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WWII Exam Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which president executed Order 9066?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

2.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

3.

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

4.

Where were most of the Internment Camps

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East Coast

d)

West Coast

5.
This battle halted the Japanese offensive.
a)
Kursk
b)
Midway
c)
Stalingrad
d)
El Alamein
6.
The invasion of Normandy is also known as ___.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
V-E Day
d)
D-Day
7.
This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
El Alamein
c)
Kursk
d)
Battle of the Bulge
8.
What is the turning point in the Pacific Theater?
a)
Battle of Coral Sea
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of El Alamein
9.

Which country was NOT part of the Allied Powers

a)

Great Britain

b)

USA

c)

USSR

d)

Germany

10.

The invasion of _______ started WW2

a)

Austria

b)

Finland

c)

Poland

d)

Czechoslovakia

11.

_______was Hitler's attempt to take over Britain

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of the Bulge

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Operation Torch

12.

The USA entered WW2 after _________

a)

the invasion of Poland

b)

the bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

the Battle of Britain

d)

Operation Barbarossa

13.

Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific campaign

a)

Battle of Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Coral Sea

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

14.

What was the battle that took place along 5 beaches in Normandy, France.

a)

Operation Torch

b)

D-Day

c)

Invasion of France

d)

Operation Fortitude

15.

Hitler’s last failed attempt to force the Allies off the mainland of Europe.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Bulge

c)

Britain

d)

Normandy

16.

What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to bring

America out of the Great Depression?

a)

New Deal

b)

Square Deal

c)

Great Depression Reversal

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

17.

How did African American involvement in World War II

impact post-war America?

a)

They encouraged the practice of segregated military units.

b)

They migrated to the South in search of jobs in agriculture.

c)

They joined the armed forces in record numbers.

d)

They increased efforts to end racial discrimination.

18.

Which group campaigned for victory in the war and equality at home?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

Women

19.

Axis Powers

a)

Great Britain, France, Mexico, Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy, Japan

d)

Germany, Japan, Austria-Hungry

20.

Allied Powers

a)

Great Britain, France, Mexico, Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy, Japan

d)

Germany, Japan, Austria-Hungry

21.

Drive to promote the fight for democracy overseas and at the home front in the United States for African Americans.

a)

Cash & Carry

b)

Dehumanization

c)

Double-V Campaign

d)

Island Hopping

e)

Rosie the Riveter

22.

Cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards.

a)

Cash & Carry

b)

Dehumanization

c)

Double-V Campaign

d)

Island Hopping

e)

Rosie the Riveter

23.

What two Japanese cities were destroyed by American nuclear weapons?

a)

Tokyo & Kyoto

b)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo & Hirosmia

d)

Kyoto & Nagasaki

24.

Executive Order 9066 created internment camps for which group of people:

a)

Germany

b)

Italians

c)

Japanese

d)

Jews

25.

Which group of people did the Holocaust target?

a)

Jewish

b)

Gypsies

c)

Undesirable

d)

All of them

26.

To finance the war, the federal government encouraged citizens to purchase these types of bonds.

a)

War bonds

b)

Vegetable bonds

c)

Citizen bonds

d)

Peace bonds

27.

Who is this?

a)

Allie the Ally

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Beatrice the Bomb Builder

28.

What did the Double V Campaign symbolize? Choose all that apply.

a)

Racism Abroad

b)

Victory abroad

c)

Victory over racism at home

d)

Victory gardens

29.

What program brought in about 4 million Mexican citizens to labor on farms during WW2?

a)

Agriculture Adjustment Act

b)

Bronco Program

c)

Victory Garden Act

d)

Bracero Program

30.

Who were the first black Aviators

a)

The Tuskegee Airmen

b)

The Afrika Corps

c)

The 12th bomb squadron

31.

Who gave the executive order to train the Tuskegee Men

a)

FDR

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Kris Bryant

d)

George Bush

32.

Woman played a critical role in WWI?

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The American program to build an atomic bomb was known as the

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Operation overlord

c)

New York Project

d)

Operation A-bomb

34.

What was President Roosevelt referring to in this speech?

a)

The victory at Normandy and liberation of France.

b)

the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

c)

The Battle of Britain.

35.

Who transmitted code messages for the allies during WWII?

a)

women

b)

Navajo

c)

African Americans

36.

The Munich Pact incorporated this policy

a)

Isolationism

b)

Neurality

c)

Appeasement

37.

What do Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin all have in common?

a)

they are Communist dictators

b)

they are Fascist rulers

c)

they are Totalitarian dictators

38.

What stated that the US would not sell war materials or give loans to nations at war?

a)

Neutrality Acts

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Atlantic Charter

39.

What event led to the surrender of Japan in 1945 and ended WWII?

a)

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

b)

Hitler committed suicide

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Normandy

40.

What is the name of the African-American fighter pilots whose success helped convince Truman to desegregate the armed forces?

a)

NAACP

b)

WAC

c)

Flying Tigers

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

41.

Why did the Supreme Court rule Japanese internment camps constitutional even though they violated the 4th &14th amendments?

a)

Job competition

b)

They were racist

c)

Civil liberties can be limited during wartime.

d)

Nativism

42.
Which program built roads, schools, buildings, libraries, etc?
a)
Social Security
b)
FDIC
c)
CCC
d)
WPA
43.
a)
Ford Company Assembly Line
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Voting Administration
d)
Works Progress Administration
44.
What two countries became superpowers after the war?
a)
US and Canada
b)
US and Soviet Union
c)
US and Italy
d)
US and Germany
45.
What Russian leader was at Yalta and Potsdam
a)
Lenin
b)
Putin
c)
Stalin
d)
Nicholas II
46.

This conference held in the summer of 1945 showed growing tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

47.

Who were the 'Big Three' at the Yalta Conference?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Attlee

c)

Churchill

d)

Stalin

e)

Truman

48.

Who were the 'Big Three' at the Potsdam Conference?

a)

Attlee

b)

Stalin

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Truman

49.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
50.
During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
51.
What were the names of both bombs?
a)
Young boy and Old man
b)
Young man and Old boy
c)
Little boy and Fat man