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WorksheetsTurning Points/Manhattan Project
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Final major battle in the Pacific; highest casualty rate for U.S. & Japanese
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
Last major “offensive” for Germany & their defeat set up the Allied capture of Germany
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
2nd Battle of El Alamein
Normandy Landings
1st major “offensive” battle by the Allies against Japan; prevented Japan from building another base
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
1st major battle to take place on Japanese soil; Allowed U.S. to set up an air base to bomb Japanese mainland
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
Decisive U.S. naval victory against Japan; turning point for the war in the Pacific
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
Largest amphibious landing ever; Allowed Allies to open a 2nd front against the Axis powers
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
Dunkirk
Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Major Soviet Union victory & turning point for the Eastern Front of WWII
El Alamein
Battle of the Bulge
Normandy Invasion
Stalingrad
1st major victory for British forces in Egypt; Led to invasion of Italy by Allies
El Alamein
Dunkirk
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
Code name for the project to develop the 1st Atomic bomb:
Brooklyn Project
Manhattan Project
Los Alamos Project
Chicago Project
Lead scientist for the Manhattan Project:
Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
Leslie Groves
Robert Oppenheimer
Military officer in charge of the Manhattan Project:
Leslie Groves
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
In what state was the Los Alamos research site & Trinity test site located?
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
The 1st successful test of the atomic bomb (Trinity) was equal to about ______ tons of TNT.
10,000
30,000
40,000
20,000
On what Japanese city was the "Little Boy" uranium bomb used?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
On what city was the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb used?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
What famous scientist helped convince President Roosevelt to begin working on an atomic weapons program?
Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
Leslie Groves
Code name for the official test of the atomic bomb:
Hiroshima
Manhattan
Los Alamos
Trinity
