produce films for the support of US efforts in the war
c)
The get women to sign up for women's military corps
d)
To gain financial supprot for the war by selling war bonds
14.
Which of the following agencies set production priorities and controlled raw materials needed for war production?
a)
Works Progress Adminsitration
b)
War Labor Board
c)
Office of War Mobilization
d)
Manhattan Project
15.
Which of the following was NOT a purpose of the Office of Price Administration?
a)
Rationing of commodities
b)
Limiting price increases
c)
Setting wages for war production workers
d)
Settling labor disputes to prevent strikes
16.
What did WWII illustrate about the American economy?
a)
That the US could spend its way out of a depression
b)
That deficit financing did not boost the economy
c)
That the US could survive independent from foreign trade
d)
That government intervention in wages and price could not stop inflation
17.
What was the secret techology deveoped by the Manhattan Project?
a)
The Enigma Machine (Code Breaker/early computer)
b)
The Hydrogen Bomb
c)
The Stealth Bomber
d)
The Atomic Bomb
18.
What is the Manhattan Project?
a)
Development of an atomic bomb
b)
Desegregating the military
c)
A method to code break the Japanese
19.
After Roosevelt passed away the next president was?
a)
Larry S. Truman
b)
Barry S. Truman
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Gary S. Truman
20.
Dwight D. Eisenhower led what operation in North Africa?
a)
Operation Torch
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
Il Duce
d)
Operation Overload
21.
Who promised that they shall return?
a)
Chester Nimitz
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
22.
Who were used as code talkers during the war?
a)
The Incas
b)
The Navajo
c)
The Mayas
d)
The Cheerokee
23.
What is the kamikaze tactic?
a)
Flying planes into Allied Ships
b)
Waiting for a massive wind storm to blow your woes away
c)
The Japanese version of the blitzkreig
24.
Hiroshima was?
a)
Hit second by the atomic bomb
b)
The new Japanese capital
c)
An important military center
d)
General's Nagasaki's fallen comrade
25.
Nuremberg trials did what?
a)
Put Nazi leaders on trial for their war crimes
b)
Put the Japanese on trial for their war crimes
c)
Put the Italians on trial for their war crime
d)
None of the above
26.
CORE stood for what?
a)
Congress of Racial Equity
b)
Community of Race Equality
c)
Congress of Racial Equality
d)
None of the above
27.
What was CORE created to do?
a)
Confront urban segregation in the North
b)
Confront Urban segregation in the West
c)
Confront Urban segregation in the South
d)
None of the above
28.
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act is better known as the?
a)
Soldier Assistance Bill
b)
The GI Bill of Rights
c)
the Return Home Bill
d)
None of the above
29.
JACL pushed for?
a)
relocating the Japanese back to Japan
b)
Homes in the Pacific
c)
None of the above
d)
The government compensation for those sent to the camps and for their property
30.
Another word for internment was?
a)
Concentration
b)
Confinement
c)
Halfway
d)
Relocation
31.
Who attended the Yalta Conference?
a)
Stalin and Hitler
b)
None of the below
c)
Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini
d)
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
32.
The two turning points of the war was?
a)
The Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea
b)
Battle of the Bulge and Operation Torch
c)
The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Midway
d)
The Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the Bulge
33.
Sonar and convoys were used for this battle
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Battle of the Pacific
c)
the Battle of Stalingrad
d)
The Battle of the Atlantic
34.
What theatre of the War was fought first?
a)
The Pacific
b)
The European
35.
True or False Churchill believed that Germany and Italy posed a greater threat than Japan?
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What was the German aim in the battle of the Atlantic?
a)
To start an invasion in America
b)
To boast their military power overseas
c)
To prevent food and war materials from America going to Britain and the USSR
37.
What momentarily stopped the German invasion in the Soviet Union?
a)
The Soviet military was too strong for the German forces
b)
The German soldier went on strike
c)
The Soviet winter
d)
Other previously invaded countries started to fight back
38.
Operation Torch took place in?
a)
The Mediterranean
b)
The Atlantic
c)
North Africa
d)
None of the above
39.
Which Axis power left the war first?
a)
Japan
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
40.
True of False the Tuskegee Airmen were an all black pilot squadron?
a)
True
b)
False
41.
True or False Hitler was put on trial for his actions?
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Which of the following countries did Japan NOT take over?
a)
Burma
b)
Malaya
c)
Thailand
d)
Austria
43.
True or False code breaking helped the United States figure out that Midway was one of Japans targets?
a)
True
b)
Fasle
44.
The Battle of the Coral Sea was different from other battles because?
a)
It was fought just by planes
b)
It was not any different
c)
None of the above
45.
What was the best kept secret during the war?
a)
Italy had dropped out
b)
The atomic bomb
c)
The invasion of Poland
46.
True or False the war triggered mass migrations?
a)
True
b)
False
47.
What is a Nisei?
a)
Chinese people born in this country to people from China
b)
Japanese people from Japan that migrated
c)
Chinese people that migrated
d)
Japanese people who were born in the U.S. to people who were from Japan
48.
True or False the Japanese did NOT receive reparations for internment?
a)
True
b)
False
49.
What was the court case that involved the policy of the internment camps?
a)
There was none
b)
Korematsu v. United States
c)
Takahashi v. United States
d)
Hirota v. United States
50.
What was D-Day?
a)
Germany invaded Poland
b)
Allied troops landed in German-occupied France
c)
Allied troops landed in Japan
d)
Japan invaded China
51.
Why did Japan invade China?
a)
Revenge for a previous war
b)
It was an easy target
c)
To increase Japan's population
d)
For farm land and natural resources
52.
What happened after the Nazis invaded Poland?
a)
The Soviet Union attacked Germany
b)
Allies declared war on Germany
c)
Japan declared war on Germany
d)
They felt bad about it and retreated
53.
Why did the Chinese communists and nationalists form an alliance?
a)
To fight off the Japanese invasion
b)
To fight off the British invasion
c)
To form a united, peaceful government
d)
To invade Japan
54.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to:
a)
promote religious freedom
b)
solate member nations from the rest of the world
c)
defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression
d)
spread communism to each member nation
55.
The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:
a)
funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations
b)
government housing to refugees
c)
nuclear weapons to NATO members
d)
military assistance to Vietnam
56.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
57.
Winston Churchill's term for the division between communist and free countries in Europe was the _____.
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Front Line
d)
Mason-Dixon
58.
Images like this refer to what belief about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Marshall Plan
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Containment
d)
Flexible Response
59.
What did the 38th parallel divide?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Japan
60.
Allied soldiers invaded northern France on the beaches of Normandy. This is known as:
a)
VJ-Day
b)
VE-Day
c)
D-Day
d)
E-Day
61.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
62.
What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland?
a)
Many Americans supported Isolationism
b)
Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact
c)
The U.S. feared Hitler's retaliation
d)
The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so
63.
What policy did other European nations adopt when dealing with Germany before WWII?
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Appeasement
d)
Aggressionism
64.
Germany used what type of strategy to quickly overwhelm their opponents?
a)
Sitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Appeasment
65.
Which man was elected President 4 times, and served during the Great Depression and WWII?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
John F Kennedy
66.
What happened to Germany after the war?
a)
The country was completely overtaken by the Russians.
b)
The U.S. occupied the entire country.
c)
The country was divided up into 4 zones
d)
The Nazis reclaimed power
67.
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
a)
Through diplomatic negotiations
b)
By capturing their capital city
c)
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
d)
By surrounding Japan and allowing no one to leave
68.
Why was the United Nations founded?
a)
To ensure that Germany would never become powerful again
b)
To ensure that another Holocaust could never happen
c)
To try and preserve peace throughout the World
d)
To protect Europe against Russia
69.
What was this poster promoting?
a)
war production
b)
voting rights for women
c)
equality in pay
d)
sexism
70.
How did war bonds, victory gardens, & scrap drives impact the war effort?
a)
they provided needed supplies for the troops
b)
they convinced people to work in war factories
c)
they caused anti-war rallys
d)
they had no impact
71.
What were the Tuskegee Airmen known for?
a)
escorting bombers over Europe
b)
bombing Tokyo after Pearl Harbor
c)
Volunteering to fight in China
d)
bombing the beaches on D-Day
72.
The United States joined World War II because:
a)
They wanted to fight back after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
b)
They feared Germany.
c)
They wanted to help the Axis powers.
d)
They wanted to fight Germany after they invaded Poland.
73.
Where was the FIRST atomic bomb dropped?
a)
Poland
b)
Hiroshima
c)
Hamamatsu
d)
Yamagata
74.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II was:
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
75.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?
a)
Josef Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
76.
Women began working where during World War II?
a)
home
b)
factories
c)
schools
d)
offices
77.
What threat convinced the United States to sign several treaties with foreign countries to protect each other if an enemy attacked
a)
world communism and the threat of the Soviet Union
b)
outbreak of revolutions in the Soviet Union
c)
world democracy and the threat of Japan
d)
fear of democracy
78.
The Korean war occurred when North Korea attacked:
a)
China to spread democracy
b)
The United States of America to spread communism
c)
South Korea to spread communism
d)
Japan to spread democracy
79.
How did World War II begin in Europe?
a)
Germany's invasion of Poland
b)
the sinking of the Lusitania
c)
the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor
d)
the assassination of an Austrian Archduke
80.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
European nations needed to build more factories
b)
Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe
c)
The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful
d)
There was a division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
81.
The Secretary of State for Harry Truman was
a)
George Marshall
b)
Douglass MacArthur
c)
Thomas Dewey
d)
George McKennan
82.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
83.
George Kennan wrote a “long telegram” under the alias
a)
Mr. K
b)
Mr. G
c)
Mr. X
d)
Mr. Z
84.
Which best describes George Kennan’s policy toward the Soviet Union?
a)
Swift destruction of Communism
b)
Long Term firm policy of containment
c)
Appeasement of Stalin
d)
Taking back territory that the Soviet Union claimed
85.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
86.
The signing of the NATO alliance marked the end of whose policy toward foreign alliances.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Washington
87.
The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating
a)
Soviet Union
b)
SATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Eastern Bloc
88.
The Marshall Plan was able to invest _______ billion dollars in Europe.
a)
13
b)
15
c)
18
d)
20
89.
West Germany was created from the occupation zones of which Allies
a)
France/US/Britain
b)
Soviet Union/France/US
c)
US/Britain/Soviet Union
d)
France/Britain/Soviet Union
90.
How many occupation zones was Germany divided into?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
2
d)
5
91.
West Germany was ______________________ and East Germany was_____________________
a)
communist/democratic
b)
democratic/communist
c)
awesome/not awesome
92.
What term was given to the division between the democratic west and the communist east?
a)
Steel Curtain
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Iron Maiden
d)
Freedom Curtain
93.
The Cold War was a fight between _________________ & ____________________
a)
democracy/communism
b)
U.S./Soviet Union
c)
Allies/Soviet Union
d)
Germany/Allies
94.
What called for the need to help countries resist communism?
a)
Roosevelt Doctrine
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Truman Document
d)
Containment Doctrine
95.
Containment is
a)
stopping the spread of communism
b)
keeping the Soviet Union from gaining more territory
c)
limiting how fast Germany can recover from WWII
96.
Stalin wanted the Soviet Bloc or Satellite countries to protect the U.S.S.R. if Germany became aggressive again
a)
True
b)
False
97.
The U.S. thought the best way to help Europe resist communism was making sure it was _________________ and ___________________ stable
a)
economically/politically
b)
politically/militarily
c)
economically/militarily
98.
The economic recovery package that was given to countries affected by WWII was called the ______________________
a)
Truman Plan
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Containment Plan
99.
Most countries that received Marshall Plan aid were more productive than they were prior to WWII
a)
True
b)
False
100.
Kennan's Long Telegram, followed by his X-Article, is MOST important because it
a)
explained the Soviet mindset to US policy makers.
b)
recommended the containment strategy that formed US policy throughout the Cold War.
c)
urged the US not to abandon its ideals.
d)
caused Truman to lose China.
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