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USII 7c-Homefront

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Member of the national socialist German Workers Party
a)
Nazis
b)
Scapegoat
c)
Fascism
2.
Nickname for a women's advertisement during WWII that stated, "We can do it!".
a)
Ruby the Riveter
b)
Ruby Brown
c)
Rosie the Riveter
d)
Rosie O'Donnell
3.
How did the US apologize to surviving Japanese-American internees in 1988?
a)
Each internee got an official apology letter from the president. 
b)
Each internee got $20,000 in reparations
c)
Each internee got a special medal of recognition
d)
Each internee got free housing and college tuition
4.
_______ was the limiting of purchasing many products to make sure there was enough available for military use.
a)
Couponing
b)
Dividing
c)
Reserving
d)
Rationing
5.
What happened December 7th 1941?
a)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
Sinking of the Titanic 
c)
WWI
d)
Battle of Britain
6.
Purpose of this propaganda poster?
a)
eat more organic food
b)
teach children value of hard work
c)
provide more canned goods to troops
d)
enlist in the military
7.

This World War II poster recognizes the...

a)

return of women to the workforce after the war

b)

contributions of women to wartime defense

c)

role of women as military officers

d)

legal equality of women

8.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

9.

A battle near this tiny Pacific island resulted in the destruction of 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and proved a turning point in the war.

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Guadalcanal

c)

Midway

d)

Stalingrad

e)

Pearl Harbor

10.
Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific - led Island hopping
a)
Omar Bradley
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
George Patton
d)
Douglas MacArthur
11.

U.S. president who dropped atomic bombs

a)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

12.
Who led the United States through most of the Great Depression and WWII?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Adolf Hitler
13.
In August of 1945, U.S. bombers dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of _________ and ____________.
a)
Tokyo and Osaka
b)
Nagoya and Yokohama
c)
Osaka and Kyoto
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
14.

Hitler blamed the Jews for the problems of Germany. This led to the development of the _____________________ which killed 6 million Jews.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Holocaust

c)

Arsenal of Democracy

d)

Internment Camps

15.

Geographically moving from place to place getting closer to the enemy during WWII was the MacArthur strategy of-

a)

Rounding the bases

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Red Rover

16.
Women and Minorities gained responsibility and respect during WWII because 
a)
they stood up and fought for America 
b)
they filled in at the factories while the men went to war
c)
they protested and were given more rights
d)
they had violent rallies and demanded equality