WorksheetsAmerican Homefront/Holocaust World War II
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What was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews?
D-DAY
Holocaust
Nazi Aggression
Warsaw Riot
Which of these was most likely the first event during the Jewish Holocaust during World War II?
Jews are forced to wear the Star of David.
Anti-Semitism spreads throughout Europe
Jews are are liberated by Allied soldiers
Jews are sent to concentration camps to work and were later killed.
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
20 million
15 million
6 million
500 thousand
What group of Americans did the U.S. Government force to relocate to internment camps because of racism and fear of disloyalty during World War II?
Japanese Americans
African Americans
Native Americans
Jewish Americans
What racist Nazi beliefs states that those who are white, German, have blonde hair, and have blue eyes are superior and should dominate other people in the world?
Jewish Supremacy
Aryan Supremacy
Germanic Supremacy
White Supremacy
Which of these were tactics used by the Nazi government during the Holocaust in Germany?
Jews and Germans were allowed to get married
Jews were forced to wear the Star of David out in public.
Germans were allowed to go school with Jews.
Jews were forced to live in segregated ghettos.
The German government imposed boycotts on Jewish businesses.
Why did American plant victory gardens during World War II?
So that their families could eat healthy during the war
So that they could preserve food for the Allied soldiers
So that they could assist American farmers during hard economic times
"I had to go to an interment camp during the war because of fear, distrust, and prejudice." "I was just as loyal as any other American." A person making this statement most likely was-
A Jewish prisoner at a concentration camp
An African American who migrated North for better opportunities
A Japanese American who experienced life in an internment camp
A Native American who was forced to live on a reservation during the war
What was the name of the naval strategy the United States used to attack the Japanese islands one by one in the Pacific?
sea diving
island hopping
blitzkrieg
trench warfare
What eventually brought the Great Depression to an end in the United States?
World War I
Roaring 20's
The Dotcom Boom
World War II
In what year did World War II end?
1939
1918
1929
1945
Which of the following statements are TRUE about race relations in the United States during World War II?
African Americans and whites served together in integrated military units.
African Americans were allowed to work with whites in defense industries, but other parts of society were segregated.
Whites and African Americans were NOT allowed to work together in defense industries during the war.
African Americas were treated the same as white soldiers.
What were the first African American fighter pilots to serve during World War II called?
Buffalo Soldiers
Tuskegee Airmen
Harlem Aviators
What fictional character created by J, Howard Miller inspired American women to take jobs in the defense industries during WW2?
Rosie the Riveter
Wanda the Welder
Betsy the Bomber
Florence the Fly-Girl
Which U.S. President integrated the United States Armed Forces in 1948?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
After seeing Nazi racism in Europe and serving in the military during World War II, this inspired African Americans in the United States to-
remain isolated in segregated society
migrate to the western part of the United States
fight for civil rights and equality at home
encourage fellow African Americans to leave the United States
The Potsdam Ultimatum issued by the United States, Great Britain, and China in July of 1945, called for the unconditional surrender of what Axis nation?
Austria-Hungary
Japan
Germany
Italy
Select the tactics used by the Nazi German government during the Jews during the Holocaust.
Allowing Jews to remain citizens
Boycotting Jewish stores
Relocation of Jews to ghettos
Forcing Jews to wear the Star of David while out in public
Threats and violence towards Jews
This propaganda poster by the United States during World War II is encouraging people to-
build relationships with people when riding together
support the Axis powers by not conserving fuel
to ride with others in order to save fuel so America can win the war
buy less cars during the war
The purpose of this wartime poster is to-
help the government finance/pay for the war
raise taxes to assist the Allied Forces
encourage Americans to invest in the future
grow the American economy during the war
What was a negative result of World War II?
Women became respected as workers in all kinds of factory job
Internment of Japanese Americans
African Americans workers were more respected because they were needed in defense plants
End of the Great Depression
Which answer best represents a way Americans could support the war effort from home?
Recycling scrap metal
Supporting tax breaks
Buy more groceries
Protecting water supplies
How do these pictures show race relations in America during WWII?
Only women worked in war industries.
The war ended all segregation.
War industries were desegregated.
Segregated water fountains were abolished.
Why did this article appear in the San Francisco Bee in 1942?
Japanese Americans were plotting terrorist attacks on businesses throughout the city.
Government officials feared Japanese attacks would continue on their homes, businesses, and cities.
Japanese Americans were planning an attack on government buildings within the city
Government officials feared for the safety of Japanese Americans living in major western cities.
Which U.S. President integrated the defense industries during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Which World War II event is most likely described by this quote?
D-DAY
Holocaust
Capture of Paris
Battle of Britain
What country was partitioned (split up) between the Allied countries of the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union after World War II?
Germany
Canada
Korea
Japan
After the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, -
Adolf Hitler committed suicide and Germany later surrendered.
Tojo order his Japanese soldiers to keep on the attack.
Japan surrendered and World War II ended.
Italy and Japan continued their alliance and controlled Asia.
Who liberated the prisoners at the concentration camps in Europe?
American spies
Jewish captives
Allied troops
Axis troops
Evidence that the United States generally followed a policy of isolationism during the period 1919-1939 is that the United States
condemned Fascist aggression
rejected the policy of appeasement
refused to join the League of Nations
participated in disarmament conferences
People who do not fight in the war but support the fighting of a war by working in factories, rationing, growing victory gardens
total war
homefront
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Internment Camp
This group of people was most known for developing a secret code using their language that the Japanese never deciphered
Native Americans
Latinos
African Americans
Japanese Americans
This group of people fought with the Tuskegee Airman and destroyed more than 250 enemy planes
Native Americans
Latinos
African Americans
Japanese Americans
