WorksheetsWorld War 2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
While war in Europe raged, the US remained neutral until what event occurred on Dec. 7th, 1941, “the Day that will Live in Infamy” causing the US to enter into the war?
US codebreakers broke the Japanese code and knew an attack was coming
Japan invaded China.
Japan surprise-attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor.
Germany invaded Poland.
In response to Japan’s surprise attack Dec. 7th, 1941 President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which ordered
Germans, Italians, and people of Asian descent imprisoned
War on Japan, which brought the US into war with Germany, due to their fascist alliance
Began the Draft for WWII US military forces
All Japanese descent people along the West Coast, including those born in the US. are put into internment camps in the West.
The Nazi Holocaust during WW II included the genocide of
Roma (“Gypsies”)
Jews
Homosexuals
All of the Above
The Axis Powers during WWII included:
Germany, Italy, and Japan
USA, Great Britain, USSR.
Germany, USSR, Germany.
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria Hungary
At the end of WW II justice was served for Nazi war criminals at the
Treaty of Paris
Nuremberg Trials
Potsdam Conference
Versailles Trials
Harry S. Truman became the only human in World History to approve the use of Nuclear weapons created by the Manhattan Project, his main reason was because:
It cost 2 billion dollars and after almost three years of research, he did not want it to go to waste
An Invasion of the Japan home islands had large estimates of both US Military and Japanese Military and Civilian loss of life
He was afraid the USSR had obtained knowledge of Nuclear weapons
He wanted to see if it worked as it was untested
June 6th, 1944, known as D-Day, was significant in the Allies opening up a Second Front to:
Fight Japan and Germany at the same time
Attack German occupied territory from the West as well as recapturing territory in the East.
Win the war by attacking France from the West.
Ramp up the war against Italy as well as Germany
During the 1930’s, Hitler was confident the Western States that signed the Treaty of Versailles - ending WWI - would:
Fear Russia more than they feared Germany
Not mobilize their militaries to enforce it because people were tired of war
Follow the United States lead in the League of Nations.
Persuade Russia to join in alliance with the West.
The Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern front was a “turning point” battle because:
Germany’s attack was quickly stopped with little loss of life on both sides.
Entire German 6th Army was lost, from this point Germany was in retreat
Russian soldiers were well equipped by Russian industry to fend off the attack
Germany focused their attack on Leningrad instead
General George McArthur, in charge of the Pacific Theater during WWII, created the “Island Hopping Campaign” for the purpose of
Protecting Australia from Japan’s advancement in the South Pacific
Re-capturing Japanese held islands, marching their way towards and possibly invading Japan itself
Re-capturing Japanese held islands to threaten an invasion of Russia
Revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor
How did Germany and Japan pull their countries out of economic ruin, ultimately laying the ground for the events of WWII?
Their leadership sued, in international courts, any countries they determined had wronged them since World War 1
They made fair trade agreements with neighboring countries, ending the need for military aggression against others
They practiced extreme isolation, closing off their borders to refocus their nation’s interest to meet the needs of the people
They refocused their factories away from consumer goods like cars and jewelry to military production, leading to military aggression against others
For most nations, World War II began in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Japan and Italy, however, had already begun the war when they invaded what countries and when?
Japan invaded the USA in 1941 & Italy invaded France in 1949
Japan invaded Germany in 1945 & Italy invaded Russia in 1946.
Japan invaded India in 1935 & Italy invaded Greece in 1937.
Japan invaded China in 1937 & Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935
