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WorksheetsSTAAR REVIEW: WWII QUIZ
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 53mins
What event occured on December 7th, 1941, also described as “a date which will live in infamy”?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Bombing of Japan using atomic bombs
The miracle of Dunkirk
Attack on London by British bombers
What was the primary objective for Japan attacking Pearl Harbor?
Revenge for the oil sanctions the U.S placed on Japan.
To begin their invasion of the continental United States.
To draw the U.S. into the war.
To destroy the U.S navy so they can conquer South Eastern Asia unopposed.
1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”
Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?
Phoenix, AZ
Oakland, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
This group of people migrated to the United States under the bracero program to help provide labor with wartime factories
Native Americans
Latinos
African Americans
Japanese Americans
What action by the U.S. best supports this statement?
The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations
The U.S. followed the policy of appeasement in regards to Germany
The U.S. followed the policy of isolationism at the beginning of WWII
The U.S. provided economic and military aid to the Allied Powers
How did American policy gradually change with the advancing of WWII?
America became allies with Germany
America became more isolated
America refused economic aid to its Allies
America was forced out of isolationism into direct involvement in the war
What was the point of using a victory garden during WWII?
To feed the poor
To feed the veterans of WWI
To support the war effort and allies
To teach kids how to create gardens
The word that best describes when people were limited on buying meats, sugar, and other products so they could be used in the war.
rationing
victory gardens
fascism
fasting
What was the purpose of this type of propaganda during WWII?
To convince Americans to plan vacations in advance
To prevent Americans from placing themselves in dangerous situations
To encourage Americans to conserve fuel for the war effort
To allow soldiers to travel throughout the U.S. safely
"World War II and its Unbreakable Code"- Why might the Japanese military have been unable to break the Navajo Code Talkers' Code?
They were not Navajo, only Navajo can speak the code.
The code was made of several languages put together.
They were not familiar with the Navajo language and could not easily learn it as adults.
They did not know the US was using a code.
The 442nd Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, which was also the most decorated regiment in World War II, was made up almost entirely of what people?
People of Japanese ancestry.
People of German ancestry.
People of Italian ancestry.
