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Dent Social Studies WW II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Manhattan Project?

a)

Code name for developing the atomic bomb

b)

Code name for the New Deal

c)

Code name for the Roaring Twenties

d)

Code name for the plan to bomb Pearl Harbor

2.

Who was the last power to surrender to the Allied Powers in WW II?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria

c)

France

d)

Japan

3.

What was the event that caused the United States to enter WW II?

a)

German U boats sinking U.S. ships

b)

Japan bombing Pearl Harbor

c)

German concentration camps

d)

England begging our help

4.

Who led the country in buying the most War Bonds and Victory Bonds?

a)

Texas

b)

New York

c)

Mississippi

d)

Alabama

5.

What happened to the jobs when the men were away fighting during WW II?

a)

The women took the jobs.

b)

The children took the jobs.

c)

The factories just closed.

d)

The men stayed home and worked.

6.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

African American pilots

b)

African American naval officers

c)

African American army recruits

d)

African American soldiers

7.

Where and when did the Japanese sign their final terms of surrender?

a)

U.S.S. Alabama 9/2/1945

b)

U.S.S. Missouri 9/2/1945

c)

U.S.S. Alabama 10/2/1946

d)

U.S.S. Missouri 10/2/1946

8.

Why did the government choose to build military bases in Alabama?

a)

Flat land

b)

Mild winters

c)

Soldiers can train all year.

d)

All of the above

9.

During WW II, to what city did 89,000 new people move?

a)

Birmingham

b)

Mobile

c)

Montgomery

d)

Huntsville

10.

What countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Italy, Japan

b)

Germany, U.S., Japan

c)

Germany, Italy, France

d)

Italy, France, Japan

11.

Who led the American fleet into Tokyo Bay after the Japanese surrendered?

a)

U.S.S. Missouri

b)

U.S.S. Yorktown

c)

U.S.S. Alabama

d)

U.S.S. Saratoga

12.

During WW II where was the Army guided-missile school located?

a)

Birmingham

b)

Mobile

c)

Huntsville

d)

Montgomery

13.

Who suffered severe burns when he threw a bomb out of an airplane and saved his crew?

a)

Henry Erwin

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Herbert Hoover

14.

Where is the U.S.S. Alabama anchored?

a)

Mobile

b)

Montgomery

c)

Huntsville

d)

Birmingham

15.

A 1995 movie was made about what?

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

WW II Surrender

d)

WW II Battles