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WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
This domestic issue was the primary concern of most Americans prior to World War II?
a)
Great Depression
b)
Civil War
c)
World War I
d)
Prohibition
2.
Passed in 1930, it was designed to protect American industries from foreign competitors? It ended up further isolating the United States.
a)
Wagner Act
b)
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
c)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
d)
Neutrality Acts
3.
Legislation that banned the United States from providing weapons or loans to nations at war?
a)
Cash and Carry
b)
Neutrality Acts
c)
Lend-Lease
d)
New Deal
4.
Passed in 1937, it permitted trade with fighting nations in nonmilitary goods as long as those nations paid cash and transported the cargo?
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Selective Service Act
c)
Mandatory Rationing
d)
Cash and Carry
5.
This proved to be America's greatest advantage in terms of homeland defense?
a)
Atlantic & Pacific
b)
Himalayas
c)
Swiss Alps
d)
Area 51
6.
Invaded by the Germans in Sept. 1939?
a)
France
b)
Sweden
c)
Poland
d)
Canada
7.
Three weeks after the invasion of Poland, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to provide lethal aid to which two countries?
a)
Spain & Portugal
b)
Britain & France
c)
Italy & Japan
d)
Japan & Soviet Union
8.
Eventually American merchant ships were allowed to transport weapons purchases to Britain.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Fell to the Germans in June of 1940 after just 6 weeks?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Britain
d)
France
10.
In September 1940, Roosevelt again persuaded Congress to aid Britain. As a result, Britain received which of the following from the United States?
a)
50 Destroyers
b)
1 Submarine
c)
50,000 Aircraft
d)
500 Nuclear Weapons
11.
A group formed in late 1940 with the sole purpose of blocking any further aid to Britain?
a)
Allies
b)
Axis Powers
c)
America First Committee
d)
Office of War Mobilization
12.
Won re-election to a third-term as President in 1940?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
13.
It authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American national security?
a)
Cash and Carry
b)
Neutrality Acts
c)
America First Committee
d)
Lend-Lease
14.
In September 1940, President Roosevelt began limiting scrap iron and steel to this country?
a)
Japan
b)
Italy
c)
Soviet Union
d)
France
15.
In response to Japan's invasion of French Indochina in 1941, Roosevelt took which of the following steps?
a)
Dropped Atomic Bombs
b)
Froze all Japanese Assets in U.S.
c)
Imposed a military blockade
d)
Invaded mainland Japan
16.
Roosevelt cut off all oil shipments to Japan prior to the invasion of Pearl Harbor.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
A militant army officer who took power in Japan October 1941 while peace negotiations were ongoing with the United States?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Tojo Hideki
18.
Location of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet?
a)
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
b)
Norfolk, Virginia
c)
San Diego, California
d)
Seattle, Washington
19.
In under 2 hours, roughly how many Americans were killed and wounded at the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941?
a)
About 3,600
b)
About 10,000
c)
About 5,000
d)
About 500
20.
Axis Powers:
a)
Italy, France, Britain
b)
U.S., France, Britain
c)
Italy, Japan, Germany
d)
Britain, Japan, Italy
21.
Allied Powers:
a)
Soviet Union, France, Britain
b)
U.S., Britain, Soviet Union
c)
Italy, Japan, U.S.
d)
Britain, Italy, Soviet Union
22.
Authorized in September of 1940, it authorized the first peacetime draft in U.S. history?
a)
Wagner Act
b)
Selective Training & Service Act
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
NSC-68
23.
The more than 16 million Americans who served as soldiers, sailors, and aviators.
a)
Bee Gees
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Allied Powers
d)
GI's
24.
Secret code that proved un-breakable by the Axis powers?
a)
Enigma
b)
Stutnex Code
c)
Navajo Code
d)
Morse Code
25.
The first African-American flying unit in the United States military?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Rough Riders
c)
7th Calvary
d)
82nd Airborne
26.
Filled critical job shortages at home, fulfilling such jobs as clerks, typists, airfield control operators, mechanics, photographers, and drivers?
a)
America First Committee
b)
College Students
c)
Prisoners of War
d)
Women
27.
Served as a super-agency in the centralization of resources and wartime production?
a)
Office of War Mobilization
b)
State Department
c)
Department of Defense
d)
Office of Wartime Productio
28.
Large, sturdy merchant ships that carried supplies or troops?
a)
Battleships
b)
Coast Guard Cutter
c)
Liberty Ships
d)
USS Constitution
29.
Totaling more than $186 billion, they were purchased by Americans to help finance the war effort?
a)
War Bonds
b)
Mutual Funds
c)
Stocks
d)
401K's
30.
The fair distribution of scarce items such as sugar, coffee, meat, butter, canned fruit, etc.?
a)
Scarcity
b)
Rationing
c)
Communism
d)
Gross National Product
31.
A home vegetable garden planted to add to the home food supply and replace farm produce sent to feed soldiers?
a)
Liberty Bonds
b)
Community Market
c)
Flea Market
d)
Victory Gardens
32.
Established by executive order, its job was to control inflation by limiting prices and rents? It also controlled rationing during the war.
a)
Office of War Mobilization
b)
Office of Price Administration
c)
Department of Defense
d)
Office of the Secretary of War
33.
Worked with magazine publishers, advertising agencies, and radio stations in order to maintain public confidence and morale?
a)
Office of War Information
b)
Office of Price Administration
c)
Office of Wartime Production
d)
Associated Press
34.
By 1944, American production levels doubled those of all the Axis powers combined.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security?
a)
Slander
b)
Libel
c)
Censorship
d)
Perjury
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