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WWII

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What caused the United States to enter WWII?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
The Holocaust
c)
Atomic Bomb
2.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
3.
What ended the Great Depression?
a)
The New Deal
b)
Alphabet Agencies
c)
World War II
d)
The Spread of Communism
4.
Which of the following countries remained neutral during the beginning of World War II?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Japan
c)
Italy
d)
United States
5.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
6.
Adolf Hitler
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union 
7.
Hitler's political party
a)
Fascist 
b)
Nazis 
c)
Socialists
d)
Republicans
8.
Why did President Truman decide to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan?
a)
President Truman thought it would be easier and faster to use atomic bombs
b)
Truman thought too many U.S. soldiers would die if the U.S. invaded Japan
c)
President Truman wanted to test out the atomic bomb
d)
President Truman did NOT use atomic bombs
9.
What was the Holocaust?
a)
Mass murder of 6 million Jews
b)
Another name for WWII
c)
A time of peace in the world
10.
A ruler who has total control of a country and its people is called
a)
a president
b)
a dictator
c)
a racist
11.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
African American pilots who flew successful missions during WWI
b)
A group of Civil Rights Activists
c)
Hitler's elite army pilots
d)
African American pilots who flew successful missions over Italy
12.
Who was the commander of the Allied Forces during WWII?
a)
FDR
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin
13.
Who was the president who declared war against Japan?
a)
FDR
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Joseph Stalin