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MN in WWII Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When did WWII Occur? 
a)
1925-1930
b)
1939-1945
c)
1935-1940
d)
1913-1917
2.

Which MN company made weapons & ammunition?

a)

Munsingwear

b)

Andersen Corporation

c)

Twin Cities Ordnance

d)

Crown Iron Works

3.
Which was NOT part of the Allies?
a)
U.S.
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Great Britain
d)
Germany
4.

Which was NOT part of the Axis?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

5.
Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party and wanted to build a powerful military and make his country a strong nation?
a)
Hitler
b)
Mussolini
c)
Stalin
6.
What caused WWII to start??
a)
Germany invaded Poland.
b)
Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia.
c)
Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Japan.
d)
Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany.
7.
The United States president at the beginning of WWII was
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
8.
The attack that prompted the United States to join WWII was at
a)
Pearl Harbor 
b)
El-Alamein
c)
Normandy
d)
Hiroshima
9.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
Dec. 7, 1939
b)
Jan. 6, 1942
c)
Dec. 7, 1941
d)
Sept. 2, 1945
10.
Which group used their own language as an unbreakable code to help the US win World War II?
a)
African-Americans
b)
Japanese-Americans
c)
Women
d)
Native Americans
11.
What are some things Minnesota industries made to help the war effort?
a)
All the weaponry used in WWII
b)
SPAM, portable bridges, huts
c)
Rubber, paper, ammunition
d)
SPAM, soap, helmets
12.
What is a victory garden?
a)
a garden for athletes 
b)
garden to help relieve food shortages during war
c)
a garden for only growing the best food
d)
the president's garden
13.
What was the draft?
a)
a list of volunteer soldiers
b)
a group of women volunteers
c)
people required people to serve in military
d)
a guide on how to be a soldier
14.

Which MN company made military clothing?

a)

Crown Iron Works

b)

Andersen Corporation

c)

Twin Cities Ordnance

d)

Munsingwear

15.

Which MN company made SPAM?

a)

Andersen Corporation

b)

Crown Iron Works

c)

Munsingwear

d)

Hormel

16.
What is rationing?
a)
refusing to buy goods from stores
b)
reusing or recycling items
c)
using the most of an item you can
d)
limiting the amount of goods 
17.
What did all people do in addition to rationing?
a)
Made use of what they already had 
b)
Repaired and conserved
c)
They began to use public transportation
d)
All of the above
18.
How did POWs help MN in WWII?
a)

They became soldiers for the U.S.

b)

They helped work in industries

c)

They gave us information about our enemies

d)

They worked in weapons factories

19.

Which MN company made easy to assemble huts?

a)

Munsingwear

b)

Andersen Corporation

c)

Twin Cities Ordnance

d)

Crown Iron Works

20.
Who were sent to "relocation" camps in the U.S. by Executive Order 9066?
a)
Japanese Americans
b)
Chinese Americans
c)
Italian Americans
d)
German Americans
21.
Which of the following describes how WWII impacted the U.S. economy?
a)
Automobile companies produced a record number of cars.
b)
Many factories had to expand to produce military equipment.
c)
Airplane industry suffered as the Allies used them in combat
d)
Shipyards declined because ships were sent overseas
22.
Which of the following does NOT describe a role of women during World War II?
a)
pilots
b)
factory workers
c)
soldiers
d)
farmers
23.
Which U.S. president said the attack on Pearl Harbor was "a day which would live in infamy"?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
24.

When the U.S. was making the atomic bomb, what was the code name of that project?

a)

Los Alamos

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Manhattan Program

d)

Nuclear Project

25.
Which U.S. president ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japanese cities?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
26.
This ended World War II.
a)
U.S. was bombed
b)
U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Germany
c)
U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan
d)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
27.

Which MN company made portable bridges & pontoons?

a)

Andersen Corporation

b)

Crown Iron Works

c)

Munsingwear

d)

Twin Cities Ordnance

28.

A person who is non-military or not in active duty during a war.

a)

prisoner of war

b)

draft

c)

civilian

d)

serviceman

29.

How many POW camps were located in MN based on our packet information?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

16

d)

20

30.

Propaganda was used to get people to support the war effort.

a)

false

b)

true

31.

African-Americans were allowed to have high-end jobs during WWII.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

The closest POW camp located to New Prague Middle School was

a)

Deer River

b)

Faribault

c)

New Ulm

d)

Montgomery

33.

Which was not a new medical invention for WWII?

a)

X-ray machines

b)

penicillin

c)

crutches

d)

blood donation

34.

Who won WWII?

a)

Allies

b)

Axis

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