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U.S. History Unit 8 Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did World War II officially start?

a)

Germany invaded Poland in September 1939

b)

Soviet Union invaded Poland in September 1939

c)

Japan invaded Manchuria in July 1937

d)

 

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941

2.

What famous quote did Franklin Roosevelt use to describe the Lend-Lease Act?

a)

 

"a date that will live in infamy"

b)

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

c)

"lending a garden hose to a next-door neighbor whose house is on fire"

d)

"we must be the great arsenal of Democracy"

3.

What action did the United States take against Japan after Japan invaded Manchuria?

a)

Embargo

b)

Lend-Lease

c)

Isolationism

d)

Bushido

4.

What famous quote did Franklin Roosevelt use to describe the attack on Pearl Harbor?

(a)  

5.

What famous quote did Franklin Roosevelt use to describe the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

"a date that will live in infamy"

b)

"lending a garden hose to a next-door neighbor whose house is on fire"

c)

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

d)

"we must be the great arsenal of Democracy"

6.

What is the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

September 7, 1938

b)

  September 7, 1939

c)

  December 7, 1940

d)

  December 7, 1941

7.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor using?

a)

Submarines

b)

Tanks

c)

Airplanes

d)

Soldiers

8.

Germany declared war against the United States during World War II because?

a)

  it wanted to conquer the whole world

b)

  it had signed a treaty with Japan saying it would do so

c)

  it was tired of seeing the United States remain neutral

d)

  it had helped attack Pearl Harbor

9.

America and its allies focused their efforts on defeating which country first?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

  Great Britain

d)

  Soviet Union

10.

The military strategy called _______ was used by America during World War II in the Pacific theatre of the war. This strategy allowed America to slowly get closer and closer to Japan with military bases that would allow them to attack Japan from the air.

a)

Leapfrogging

b)

Sunshading

c)

Island Hopping

11.

Most American military resources were targeted against which country during World War II?

a)

Japan

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

12.

Germany hoped to force Great Britain out of the war through a bombing campaign and ______ warfare in the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

submarine

b)

airplain

c)

warship

13.

Which resource was Germany hoping to gain control of when it invaded the Soviet Union?

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Rubber

d)

Man Power

14.

Which country did Germany hope to defeat quickly?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Australia

c)

Finland

d)

Spain

15.

In what country is Bataan located?

a)

Australia

b)

Phillipines

c)

Indonesia

d)

Wake Island

16.

The Bataan Death March surprised Americans because the inhumane treatment of prisoners went against the rules found in the (a)   .

17.

Which of the following is not a reason why American and Filipino soldiers died during the Bataan Death March?

a)

  Japanese military was unprepared for the number of prisoners they captured

b)

  Japanese culture did not allow for surrender

c)

  Japanese soldiers were brutal

d)

  Not enough food and safe drinking water

18.

Japanese Americans had a choice to enter the internment camp or return to Japan.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which of the following is not a reason why the United States interned Japanese Americans at the start of World War II?

a)

  Anti-Japanese prejudice

b)

  Believed that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy

c)

  Anger about Pearl Harbor surprise attack directed at Japanese Americans

d)

  Supreme Court ordered the internment of Japanese Americans

20.

From what part of the country were Japanese Americans relocated to internment camps during World War II?

a)

  East Coast

b)

  West Coast

c)

  Gulf Coast

d)

  All over the country

21.

Limiting individuals to certain amounts of goods, also known as (a)   was used to maintain a supply of essential products for the war effort.

22.

Which of the following does not describe how the United States mobilized its economic resources during World War II?

a)

Economic

b)

Military

c)

Human

d)

Communication

23.

Who migrated to cities in search of jobs at war plants?

a)

Women

b)

men

c)

  African Americans

d)

  Women's Army Corp

24.

Rosie the Riveter is an example of?

a)

  More African Americans entering the workforce

b)

  Citizens participating in rationing

c)

  Men being drafted into the military

d)

  More women participating in the workforce

25.

Which battle was the turning point in Germany's fight against the Soviet Union?

a)

  El Alamein

b)

  D-Day

c)

  Stalingrad

d)

  VE-Day

26.

General (a)   commanded the allied invasion of Normandy.

27.

The name for the group of African Americans who fought during World War II in a fighter airplane squadron nicknamed the "Red Tails" was the (a)   Airmen.Tuskegee

28.

Most African Americans who fought in World War II served in?

a)

  Fighter airplane squadrons

b)

  Combat units

c)

  Non-combat units

d)

  Amphibious assault units

29.

Hispanic Americans mostly served in what kind of military unit during World War II?

a)

  Non-segregated units

b)

  Segregated units

c)

  Fighter airplane squadrons

d)

  Amphibious assault units

30.

Which of the following was a reason why the Japanese could not break the code used by American Indians during World War II?

a)

 

It was a written language

b)

 

It was an oral language

c)

 

They did not have any code breakers

d)

 

They never captured a Navajo soldier

31.

The ______ Code Talkers used their American Indian language as a military code during World War II?

a)

Navajo

b)

Cherokee

c)

Cheyene

d)

Shoshone

32.

What comes next on the timeline? 1. Battle at Okinawa 2. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima 3. ________________?

a)

Japan surrenders

b)

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

c)

Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Midway

33.

The Miracle at _________ was the turning point of the Pacific theater during World War II.

a)

Midway

b)

Easter Island

c)

Okinawa

d)

Shikoku

34.

Japanese soldiers and civilians would rather commit (a)   than surrender.

35.

Victory in this battle allowed the United States to begin its campaign of island hopping and removed the threat of invasion against Hawaii?

a)

Midway

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Okinawa

d)

Nagasaki

36.

________ is the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural groups.

a)

Genocide

b)

Suicide

c)

Kamikaze

37.

The _______ was a genocide committed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

a)

Genocide

b)

Holocaust

c)

Jews

38.

What was the name of the plan Germany created to exterminate all Jews during World War II?

a)

Jews

b)

Holocaust

c)

Final Solution

d)

Getto

39.

In the ________ Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes.

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Holocaust

c)

Final solution

40.

What led to increased demand for a Jewish homeland?

a)

Ghettos

b)

Final Solution

c)

Holocaust

d)

Nuremberg Trials