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4.6; 4.7; 4.8; 4.9; 4.10- World War II

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Japanese Americans were interned as a result of what major event?

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Appeasement Policy

d)

the death of Franklin Roosevelt

2.

Where were most of the Internment Camps

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East Coast

d)

West Coast

3.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
4.
Who was Rosie the  Riveter?
a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
5.

what was the root cause for Japanese internment camps?

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

V.E. Day

6.

What roles did rationing play in WWII?

a)

there weren't enough men around to produce needed goods

b)

allowed more goods to be used for the military effort

c)

prevented shortages of goods needed within the US

d)

to help end the Great Depression

7.
When a country chose to remain neutral and out of the affairs of other countries
a)
Isolationism
b)
Propaganda
c)
Appeasement
d)
Rationing
8.
The Lend Lease Act allowed
a)
Axis powers to transfer troops  
b)
The Maginot Line to be built
c)
Hitler to invade Poland
d)
America to loan military supplies to allied countries
9.
The Neutrality Act of 1935 said we could not...
a)
sell weapons to countries at war
b)
sell food to countries at war
c)
sell any supplies to countries at war
d)
we condemn Hitler's moustache
10.
Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed ?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Adolf Hitler
11.
Certificates that workers were encouraged to buy to help fund the war effort. They pay a certain price now and receive money back plus interest later.
a)
War Loans
b)
War Bonds
c)
Ration Bonds
d)
War Bucks
12.

What US policy allowed the sale, loan, or lease of war materials to any country whose defense was necessary for US security?

a)

Lend Lease

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

Cash and Carry

d)

Borrow and Pay

13.
The Allies consisted of......
a)
Japan, Germany, and America
b)
America, France, and Australia
c)
America, U.S.S.R, and Britain
d)
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
14.

What was the major reason for U.S. neutrality in the 1930's?

a)

The U.S. didn't care.

b)

The U.S. had committed itself to a policy of total nonviolence.

c)

The economic and emotional effects of WWI made Americans reluctant to get involved in another war

d)

The U.S. was confident that Britain and France could handle the situation.

15.

Why did Americans grow Victory Gardens during World War II?

a)

To exchange for extra ration coupons at grocery stores

b)

To sell the food for profit to the government

c)

To make sure they had enough food as the nation rationed

d)

If they grew a certain amount of food they could skip military service

16.

What was the purpose of this poster from World War II?

a)

changes in the traditional role of women

b)

the establishment of women's suffrage

c)

combat training for women

d)

the election of women political leaders

17.

What total war policy is advertised in this propaganda poster?

a)

The draft

b)

Women in the workforce

c)

Conservation & rationing

d)

Blitzkrieg

18.

The action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service

a)

Mobilization

b)

Reparations

c)

U-Boat

d)

Neutral

19.

Which describes Executive Order 9066?

a)

To create a draft lottery system for military service

b)

It officially brought the U.S. into World War II

c)

It forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps against their will

d)

It forced the repatriation of Mexican Americans to reduce job competition

20.

1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”
a)
Korematsu v. United States
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison 
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
21.
law that allowed nations at war to purchase U.S. goods if they paid in full and transported the goods themselves
a)
Cash-and-Carry
b)
Lend-Lease Act
c)
Selective Training and Service Act
d)
Neutrality Acts
22.

What U.S. action against Japan led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

The U.S. attacked Japan's capital.

b)

The U.S. had Japan removed from the League of Nations.

c)

The U.S. placed all Japanese Americans in prison.

d)

The U.S. placed an oil embargo on Japan.

23.

The policy of giving in to satisfy the demand of a potential enemy.

a)

Negotiation

b)

Appeasement

c)

Treaty

d)

Alliance

24.

Considered a major turning point in the war in the Pacific, putting the Japanese on the defensive and the US on the offensive.

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Pearl Harbor

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Coral Sea

25.

An all black fighter group in the Air Corps who provided escorts for pilots on bombing missions.

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Flying Tigers

c)

Navajo Code-Talkers

d)

NAACP Warriors

26.

German fighting strategy also known as “lightning war.”

a)

Wehrmacht

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Blitzkreig

d)

Kriegsmarine

27.

Was the attempted genocide of the Jews during WWII which led to the killing of over 6 million Jews.

a)

Bataan Death March

b)

D-Day

c)

Hiroshima/Nagasaki

d)

Holocaust

28.

Leader of the Nazi party, took power in Germany and aimed to achieve German domination.

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Hermann Göring

29.

Produced pro-Allied, anti-Axis, propaganda posters, movies, and radio programs to make citizens aware of how they could help the war effort.

a)

Office of Special Investigations

b)

Office of War Information

c)

Office of War Propaganda

d)

Office of War Surplus

30.

Supreme allied commander responsible for the D-Day invasion.

a)

George Patton

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Chester Nimitz

d)

Omar Bradley

31.

Japanese cities that were targeted for the dropping of the A-bomb.

a)

Hiroshima/Nagasaki

b)

Kyoto/Tokyo

c)

Osaka/Yokohama

d)

Nagoya/Fukuoka

32.

Demonstrated that leaders and individuals are responsible for their actions, even in times of war.

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

War Crimes Tribunal

c)

Geneva Convention

d)

Treaty of Paris

33.

Successful US war strategy in the Pacific.

a)

island hopping

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

massive retaliation

d)

guerrilla warfare

34.

Were used to send messages in the military because their language could not be deciphered.

a)

Flying Tigers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo Code-Talkers

d)

Office of Special Investigations

35.

US President who made the decision to use the new atomic weapon on Japan to prevent the loss of more American lives.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

George Patton

36.

All of the following were causes of World War II EXCEPT __.

a)

failure of the Versailles Treaty

b)

nationalism

c)

appeasement

d)

weakness of the United Nations

37.

Why were the Nuremberg Trials conducted?

a)

Trials of United States citizens that avoided the draft

b)

Mussolini and other Italian Fascists were tried and executed

c)

Japanese Generals who were put on trial for the mistreatment of prisoners or war

d)

Put former Nazis on trial for war crimes

38.

"Hatred, dislike, or prejudice against believers of Judaism"


Which concept is best described by this quote?

a)

Communism

b)

Holocaust

c)

Genocide

d)

Anti-Semitism

39.

Individual - Country

Joseph Stalin - Soviet Union

Adolf Hitler - Germany

Winston Churchill - __?____


Which country best completes this table?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

United States

40.

During the l930's, which characteristic was common to Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist Russia?

a)

government ownership of the means of production and distribution

b)

one-party system that denied basic human rights

c)

encouragement of individual freedom of expression in the arts

d)

emphasis on consumer goods rather than on weapons

41.

Fascism in Europe during the l920's and l930's is best described as a

a)

demonstration of laissez-faire capitalism that promoted free enterprise.

b)

form of totalitarianism that glorified the state above the individual.

c)

type of economic system that stressed a classless society.

d)

set of humanist ideas that emphasized the dignity of the individual.

42.

During the l930's and l940's, Nazis in Germany and Fascists in Italy promoted policies that emphasized

a)

national and racial supremacy.

b)

worldwide Communist revolutions.

c)

international peacekeeping efforts.

d)

economic cooperation in Europe.

43.

"Why should freedom of speech and freedom of the press be allowed? Why should government, doing what it believes is right, allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns"


Which individual would most likely agree with the ideas expressed in this quotation?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Mohandas Gandhi.

44.

What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early l930's appealed to many people in Germany?

a)

The people were frustrated with their current economic and political situation.

b)

Germany had been denied membership in the United Nations.

c)

A coup d'etat had forced communism on the German people.

d)

The German people feared that the French or the British would soon gain control of the Polish corridor.

45.

In the l930's and l940's, fascist regimes in Japan, Germany, and Italy were similar in that each emphasized

a)

empathy toward African nations.

b)

the protection of human rights.

c)

imperialism as a foreign policy.

d)

support for free expression.

46.

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in l931 and Hitler's rebuilding of the German military in l935 demonstrate the

a)

failure of the League of Nations.

b)

fear of communist expansion.

c)

success of defensive alliances

d)

support for the Treaty of Versailles.

47.

What was one reason that totalitarian dictatorships gained power in Europe between World War I and World War II?

a)

famine and AIDS spread throughout Europe.

b)

Trade was banned between western and eastern Europe.

c)

Governments failed to meet the needs of the people.

d)

Monarchies were reinstated in many nations.

48.

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as unfair to Germany?

a)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

b)

Soviet Nonaggression Pact

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Munich Pact

49.

• Bitterness over the Treaty of Versailles

• Loss of the Ruhr and overseas colonies

• Rising inflation and unemployment

These factors are most closely associated with

a)

the rise of fascism in Germany

b)

the Russian Revolution of 1917

c)

French imperialism in Africa

d)

the communist revolution in China.

50.

Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of appeasement?

a)

"Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave Vietnam."

b)

"Chamberlain Agrees to German Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"

c)

"Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid Program for Europe"

d)

"Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush Hungarian Revolt"

51.
 Fascism is a political system that puts nationalism, militarism, and interests of the state above all else.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Nazism
52.

German brand of totalitarianism; was based on extreme nationalism and racism

a)

Nazism

b)

Facism

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Genocide

53.

The Nazi dictatorship smashed or took over...

a)

Independent organizations

b)

The economy

c)

Persecution of Jews

d)

The Catholic Church

54.

Agreement between Germany and USSR not to fight each other

a)

nonagression pact

b)

tripartite pact

c)

kristallnacht

d)

munich agreement

55.

Government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition; individuals have no rights.

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Genocide

d)

Totalitarianism

56.

The US program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Project 54

c)

Monroe Project

d)

Nuremberg Trials

57.

The final wartime meeting of the leaders of the allied powers. Here they discussed the future of Europe, but their failure to reach meaningful agreements soon led to the onset of the Cold war

a)

postdam conference

b)

Tehran conference

c)

Yalta conference

d)

Munich agreement

58.

Which of the following is the BEST example of appeasement?

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

The Munich Agreement

c)

The Manhattan project

d)

The Tehran Conference

59.

Agreement signed by British prime minister, signing Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.

a)

Munich agreement

b)

non agression pact

c)

tripartite pact

d)

neutrality acts

60.
Served as a super-agency in the centralization of resources and wartime production?
a)
Office of War Mobilization
b)
State Department
c)
Department of Defense
d)
Office of Wartime Productio 
61.
The purpose of the Office of Price Administration was:
a)
to keep prices down so that inflation would not increase
b)
to help African-Americans fight discrimination
c)
to increase the prices of goods now that people were employed and had money to spend
d)
none of these
62.
What was the purpose of the War Production Board (WPB)?
a)
to ration items like sugar and gas
b)
to help factories change over from consumer manufacturing to war production
c)
to set prices in order to create inflation
d)
To take private property from citizens for the war effort
63.

Which answer choice lists the events of World War II in correct chronological order?

a)

Lend-Lease → Pearl Harbor → D-Day → the atomic bomb

b)

Pearl Harbor → Germany’s invasion of France → V-E Day → D-Day

c)

Germany invade the USSR → D-Day → Pearl Harbor → the atomic bomb

d)

The USSR conquers Berlin → the atomic bomb → D-Day → President Roosevelt dies

64.

WHEREAS it is the policy of the United States to encourage full participation in the national defense program by all citizens of the United States, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, in the firm belief that the democratic way of life within the Nation can be defended successfully only with the help and support of all groups within its borders; and


WHEREAS there is evidence that available and needed workers have been barred from employment in industries engaged in defense production solely because of considerations of race, creed, color, or national origin, to the detriment of workers' morale and of national unity:


NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and as a prerequisite to the successful conduct of our national defense production effort, I do hereby reaffirm the policy of the United States that there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin, and I do hereby declare that it is the duty of employers and of labor organizations, in furtherance of said policy and of this order, to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin.


--Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8802, 1941.


Although the text of this Executive Order expresses Roosevelt's disdain for discrimination, one of his later orders resulted in one of the most discriminatory policies in U.S. history. Which order contradicts FDR's statements about "race, creed, color, or national origin"?

a)

Executive Order 8802, which stopped all immigration to the U.S.

b)

Executive Order 9139, which created the War Manpower Commission

c)

Executive Order 9066, which relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps

d)

Executive Order 9981, which prohibited discrimination in the U.S. armed forces

65.

The Allied assault on German-occupied France in June of 1944 is known as

a)

D-Day.

b)

VJ Day.

c)

Operation Barbarossa.

d)

Operation Market Garden.

66.
Peace keeping organization formed after World War II.
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
League of Nations
67.
Japanese suicide pilots.
a)
Bushido Pilots
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Bataan
d)
Perestroika
68.

Bloodiest battle of European Theater

a)

Battle of Stalingrad

b)

D-Day

c)

Operation Torch

d)

Battle of the Bulge

69.
This battle was the last German offensive on the Eastern Front.
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
D-Day Invasion
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
Battle of Midway
70.
Name given to anti-Jewish violence in November of 1938
a)
Gestapo
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Auschwitz
d)
Dachau
71.

The primary reason President Harry Truman made the decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to

a)

save American lives by avoiding the invasion of Japan

b)

destroy the entire Japanese military in Southeast Asia

c)

allow the United States to defeat Germany

d)

halt the Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union

72.

Which United States government action was most similar to the goal shown in these World War II posters?

a)

institution of the draft by the Selective Service Act (1940)

b)

aid to Russia under the Lend-Lease Act (1941)

c)

rationing by the Office of Price Administration (1941)

d)

development of the Manhattan Project (1942)

73.

During the 1930s, United States neutrality legislation was primarily designed to

a)

provide military and economic aid to Italy and Japan

b)

give the United States time to plan an attack against Germany

c)

protect American lives and property in Latin America

d)

avoid foreign policy mistakes that led to involvement in World War I

74.

What would be the most appropriate heading for this partial outline?

a)

Issues of Morality during World War II

b)

Domestic Policies during World War II

c)

Economic Problems during World War II

d)

Reasons for the Success of the Allies during World War II

75.

Which heading would be most accurate for this partial outline?

a)

Congress Expands War Powers

b)

Media Influences Foreign Policy

c)

United States Moves Away From Neutrality

d)

International Community Unites for Peace

76.

Agreements made at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences near the end of World War II resulted in the

a)

division of Germany into zones of occupation

b)

invasion of the Soviet Union by the Allies

c)

creation of the arms control agreements

d)

control of the Korean peninsula by United Nations forces

77.

The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt reacted to the information contained in this letter by

a)

declaring war on the Axis powers

b)

creating the Manhattan Project

c)

proposing the Lend-Lease plan

d)

initiating the D-Day invasion of Europe

78.

“National Defense at Any Expense, but Keep Our Boys at Home.”


This 1941 slogan of the America First Committee promoted

a)

globalism

b)

protective tariffs

c)

isolationism

d)

reduced military spending

79.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

United States factories will not be able to manufacture military supplies in sufficient quantities.

b)

The federal government will most likely need to seize ownership of manufacturing plants.

c)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt expects other nations to supply the same amount of armaments as the United States.

d)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is determined to supply the United States military and its allies with whatever it takes to defeat the Axis powers.

80.

One major result of the production efforts described in the cartoon was that

a)

the high unemployment of the Great Depression was greatly reduced

b)

most companies that produced military supplies went out of business after the war

c)

critics claimed that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was abusing his treatymaking power

d)

the military had difficulty enlisting soldiers because the men were working in the munitions factories