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WorksheetsWorld War II American Republic
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
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practiced appeasement
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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led the military in Japan
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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replaced Chamberlain as the British prime minister
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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continued the Good Neighbor Policy
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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invaded the Rhineland in the 1930s
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
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“I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used.”
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
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[Said of the RAF] “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
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[He promised that the Sudetenland was] “the last territorial demand [he had] to make in Europe.”
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
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[Said to the Filipinos] “I shall return.”
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
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[Address to Congress] “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy . . .”
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
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bomb dropped
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
kamikazes
appeasement
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navy damaged
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
kamikazes
appeasement
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soldiers surrounded
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
kamikazes
appeasement
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pilots sacrificed
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
kamikazes
appeasement
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Hitler indulged
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
kamikazes
appeasement
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over five thousand marines died on this island near Japan
Battle of Iwo Jima
Operation Torch
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
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invasion of North Africa
Potsdam Declaration
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Yalta Conference
Operation Husky
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demanded that Japan surrender unconditionally
Potsdam Declaration
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Yalta Conference
Operation Husky
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granted Soviet “special interests” in Eastern Europe
Potsdam Declaration
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Yalta Conference
Operation Husky
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major German counter-offensive
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
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largest amphibious assault in history
Potsdam Declaration
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Yalta Conference
Operation Husky
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six-month offensive to drive the Japanese out
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
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first sea battle where all the fighting was by plane
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
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invasion of Sicily
Potsdam Declaration
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Yalta Conference
Operation Husky
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assault on the last obstacle before reaching the Japanese mainland
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
What new approach to dealing with Latin America was introduced by President Hoover?
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Name one of the territories which Hitler illegally took control of to extend German power before the outbreak of World War II.
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With what leader did Hitler sign a nonaggression pact before the invasion of Poland?
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The German invasion of what country marked the beginning of World War II?
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What word describes the “lightning war” generated by the German forces early in the war?
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A major struggle occurred during 1940 and 1941 as German air forces tried to force which Allied country into surrender with repeated bombing raids?
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What legislation allowed Roosevelt to supply vital war equipment to the Allies before the United States entered the war?
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What was, according to Franklin Roosevelt, the “date which will live in infamy”?
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What event pulled America into World War II?
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What were Americans called who sincerely believed that war was wrong and, therefore, were exempt from combat duty?
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What method did the American government use to restrict the public’s use of some food items and other vital supplies needed for the war effort?
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What general commanded both the American troops in North Africa and the combined Allied forces in the Normandy invasion?
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What invasion took place on June 6, 1944?
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What area of France was the scene of a massive Allied amphibious invasion during the war?
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What is May 8, 1945, remembered as?
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What famous American general commanded troops in the Philippines during World War II?
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What was the first sea battle in which all of the fighting was done by airplanes?
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What admiral was in command of the American forces that were “island-hopping” across the mid-Pacific?
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What kind of devastating attacks did the Japanese begin to hurl at American ships during the final stages of the war?
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What was the final major island captured by American troops before the ultimate attack on the Japanese mainland?
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What was the code name of the program to build an atomic bomb?
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Who was the president of the United States when World War II ended?
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On what two Japanese cities were atomic bombs dropped?
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The man, known as Il Duce, who tried to establish a “Second Roman Empire” was . . .
Emperor Hirohito.
Adolf Hitler.
Benito Mussolini.
Joseph Stalin.
The leader of the Nazi Party in Germany was . . .
Adolf Hitler.
Benito Mussolini.
Chester Nimitz.
Joseph Stalin.
All of the following were Axis powers except . . .
Germany.
Italy.
Japan.
the Soviet Union
The method introduced by President Hoover for dealing with Latin America was called the . . .
Manhattan Project
Good Neighbor Policy
Open Door policy.
Potsdam Declaration.
The only Allied power standing against Germany during the early part of 1941 was . . .
Britain.
France.
the Soviet Union.
the United States.
Before America entered World War II, Roosevelt found a way to aid the Allies through the . . .
Good Neighbor Policy.
Lend-Lease Act.
Manhattan Project.
Potsdam Declaration.
The naval and air strength of the United States was crippled in an attack at . . .
the Coral Sea.
Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima.
Pearl Harbor.
The United States finally entered World War II because of an action taken by . . .
Germany.
Italy.
Japan.
the Soviet Union.
All of the following were part of the civilian effort to support the war except . . .
a bank holiday.
rationing.
the Red Cross and USO.
“Victory Gardens.”
The primary objective of the Allies at the beginning of America’s involvement in the war was to . . .
prevent the spread of communism.
stop the Japanese advance in the Pacific.
defeat Germany.
overthrow Mussolini.
The code name for the Normandy invasion was . . .
Operation Bulge.
Operation Husky.
Operation Overlord.
Operation Torch.
All of the following men were Allied leaders involved in the meetings to determine Allied strategy except . . .
Winston Churchill.
Emperor Hirohito.
Franklin Roosevelt.
Joseph Stalin.
One of the major reasons the American forces did not push to capture Berlin was the . . .
Manhattan Project.
Good Neighbor Policy.
Potsdam Declaration.
Yalta Conference.
A major part of the war in the Pacific involved America’s trying to maintain or regain control of . . .
Casablanca.
Normandy.
the Philippines.
Pearl Harbor.
The location in the Solomon Islands where, after a long and costly fight, Americans stopped the Japanese from completing a strategic airfield was . . .
the Coral Sea.
Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima.
Okinawa.
The costliest chunk of rock and black sand ever captured by the U.S. Marine Corps was . . .
Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima.
Okinawa.
Yalta.
The last island taken from the Japanese before the final assault on the mainland was . . .
Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima.
Okinawa.
Tarawa.
At which conference did President Truman warn Japan to surrender unconditionally or face total destruction?
Casablanca
Potsdam
Teheran
Yalta
One of the Japanese cities on which an atomic bomb was dropped was . . .
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki.
Okinawa.
Tokyo.
Describe the general attitude of Americans toward the rise of foreign dictators and the dangerous policies of foreign governments.
How did Britain apply the policy of appeasement, and what was the result?
