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WorksheetsWorld War 2
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 9mins
Japan surrendering
The atomic bombings
Germany surrendering
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
The U.S., France, Great Britain and S.Union were known as what during WWII?
The United States entered World War II because of an attack by which country?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Which group of Americans living along the West Coast was forced to relocate to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Mexican Americans
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Which statement accurately describes the United States and its partners’ reaction and response to the Holocaust?
The Allied Powers knew that Germany had to be stopped and worked to liberate the people in concentration camps.
The Allied Powers knew that Japan had to be stopped and used atomic weapons to make sure Japan lost the war.
The Axis Powers knew that Great Britain had to be stopped and worked to liberate the people in concentration camps.
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
He wanted to get rid of Japanese culture.
He wanted a quick end to the war before more Allied lives were lost.
He wanted to punish Japan in retaliation for bombing Pearl Harbor.
Rosie the Riveter represented women who __________ during World War II.
went to war
became nurses
worked in factory jobs
planted “victory gardens”
What important role did Oak Ridge play in World War II?
Oak Ridge produced more gunpowder than anywhere else in the world.
Oak Ridge was part of the top-secret Manhattan Project to produce a nuclear bomb.
Oak Ridge was an important pilot training site for the United States Air Force.
What group of people were targeted by the Nazis (Germans)?
Jews
French
Americans
Italians
Who was the president of the United States during MOST of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
__________________caused World War II to begin in Europe.
Germany invading Poland
The French invading Germany
The USSR invading Italy
_____________________ were the leaders of the Allied Powers.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill
World War II did not end on V-E Day, the day the Germans surrendered, because_____________________________.
the Germans were just pretending to surrender and kept fighting.
the Germans were not an enemy of the Allies in WWII.
the war in the Pacific was still going on against the Japanese.
____________________ were three ways women and children contributed to the war on the home front.
Rationing, scrapping, and investigating
Growing Victory gardens, rationing, and scrapping
Investigating, rationing, and scrapping
On which city/cities were atomic bombs used?
Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Tokyo, the capital of Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan
What was the Holocaust?
a time when Nazis targeted and killed Jewish people and others
a time when the U.S. stopped trading with Japan
a time when the leader of Great Britain gave speeches
This memorial depicts US troops raising the U.S. flag on which Pacific island during WW2?
Iwo Jima
Phillipines
Guam
Benito Mussolini was the leader of what country?
United States
Italy
Japan
France
Josef Stalin was the leader of what country?
Japan
United States
Germany
Soviet Union
On What Date did the attack on Pearl Harbor Occur?
December 7th, 1941
May 2nd, 1942
December 7th, 1942
The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during
World War II was called
the Progressive Movement
Internment camps
the Holocaust
