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WWII Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

Economic crisis, WWI reparations, and the rise of dictators in Europe led to...

a)

Democratic Governments

b)

Mashall Law

c)

Totalitarian Governments

d)

Roosevelt's death

2.

Fascism glorifies

a)

Military Achievements

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Christianity

3.

This was passed in 1941 to provide aid to the Allied against Totalitarianist regimes

a)

Johnson Neutrality Acts

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Hoover-Stimson

d)

Geneva Conference

4.

What led to the US joining the Allies in the WWII fighting?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Zimmerman Telegram

c)

Germany and Italy declared war on the US

d)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

5.

This strategy called for the U.S. to acquire strategic islands on the way to main land Japan

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Scorched Island

c)

Operation Torch

d)

Operation Pacific Rabbit

6.

Who led the D-Day invasion?

a)

General MacArthur

b)

FDR

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

7.

This group was put in internment camps and faced racial discrimination after Pearl Harbor

a)

Italians

b)

Japanese

c)

Germans

d)

Chinese

8.

This constitutional right was violated when the U.S. put Japanese Americans in internment camps

a)

Due Process

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Search and Seizure

d)

Right to bear arms

9.

Women were hired to fill jobs typically performed by men during WWII

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Americans didn't have to sacrifice much during WWII when it came to conserving food and supplies

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What made Oak Ridge, TN important during WWII?

a)

The President's nuclear bunker was there

b)

Research for the Manhattan Project

c)

It was not important

d)

POW camp for Germans

12.

President Truman endorsed the Nuremberg Trials, what did these trials do?

a)

Put German military personnel on trial for War Crimes

b)

Reversed the Nuremberg Laws

c)

Determine whether Germans could run their own Gov't

d)

Put Hitler on trial for causing WWII

13.

Germany would hold free elections following WWII, as prescribed at the Yalta Conference

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was the U.S. response to German Jews attempting to immigrate to America?

a)

The U.S. accepted all of the immigrants

b)

The U.S. restricted the number of immigrants

c)

The U.S. accepted none of the immigrants

d)

No German Jews tried to come to America

15.

MacArthur led American forces here...

a)

Pacific Theater

b)

European Theater

c)

North Africa

d)

North America

16.

The 442nd Regiment was composed of...(Why is this a big deal?)

a)

African Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Japanese Americans

d)

British

17.

The Tuskegee Airmen were an all _______ Regiment that defended Allied bombers in WWII.

a)

Native American

b)

Japanese American

c)

British

d)

African American

18.

Americans bought __________ to help fund the war and keep inflation in check.

a)

War Bonds

b)

Private military stock

c)

Weapons

d)

Extra food

19.

Why did populations of urban areas grow and rural areas decline during WWII?

a)

Rural areas were testing hot spots for nuclear weapons

b)

Urban areas were safer if America was invaded

c)

Urban areas had more food

d)

Mobilization of the economy opened up jobs because the draft

20.

The United Nations aims to...

a)

Eliminate Fascism from countries in the future

b)

Help rebuild countries destroyed after WWII

c)

Provide a means for nations to communicate during conflicts

d)

Take out a country behaving the way Germany did in the 30's

21.

Italy was a member of the...

a)

Avengers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Allies

22.

Dictator of USSR during WWII

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Ivan Drago

23.

Prime Minister of Great Britain in WWII

a)

James Bond

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Queen Elizabeth

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

24.

Secretary of State during WWII from TN, helped organize the United Nations

a)

Cordell Hull

b)

Alvin C. York

c)

George Marshall

d)

Douglas MacArthur

25.

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWI

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

George Marshall

26.

FDR's most trusted adviser and organized most military actions during WWII

a)

George Marshall

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Harry Truman

27.

Civil Rights activist that objected to Japanese Internment during WWII

a)

James Shigeta

b)

George Matsui

c)

George Takei

d)

Fred Korematsu

28.

From 1942 to 1945 the U.S. was allied with

a)

Great Britain

b)

Italy

c)

Switzerland

d)

USSR

29.

D-Day was a...

a)

Huge failure

b)

Non factor in the war

c)

Huge success towards reaching Berlin

d)

Largest amphibious invasion ever

30.

This was the turning point in the War in the Pacific

a)

Midway

b)

Okinawa

c)

Coral Sea

d)

Iwo Jima

31.

What did Okinawa make the U.S. realize?

a)

The war was almost over

b)

An invasion of Japan would be difficult and deadly

c)

Japanese morale was weak

d)

Japan was winning