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American Homefront/Holocaust World War II

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews?

a)

D-DAY

b)

Holocaust

c)

Nazi Aggression

d)

Warsaw Riot

2.

Which of these was most likely the first event during the Jewish Holocaust during World War II?

a)

Jews are forced to wear the Star of David.

b)

Anti-Semitism spreads throughout Europe

c)

Jews are are liberated by Allied soldiers

d)

Jews are sent to concentration camps to work and were later killed.

3.

How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

a)

20 million

b)

15 million

c)

6 million

d)

500 thousand

4.

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?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Jewish Americans

5.

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?

a)

Jewish Supremacy

b)

Aryan Supremacy

c)

Germanic Supremacy

d)

White Supremacy

6.

Which of these were tactics used by the Nazi government during the Holocaust in Germany?

a)

Jews and Germans were allowed to get married

b)

Jews were forced to wear the Star of David out in public.

c)

Germans were allowed to go school with Jews.

d)

Jews were forced to live in segregated ghettos.

e)

The German government imposed boycotts on Jewish businesses.

7.

Why did American plant victory gardens during World War II?

a)

So that their families could eat healthy during the war

b)

So that they could preserve food for the Allied soldiers

c)

So that they could assist American farmers during hard economic times

8.

"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)

A Jewish prisoner at a concentration camp

b)

An African American who migrated North for better opportunities

c)

A Japanese American who experienced life in an internment camp

d)

A Native American who was forced to live on a reservation during the war

9.

What was the name of the naval strategy the United States used to attack the Japanese islands one by one in the Pacific?

a)

sea diving

b)

island hopping

c)

blitzkrieg

d)

trench warfare

10.

What eventually brought the Great Depression to an end in the United States?

a)

World War I

b)

Roaring 20's

c)

The Dotcom Boom

d)

World War II

11.

In what year did World War II end?

a)

1939

b)

1918

c)

1929

d)

1945

12.

Which of the following statements are TRUE about race relations in the United States during World War II?

a)

African Americans and whites served together in integrated military units.

b)

African Americans were allowed to work with whites in defense industries, but other parts of society were segregated.

c)

Whites and African Americans were NOT allowed to work together in defense industries during the war.

d)

African Americas were treated the same as white soldiers.

13.

What were the first African American fighter pilots to serve during World War II called?

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Harlem Aviators

14.

What fictional character created by J, Howard Miller inspired American women to take jobs in the defense industries during WW2?

a)

Rosie the Riveter

b)

Wanda the Welder

c)

Betsy the Bomber

d)

Florence the Fly-Girl

15.

Which U.S. President integrated the United States Armed Forces in 1948?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Harry S. Truman

16.

After seeing Nazi racism in Europe and serving in the military during World War II, this inspired African Americans in the United States to-

a)

remain isolated in segregated society

b)

migrate to the western part of the United States

c)

fight for civil rights and equality at home

d)

encourage fellow African Americans to leave the United States

17.

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?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

18.

Select the tactics used by the Nazi German government during the Jews during the Holocaust.

a)

Allowing Jews to remain citizens

b)

Boycotting Jewish stores

c)

Relocation of Jews to ghettos

d)

Forcing Jews to wear the Star of David while out in public

e)

Threats and violence towards Jews

19.

This propaganda poster by the United States during World War II is encouraging people to-

a)

build relationships with people when riding together

b)

support the Axis powers by not conserving fuel

c)

to ride with others in order to save fuel so America can win the war

d)

buy less cars during the war

20.

The purpose of this wartime poster is to-

a)

help the government finance/pay for the war

b)

raise taxes to assist the Allied Forces

c)

encourage Americans to invest in the future

d)

grow the American economy during the war

21.

What was a negative result of World War II?

a)

Women became respected as workers in all kinds of factory job

b)

Internment of Japanese Americans

c)

African Americans workers were more respected because they were needed in defense plants

d)

End of the Great Depression

22.

Which answer best represents a way Americans could support the war effort from home?

a)

Recycling scrap metal

b)

Supporting tax breaks

c)

Buy more groceries

d)

Protecting water supplies

23.

How do these pictures show race relations in America during WWII?

a)

Only women worked in war industries.

b)

The war ended all segregation.

c)

War industries were desegregated.

d)

Segregated water fountains were abolished.

24.

Why did this article appear in the San Francisco Bee in 1942?

a)

Japanese Americans were plotting terrorist attacks on businesses throughout the city.

b)

Government officials feared Japanese attacks would continue on their homes, businesses, and cities.

c)

Japanese Americans were planning an attack on government buildings within the city

d)

Government officials feared for the safety of Japanese Americans living in major western cities.

25.

Which U.S. President integrated the defense industries during World War II?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Donald Trump

e)

Joe Biden

26.

Which World War II event is most likely described by this quote?

a)

D-DAY

b)

Holocaust

c)

Capture of Paris

d)

Battle of Britain

27.

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?

a)

Germany

b)

Canada

c)

Korea

d)

Japan

28.

After the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, -

a)

Adolf Hitler committed suicide and Germany later surrendered.

b)

Tojo order his Japanese soldiers to keep on the attack.

c)

Japan surrendered and World War II ended.

d)

Italy and Japan continued their alliance and controlled Asia.

29.

Who liberated the prisoners at the concentration camps in Europe?

a)

American spies

b)

Jewish captives

c)

Allied troops

d)

Axis troops

30.
Developed the atomic bomb
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Holocaust
d)
appeasement
31.
Group of American who played a key role in the Pacific campaign with an undecipherable code
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Navajo Code Talkers
32.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews
33.
To pay for the War the federal government sold? 
a)
Stocks 
b)
War bonds 
c)
Land 
d)
Silver/Gold 
34.
The Act that allowed the U.S. to give War supplies to Britain in early WW2?
a)
United Nations
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Manhattan Act
d)
New Deal
35.

Evidence that the United States generally followed a policy of isolationism during the period 1919-1939 is that the United States

a)

condemned Fascist aggression

b)

rejected the policy of appeasement

c)

refused to join the League of Nations

d)

participated in disarmament conferences

36.

People who do not fight in the war but support the fighting of a war by working in factories, rationing, growing victory gardens

a)

total war

b)

homefront

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Japanese Internment Camp

37.

This group of people was most known for developing a secret code using their language that the Japanese never deciphered

a)

Native Americans

b)

Latinos

c)

African Americans

d)

Japanese Americans

38.

This group of people fought with the Tuskegee Airman and destroyed more than 250 enemy planes

a)

Native Americans

b)

Latinos

c)

African Americans

d)

Japanese Americans