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WorksheetsChapter 20 & 21 Test
Total questions: 115
Worksheet time: 10hrs 35mins
Chap 21, Sec 1
The "Hitler-First" military strategy referred to which of the following?
Hold off on Hitler first, get the Japanese, and then make Hitler clean up the mess.
Get Russia to battle with Hitler first, then the Americans would enter the war and crush Germany.
Defeat Hitler in Europe first while holding off on the Japanese. Then defeat the Japanese.
Wait until Hitler conquers Europe first and then go get him when he starts taking over Asia.
Chap 21, Sec 1
World War II was a war that the United States had to fight in two theaters: in the _________ and in __________?
Pacific and in Europe
Middle East and in Africa
Atlantic and in Australia
Arctic and in the Pacific
Chap 21, Sec 1
The one thing peculiar about Americans preparing for war is the fact that ___________?
America usually prepares for war before we fully commit to war.
America usually prepares for war decades after we have been in war.
America usually prepares for war while we are in the midst of war.
America usually prepares for war even if we are not in a war.
Chap 21, Sec 1
More than 60,000 men enlisted in the service after Pearl Harbor, but about _____ million men were drafted from 1942 to 1946.
3 million
5 million
7 million
10 million
Chap 21, Sec 1
To help make the transition between peace-time and war-time industry, the government created the ____________?
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
War Industries Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chap 21, Sec 1
What positive effect did the war have on the lives of Americans?
An economy that led to inflation and more consumer products.
Many people got jobs and earned good wages for the first time.
The federal government was down-sized during the war.
Americans stopped buying Japanese products.
Chap 21, Sec 1
Women who wanted to help out in the army joined the ___________?
WAP
Wobblies
WAC
DAR
Chap 21, Sec 1
The goal by African Americans to eliminate racism at home and racism abroad was called the ___________?
Racism Project
"Double V" Campaign
Harlem Project
"Be an Army based on Race" Campaign
Chap 21, Sec 1
Which industry was suited the best for the mass production of military equipment at the beginning of the war?
Construction
Automobile
Housing
Petroleum
Chap 21, Sec 1
What effect did World War II have on African Americans?
African Americans were given jobs over white Americans.
African Americans moved from the cities to farms in the country.
African Americans were put in internment camps.
African Americans demanded and received less discrimination in hiring.
Chap 21, Sec 1
Executive Order 8802 issued by FDR did which of the following?
It allowed all Japanese-Americans to be re-located to concentration centers in the interior of the U.S.
It forced the re-location of all German-Americans to concentration centers in the interior of the U.S.
It forbade discrimination in federal hiring, job-training and defense industries.
It forbade the integration of blacks and whites anywhere in the U.S.
Chap 21, Sec 1
The worst racial violence between whites and Mexican-Americans occurred in _________ over the issue of "zoot suits."
Detroit, MI
Tampa, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Houston, TX
Chap 21, Sec 1
The worst racial violence between African Americans and whites occurred in __________ on June 19, 1943.
Detroit, MI
Tampa, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Houston, TX
Chap 21, Sec 1
How did the role of women change during the war?
They had no role during the war, nor was it needed.
The wages of women became equal with men.
Women was looked on as important only to give birth and replenish the U.S. population.
Women were recruited for jobs formerly reserved for men.
Chap 21, Sec 1
In Fred Korematsu v. United States, what did the Supreme Court rule?
The Court ruled that Korematsu was a free man and not bound by the evacuation order because the order was based on race.
The Court ruled that Korematsu was not included in the evacuation order because of his race, but because the U.S. was at war with Japan and the proper military authorities feared an invasion of the west coast.
The Court ruled that Korematsu's constitutional rights were only violated in the way he was arrested.
The authorities did not give him a loyalty hearing and so they had to release him. The Court ruled that Korematsu was indeed a Japanese-born citizen and therefore bound by the order to evacuate.
Chap 21, Sec 1
The government campaign to lure women into factories during the war and help produce war materiel was the image of a woman known as "___________"?
"Susie Q. the Worker"
"Tokyo Rose"
"Rosie the Riveter"
"Hannah the Helper"
Chap 21, Sec 1
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan apologized to all Japanese Americans on behalf of the U.S. government and he signed legislation that authorized ___________?
Congress to give each German-American living survivor $10,000 for remaining loyal to the United States during World War II.
Congress to give each Japanese-American survivor of the relocation centers $20,000.
Congress to give FDR a posthumous Medal of Honor.
Congress to give Dwight D. Eisenhower a posthumous Iron Cross.
Chap 21, Sec 1
Which one of the following would be TRUE about World War II being the "Good War"?
World War II was the "Good War" because it allowed the U.S. to become the first to use the atomic bomb.
World War II was the "Good War" because the Americans did not commit any atrocities during the war years.
World War II was the "Good War" because Hitler began the war for a good cause, which was to dominate Europe.
World War II was the "Good War" because it brought about full employment in the U.S. and allowed the American economy to prosper.
Chap 21, Sec 1
During the war years, Americans bought approximately $______ in war bonds.
$30 Million
$50 Million
$100 Billion
$50 Billion
Chap 21, Sec 1
To ensure that war production would not be disrupted and would be done as quickly as possible, the federal government issued _________ contracts that encouraged war production.
task-reward
cost-plus
quantity-quality
consumer-war
Chap 21, Sec 2
The turning point in the Pacific Front was the Battle of _________, in 1942, because after that battle the Japanese were on the defensive until the end of the war.
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Leyte Gulf
Chap 21, Sec 2
The battle in the Pacific Front that prevented the Japanese from taking New Guinea and Australia was the ____________?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Chap 21, Sec 2
All of the following events occurred in 1942 EXCEPT?
The Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The invasion of North Africa
The Battle of Stalingrad
Chap 21, Sec 2
The U.S. counter-attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor was the flight of B-25 bombers that were called ____________?
Doolittle's Raid
Kassel's Mission
Hells Angels Mission
Pilsen's Raid
Chap 21, Sec 2
Executive Order 9066 did which of the following?
Allowed Japanese-Americans to be re-located to concentration centers further inland.
Allowed Japanese-Americans to attend public schools.
Allowed Japanese-Americans to volunteer for the war.
Allowed Japanese-Americans to work in the United States.
Chap 21, Sec 2
The military strategy in the Pacific was aimed at ________?
An invasion of Japan as soon as the Allies could get the troops from Europe to help out.
Giving the Japanese Australia in hopes that they would not want anymore land.
Leapfrogging from one island to another and using the islands as bases for moving closer to Japan.
Dropping the atomic bomb on any island occupied by the Japanese.
Chap 21, Sec 2
Japanese suicide pilots were called ________?
Kamikazes
Yamamoto Tojo's
Kyushu Winds
Toyoto Son's
Chap 21, Sec 2
Two commanders were in charge of the war in the Pacific. They were ________ and ___________?
Curtis LeMay and Benjamin Davis, Jr.
Omar Bradley and Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Short and Husband Kimmel
Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz
Chap 21, Sec 2
When MacArthur had to leave the Philippines in January 1942, he reassured the Americans and Filipinos people by saying, "______________________________?
"I will kill Japanese wherever I see them."
"I shall return."
"I will make you proud."
"We will prevail."
Chap 21, Sec 2
The forced march of 78,000 Americans to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on the southern end of Luzon in April 1942, was called the ____________?
Doolittle Mardh
Bataan Death March
Leap-frogging March
Code Talker Death March
Chap 21, Sec 2
Those American Indians that earned the moniker, "code-talkers" were primarily from the ____________ tribe.
Seneca
Fox
Pueblo
Navajo
Chap 21, Sec 2
The largest naval battle of World War II was the Battle of __________ Gulf in the Philippines.
Luzon
Leyte
Mindanao
Panay
Chap 21, Sec 2
In the fall of 1942, the United States was able to produce the long-range heavy bomber, the _________, that could fly from the Marianas or from Iwo Jima to Japan and easily drop bombs there.
B-17
B-24
B-26
B-29
Chap 21, Sec 3
After the invasion of France in 1940, Hitler tried to invade and conquer the island of ________ in 1941-42.
Greenland
Ireland
Britain
Sicily
Chap 21, Sec 3
In 1941, Hitler began an invasion of Russia. He almost conquered that country, but the Russians held the Nazis off by defeating them at three important battles there. Those three important battles were _________,____________,and ___________?
Battle of the Ukraine, Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Estonia
Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Finland
Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Chechnya
Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Moscow, and the Battle of Leningrad
Chap 21, Sec 3
D-Day, the day the Allies made the invasion of France, was on what day?
June 1, 1944
June 6, 1944
June 3, 1944
May 29, 1944
Chap 21, Sec 3
The code name for D-Day was _____________?
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Berlin
Operation Overlord
Operation Horseshoe
Chap 21, Sec 3
After defeating the Germans in North Africa, the Allied military strategy was to _____________?
Concentrate on sending Allied troops to Russia to build-up the Eastern Front.
Chase the Nazis to Sicily and invade that island.
Building a coastal concrete fortification along the northern coast of Africa.
Give the Germans control of the Suez Canal and Egypt in exchange for surrendering.
Chap 21, Sec 3
On D-Day, the Americans were in charge of _________ and _________ Beaches on the Normandy coast of France?
Sword and Juno
Gold and Sword
Omaha and Gold
Omaha and Utah
Chap 21, Sec 3
Before opening a second front in France in 1942, the Americans helped the British by fighting the Nazis first in _____________?
North Africa
Spain
Britain
Yugoslavia
Chap 21, Sec 3
After the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the Allies chased the Nazis to __________, and then up the boot of Italy.
Sicily
Morocco
Egypt
Portugal
Chap 21, Sec 3
The "soft underbelly of Europe" referred to chasing the Nazis up the boot of __________?
Tunisia
Italy
Libya
Switzerland
Chap 21, Sec 4
Which one of the following series of events DID NOT occur in 1945?
The atomic bomb was dropped; Hitler committed suicide; and the UN was organized
The death of FDR occurred; Hitler committed suicide; and Japan surrendered.
The Cold War began; D-Day occurred, and the atomic bomb was dropped.
The Holocaust was revealed; V-E Day was celebrated; and the Yalta Conference occurred.
Chap 21, Sec 4
The "Big Three" referred to which of the following?
FDR, Eisenhower, and Hull
FDR, Stalin, and Churchill
FDR, Rommel, and Patton
FDR, Mao Zedong, and Chiang Kai-shek
Chap 21, Sec 4
Because FDR and Churchill would not open up another front in France before 1944, what was Stalin's attitude toward the U.S. and British leader?
Stalin resented and mistrusted FDR and Churchill.
Stalin was forced to open up his own front in France.
Stalin thought FDR and Churchill were weak men.
Stalin sought out other allies to defeat the Germans.
Chap 21, Sec 4
Hitler's last ditch offensive to push the Allies back on the Western in December 1944 was _____________?
The Battle of the Rhine
The Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Great Britain
The Battle of the Bulge
Chap 21, Sec 4
Which one of the following was one of the historic events of 1945?
FDR ran against Wendell Willkie in the presidential election.
World War II began.
The atomic bomb was used on Japan.
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Chap 21, Sec 4
According to Harry Truman, why did the United States decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan?
The U.S. wanted to destroy the Japanese navy, which was better than the American navy, and using the bomb was the only way to do that.
Truman wanted to get information about the effects of the bomb and he needed a group of people to be the experimental group.
Truman wanted to punish the Japanese for the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
Truman believed the use of the bomb would shorten the war and save American lives.
Chap 21, Sec 4
President Truman's ultimatum for Japan to surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction" was issued in the ______________?
Yalta Declaration
Potsdam Declaration
Casablanca Ultimatum
Tehran Statement
Chap 21, Sec 4
What post-war goal did FDR NOT live to see carried through?
The Nazis rise to establish the Fourth Reich.
The Japanese rise to power in the Pacific.
The opening of the United Nations.
Eisenhower selected as the Supreme Allied Commander.
Chap 21, Sec 4
May 8, 1945, was the day the Germans officially surrendered to the United States. It was called __________?
V-J Day
V-H Day
V-E Day
D-Day
Chap 21, Sec 4
The secret project started by FDR to help create the atomic bomb was the ____________?
Enola Gay Project
V-J Project
Manhattan Project
Operation Explosion Project
Chap 21, Sec 4
The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of ___________ in Japan?
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Chap 21, Sec 4
V-J Day stands for __________?
"Victory for the Jews"
"Victory over Japan"
"Victory in Europe"
"Victory over Jakarta"
Chap 21, Sec 4
The only man to become President of the United States more than two terms was ____________?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chap 21, Sec 4
The side that won World War II was the ___________?
Axis Powers
Central Powers
Entente Powers
Allied Powers
Chap 21, Sec 4
What day was the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan?
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
August 1, 1945
August 15, 1945
Chap 21, Sec 4
Approximately how many soldiers did the United States lose during World War II?
100,000 to 200,000
300,000 to 400,000
500,000 to 700,000
700,000 to 900,000
Chap 21, Sec 4
We know now that the United States also killed innocent civilians during World War II. At which two cities did the Americans firebomb and kill thousands of civilians intentionally as a result of saturation bombing?
Dresden, Germany and Tokyo, Japan
Rome, Italy and Paris, France
Cairo, Egypt and Kyoto, Japan
Munich, Germany and Warsaw, Poland
Chap 21, Sec 4
What country probably lost the most soldiers and civilians as a result of the war and had a gender imbalance, as late as 1999, with five women to every one man?
Germany
Britain
the United States
the Soviet Union
Chap 21, Sec 4
The famous "flag-raising" photograph of U.S. Marines setting up a flagpole on top of Mount Suribachi took place on the island of ___________?
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Saipan
Guadalcanal
Chap 21, Sec 4
In the photograph that was taken after the U.S. Marines put up the flag on top of Mount Suribachi a man from Mitchell, South Dakota was there for the group photo. Who was this man?
William Harvey Coacher
Herman August Goetsch
Jack Thurman
George McGovern
Chap 21, Sec 4
What do Revisionist historians claim about Truman and the dropping of the two atomic bombs in 1945?
Many Revisionists claim that dropping the atomic bombs was necessary because Japan would not have surrendered unless we did something drastic.
Many Revisionists claim the U.S. did not have to drop the atomic bombs because Japan was close to surrendering. The Revisionists claim that the second atomic bomb was totally unnecessary.
Many Revisionists claim that Truman actually prolonged the war by dropping the atomic bombs and that dropping the bombs brought on the Cold War that followed.
Many Revisionists claim that the U.S. should have dropped an atomic bomb on Germany too.
Chap 21, Sec 4
The plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima was called _______?
the Flying Fox
the Enola Gay
the Mount Fuji
the Spitfire Spirit
Chap 21, Sec 4
What was the name of the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki?
the Betty Beasley
the Bockscar
the Memphis Belle
the Spruce Goose
Chap 20, Sec 1
What importance do most historians give World War II?
Most historians say that World War II was not as important as World War I.
Most historians say that World War II was the single most important event of the Twentieth Century.
Most historians say that World War II was not as important as the Vietnam War.
Most historians say that the Great Depression was more important than World War II.
Chap 20, Sec 1
All of the following are similarities between fascism and communism EXCEPT:
Both are totalitarian and seek total control of all power and services.
Both want to retain and keep private property so the government will not fail economically.
Both are one party states and tend to outlaw all other political parties.
Both tend to be hostile to established religion and churches.
Chap 20, Sec 1
All of the following countries had fascist regimes during World War II EXCEPT:
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
Spain
Chap 20, Sec 1
People tend to forget that __________ is responsible for more deaths in World War II than Adolf Hitler.
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Francisco Franco
Chap 20, Sec 1
Why were Americans discouraged by the rise of dictatorships in Europe and Asia during the 1930’s?
Many Americans were hoping that Europe could pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
Many Americans believed it made the sacrifices of World War I seem pointless and in vain.
Many Americans were trying to change our republican form government into a dictatorship but were not successful.
Many Americans believed that the U.S. should have been more active after World War I and joined the League of Nations.
Chap 20, Sec 1
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. What happened when Paul von Hindenburg died in 1934?
Hitler became an ambassador as well as the chancellor of Germany.
Hitler became both the chancellor and the prime minister of Germany.
Hitler became the secretary of state and the chancellor of Germany.
Hitler became both the chancellor and the president of Germany.
Chap 20, Sec 1
Hitler wanted the western rim of Czechoslovakia, or the ___________, because it held a lot of German-speaking people that were once part of Germany.
Sudetenland
Rhineland
Anatolian-land
Polish Corridor
Chap 20, Sec 1
As a result of Hitler taking the western rim of Czechoslovakia, European leaders met with him at the __________ Conference to try and stop him from taking anymore land in western Europe.
Berlin
Hamburg
Nuremburg
Munich
Chap 20, Sec 1
What date do most historians use as the beginning of World War II?
September 2, 1945
September 1, 1939
August 6, 1945
December 1, 1941
Chap 20, Sec 1
The beginning of World War II in Europe coincides with Hitler’s invasion of ________.
France
Poland
Belgium
Britain
Chap 20, Sec 1
The air war between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air force is called __________?
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Anzio
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of El Alamein
Chap 20, Sec 1
The policy of giving in to someone in exchange for peace and non-confrontation is known as _________?
Provocation
Neutrality
Isolation
Appeasement
Chap 20, Sec 1
The rescue of 338,000 French, Belgian and British forces in May 1940 who had been separated from the main French defenses was called the _____________?
Evacuation of Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Rescue of Calais
Evacuation of Cherbourg
Chap 20, Sec 2
What was the name for FDR’s foreign policy idea that advocated trade between nations because that created prosperity and helped prevent war?
Isolationism
Realistic Security
Internationalism
Social Constructivism
Chap 20, Sec 2
One of the reasons why Americans were so reluctant to support measures for war preparedness had to do with the Nye Committee Report issued in 1936. What did it state?
The Nye Report believed that the sale of arms and weapons had steered the U.S. into World War I.
The Nye Report stated that FDR was a war-monger and that he wanted to provoke a crisis with the Japanese in the Pacific.
The Nye Report believed that Adolf Hitler was a dictator and wanted to takeover Europe.
The Nye Report stated that World War I should have been won by the Central Powers.
Chap 20, Sec 2
To help Britain, FDR was able to get Congress to agree in approving of the ________ Act. It allowed the U.S. to “lend” or “rent” weapons and war materiel with the intention that Britain could return them after the war was over.
Arms-for-Hostages
Lend-Lease
Bases-for-Destroyers
Cash-and -Carry
Chap 20, Sec 2
Which one of the following decisions by FDR helped him get around the Neutrality Acts and help Britain without technically breaking the law?
Wagner Act
Lend-Lease Act
Stabilization Act
Destroyers for Bases
Chap 20, Sec 2
An undeclared war with Germany already began in the fall of 1941 when the U.S. destroyer, the __________, was sank by German submarines. After this event, FDR ordered the U.S. Navy to “shoot on sight” any German submarine or war craft.
Rueben James
Vincennes
Vestige
Greer
Chap 20, Sec 2
In August 1941, FDR met with Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland and signed the _____________, which was their agreement of how the war should end and what should happen in the post-war world.
Fourteen Points
Atlantic Charter
Casablanca Document
Potsdam Declaration
Chap 20, Sec 2
What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
November 7, 1941
December 1, 1941
December 27, 1941
December 7, 1941
Chapter 20, Sec 2
The bombing at Pearl Harbor took place on what day of the week?
Monday
Tuesday
Saturday
Sunday
Chapter 20, Sec 2
Which one of the following United States battleships has been left in Pearl Harbor and has a memorial constructed over top of it?
U.S.S. Oklahoma
U.S.S. Utah
U.S.S. Arizona
U.S.S. West Virginia
Chap 20, Sec 2
Approximately how many Americans died at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?
1,500
2,400
5,500
7,500
Chap 20, Sec 2
The revisionist theory about Pearl Harbor is which one of the following?
FDR did not know about the bombing before hand and was open to anyone who wanted to know military information concerning the United States.
FDR had advanced warning that Pearl Harbor was going to be a target but he expected his Secretary of State and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to pass on the information to the proper authorities.
FDR wanted San Francisco to get bombed by the Japanese or New York City to get bombed by the Germans. Instead, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
FDR had advanced warning that Pearl Harbor was going to be a target but he did not pass any of this information on to commanders at Pearl Harbor.
Chap 20, Sec 3
What laws began denying Jews in Germany and surrounding areas their citizenship and civil rights by 1936?
Manchester Laws
Nuremburg Laws
Executive Order 8802
Executive Order 9066
Chap 20, Sec 3
What was Kristallnacht?
It was the transport of Jewish immigrants from Germany that wanted to be accepted into Cuba, but when that didn’t work, these Jewish immigrants tried to get into the United States.
It was the unification of Austria to Germany.
It was the extermination of the elderly and the infirm under Nazi Germany.
It was the violence and vandalism directed at Jewish businesses and synagogues in retribution for a German diplomat that was killed in Paris.
Chap 20, Sec 3
What was the name of the transport ship that brought Jewish immigrants over to Cuba and the U.S. for the purpose of trying to get accepted into these countries as future citizens?
the St. Louis
the Edmund Fitzgerald
the Phoenix
the Greer
Chap 20, Sec 3
Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda was __________. His announcement to the world after the 1938 conference on refugees was, “If there is any country that believes it has not enough Jews, I shall gladly turn over to it all our Jews.”
Herman Goering
Reinhard Heydrich
Otto Herman
Joseph Goebbels
Chap 20, Sec 3
The aim of the Final Solution, according to Hitler, was to rid Germany and Europe of ___________?
Jews and other undesirables that were supposedly inferior to the Aryan race.
Russians and other people who supported Bolshevism.
Americans and citizens of Great Britain.
Slavs and Germans who resisted the rule of the Nazi regime.
Chap 20, Sec 3
The Nazi program that called for the elimination of European Jews and other undesirables was called the _____________?
Final Solution
Holocaust
"Double V" Campaign
Battle of the Bulge
Chap 20, Sec 3
What horrible situation did Eisenhower want the world press to see, view, and photograph as witnesses to German acts of brutality and crimes against humanity?
Nazi Death Camps
The Normandy Invasion
Pearl Harbor
The destruction of Russian land
Chap 20, Sec 3
All of the following were events that occurred in 1938 EXCEPT:
Kristallnacht
The Munich Conference
Anschluss
The Wannsee Conference
Chap 20, Sec 3
All of the following were reasons why Jewish immigration was limited after 1938 EXCEPT:
Nazi leaders prohibited Jews from taking more than four dollars out of Germany.
American immigration law forbade the granting of visas to anyone who was likely to become a “public debt” to the United States.
Americans favored people who could work and were successful in the places where immigrants came from.
High unemployment rates in the U.S. and elsewhere made immigration unpopular.
Chap 20, Sec 3
Most of the death camps that the Nazis created were set up in the country of _________?
Germany
Russia
Italy
Poland
Chap 20, Sec 3
There were _____ camps designated as death camps under the Nazi regime.
5
6
7
8
Pearl Harbor
What real life person did Cuba Gooding, Jr., play in the movie Pearl Harbor?
Dorie Miller
George C. Marshall
James Doolittle
Danny Walker
Pearl Harbor
What ship in the movie, Pearl Harbor, "turned turtle," and trapped men who pounded on the ship's hull in the order to signal those on the outside that they were trapped?
U.S.S. Arizona
U.S.S. West Virginia
U.S.S. Tennessee
U.S.S. Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
What was the U.S. response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
The "Dirty Dozen"
"Doolittle's Raid"
"Grierson's Raid"
The "McNeil Raid"
Pearl Harbor
What kind of war plane was involved in Doolittle's Raid over Tokyo on April 18, 1942?
the B-17
the B-52
the B-25
the B-40
Pearl Harbor
Where did the men involved in Doolittle's Raid plan to land their planes once they dropped their bombs on Tokyo?
in Japan
in Korea
in Russia
in China
Schindler's List
In Schindler's List, Oskar Schindler ran a _______ factory on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland.
Pots and Pans
Furniture
Automobile
Jewelry
Schindler's List
Schindler's factory was located in Krakow, Poland. From which nearby concentration camp did he recruit his workers?
Auschwitz
Sobibor
Belzac
Plaszow
Schindler's List
What was the name of the sadistic commandant in Schindler's List, who was charge of the concentration camp that this movie focuses on?
Oskar Schindler
Amon Goeth
Joseph Mengele
Colonel Hermanschimdt
Schindler's List
Ben Kingsley played the accountant and the mastermind who ran Oskar Schindler's factory in Krakow. What character did Ben Kingsley play?
Itzhak Stern
Dolek Horowitz
Menasha Lorotza
Henry Rosner
Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg probably made the movie, Schindler's List, in black and white for two important reasons. Those reasons were:
Black and white made the movie more appealing and it also made us appreciate color television.
Black and white kept the movie at a lower budget and it also made the picture clearer than what it would have been in color.
Black and white helped lessen the scenes of violence and it also had some symbolism about "good" versus "evil."
Black and white was purposely done because there was no color in real life during the 1940's and because Spielberg was color blind.
Saving Private Ryan
What is the overall theme of the movie Saving Private Ryan?
War is necessary so our army and navy can keep strong?
War is necessary to eliminate human tragedy.
War is brutal, but it brings about great rewards, when it is finished.
War oftentimes, contains tragedy and moral struggles.
Saving Private Ryan
At the film's core, however, is the over-riding question of _____________?
Is war necessary at all?
Sacrificing one's life for the preservation of that of another when that other is a stranger, and the number to be sacrificed for the benefit of the one is many
Whether it makes a difference if we have other family members in the same war?
Can we make war less brutal than what was shown in the movie?
Saving Private Ryan
What point is Spielberg trying to make in the conversation with DeWindt over the importance of "one man"?
Spielberg is trying to make the point that no one's life matters.
Spielberg is trying to make the point that gliders were too risky to use in the war.
Spielberg is trying to make the point that generals were not very important.
Spielberg is trying to make the point that the welded plates were supposed to protect the general, but its weight made the glider crash and it killed 22 other men.
Saving Private Ryan
The movie starts out with Captain Miller and his men attacking what beach on D-Day?
Utah
Omaha
Gold
Sword
Saving Private Ryan
While addressing his staff about the issue of the Ryan brothers, Gen. George C. Marshall quoted a letter written by which former president to Mrs. Bixby?
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Washington
Roosevelt
