WorksheetsWorld War II
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 43mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why did Great Britain and France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?
a)
Hitler signed a non aggression pact with Stalin, threatening the Allies.
b)
Hitler signed an alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers
c)
They had pledged to defend Poland against Hitler, who attacked it from the west.
d)
They had formed an international army to fight Hitler,whose forces trapped thousands of soldiers in Czechoslovakia.
2.
What was significant about America's Selective Training and Service Act in 1940?
a)
It oversaw the conversion of factories to war production.
b)
It was the first peacetime draft in the country's history.
c)
It allowed Americans to serve in foreign countries.
d)
It required both men and women to serve in the army.
3.
Why did Hitler direct his anger towards intellectuals, Communists, and Jews in the 1930s?
a)
He felt they threatened his authority.
b)
He blamed them for Germany's economic problems and its defeat in World War I.
c)
They opposed the National Socialist Party, keeping it from winning a majority in Parliament.
d)
He was fearful they would band together and start another world war.
4.
Harry Truman took over as president Roosevelt
a)
died ofa stroke in April 1945.
b)
lost his re-election bid in 1944.
c)
chose not to run for a fourth term in 1944.
d)
focused his efforts on aid to war-torn European countries rather than on domestic issues.
5.
The first priority of President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to defeat the Axis Powers was to
a)
place Asia first.
b)
defeat the Germans.
c)
attack Italian forces in West Africa.
d)
aid Japan in the fight against China.
6.
Why did Japan plan a large-scale attack against the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor?
a)
it wanted to give itself time to secure control of East Asia before the U.S. military could respond.
b)
it wanted to retaliate against the U.S. for freezing Japanese bank accounts.
c)
It wanted to punish the U.S. for sending billions of dollars in aid to Chinese Nationalists.
d)
It wanted to defend its German and Soviet allies against a U.S. invasion.
7.
The Bataan Death March caused the death of
a)
soldiers in the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
b)
thousands of U.S. soldiers in the Pacific Fleet led by Chester Nimitz.
c)
600 Americans and thousands of Filipinos.
d)
General Douglas MacArthur
8.
What Tuskegee Airman later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force?
a)
A. Philip Randolph
b)
Benjamin O. Davis
c)
Dorie Miller
d)
Daniel Inouye (optional)
9.
The United States was expected to be responsible for most of the postwar rebuilding because it
a)
had to make reparations for dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
b)
escaped much destruction and was then the strongest power in the world.
c)
was given millions of dollars by Germany after Germany surrendered.
d)
had promised to help European countries at the beginning of the war.
10.
The Allied Powers included
a)
the U.S., Germany, and Italy
b)
the U.S. France, and Japan
c)
the U.S. Great Britain, and Poland
d)
the U.S., Great Britain, China, France, and Soviet Union
11.
The Battle____________ in the Philippines was the largest naval battle in history.
a)
the Bulge
b)
Leyte Gulf
c)
Coral Sea
12.
In April 1943, Jewish people in the ________rose up against the Germans, and it took nearly a month for the Nazis to crush the uprising.
a)
Warsaw Ghetto
b)
Treblinka death camp
c)
Auschwitz
13.
The goal of the Manhattan project was to
a)
develop a new submarine to use against the Germans on D-Day.
b)
to develop an atomic bomb.
c)
develop the ocean bridge that would be used to transport supplies and food to soldiers during WWII.
14.
Executive order 9066 allowed the government to begin the process of ______________, or forced relocation and imprisonment, of Japanese Americans.
a)
deportation
b)
internment
c)
migration
15.
Fascist Italian leader who allied with Hitler to form the Axis Powers...
a)
A. Philip Randolph
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Daniel Inouye
16.
Organized a march on Washington in 1941 to demand equal pay for black workers.
a)
A. Philip Randolph
b)
Jonathan H. Brown
c)
Daniel Inouye
d)
Harry S. Truman
17.
Tactic of purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships
a)
genocide
b)
execution
c)
kamikaze
18.
battle in the Soviet Union during which German forces froze or starved to death
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
Battle of the Bulge
19.
Policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
appeasement
20.
President who ordered use of atomic bombs on Japan
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Truman
c)
Trump
d)
Kennedy
21.
Extermination of an entire group of people
a)
execution
b)
genocide
c)
internment
22.
invasion on June 6, 1944, in which thousands of Allied soldiers were killed or wounded
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
D-Day
c)
Battle at Stalingrad
23.
policy allowing the United States to aid any nation vital to its defense
a)
1943 U. S. Defense Act
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Allied Forces Aid Act
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