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WorksheetsUnit 8 WWII Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Definition: fixed portion of food or another good that is allowed in times of shortages
a)
Bond
b)
Scarce
c)
Ration
d)
Draft
2.
Definition: a system for selecting young men for military service, where young men are required to register and selected at random when draft is in place.
a)
Draft
b)
Ration
c)
Scarce
d)
Bond
3.
Definition: staying out or apart of foreign affairs (neutrality)
a)
Rationing
b)
Isolationism
c)
Scarcity
d)
Internment
4.
Definition: in short supply, not enough of a resource
a)
Scarce
b)
Ration
c)
Internment
d)
Bond
5.
imprisonment of large groups of people without a trial → Internment
a)
True
b)
False
6.
a form of loan or IOU where there is a promise to get interest on top of repaying the original amount → Ration
a)
True
b)
False
7.
At the beginning of WWII America stayed COMPLETELY neutral.
a)
True -We were isolationists
b)
False -We supplied aid to the Allies
c)
False -We sent troops to Europe
d)
True -We waited until attacked
8.
What caused the US to get involved in WWII?
a)
D-Day
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Internment
d)
VE-Day
9.
How did US entry into WWII impact the economy?
a)
It didn't, nothing changed when we joined.
b)
It helped get us out of the Great Depression.
c)
More people were out of work because of the war.
d)
We produced less things and GDP went down.
10.
Large groups of Americans protested during WWII, especially in Winston-Salem.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Because of WWII the unemployment rate went up and people continued to suffer from the Great Depression.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
How did the US use propaganda to convince Americans to participate in the war effort?
a)
Getting people to ration
b)
Getting people to join the military
c)
Getting people to hate our enemies
d)
All of the above
13.
Why were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during WWII?
a)
The government needed the land they were living on
b)
There was evidence of thousands performing terrorist acts and spying
c)
Americans were prejudiced and fearful after the attack on Pearl Harbor
14.
What did people on the homefront do to support the war effort?
a)
Ration gas, bread, metal, ect
b)
Work in factories creating war materials
c)
Recycle and donate old usable materials
d)
All of the above
15.
Women did not do much to help win WWII.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Like WWI, women during WWII left their homes to work in the factories.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Everyone thought women should work during WWII and after.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
How did Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs impact the outcome of the war?
a)
Germany surrendered and fighting ended in Europe
b)
Thousands of Americans died fighting in Japan after their retaliation
c)
Japan was forced to surrender ending WWII
d)
America surrendered and WWII ended
19.
Americans of all backgrounds fought in WWII regardless of the discrimination they faced.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
How did technology impact the outcome of WWII?
a)
New weapons made this even deadlier than WWI
b)
Innovation in medicine and nutrition made it easier to keep soldiers healthy
c)
Research and training made America's military super effective
d)
All of the above
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