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World War 2 Review Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
John F. Kennedy
4.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
 did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion
5.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the 2 cities bombed with the Atomic bomb?
a)
True
b)
False
6.

WWII began after Germany invaded

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

The Soviet Union

7.

Which of the following American victories was a turning point in the Pacific?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

D-Day

d)

Battle of Britain

8.

Millions of European Jews were sent to ________ where they were killed in gas chambers.

a)

Concentration Camps

b)

Ghettos

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

9.

Americans at home helped the troops by ___ goods such as food,clothing, and oil.

a)

Selling

b)

Rationing

c)

Burning

d)

Trading

10.

Anti-Semitism

a)

discrimination towards Jewish people

b)

Adolf Hitler’s name for a “pure” German race

c)

a political philosophy where complete power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are lost

d)

an American propaganda campaign used to convince women to work in factories

11.

Fascism

a)

a political philosophy where complete power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are lost

b)

discrimination towards Jewish people

c)

Adolf Hitler’s name for a “pure” German race

d)

an American propaganda campaign used to convince women to work in factories

12.

Rosie the Riveter

a)

an American propaganda campaign used to convince women to work in factories

b)

an American plan that provided billions of dollars in assistance to Europe after WWII

c)

a political philosophy where complete power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are lost

d)

the Japanese location where U.S.forces dropped the first atomic bomb

13.

Where did the United States test atomic bombs?

a)

New Mexico

b)

California

c)

Wyoming

d)

Arizona

14.

In order to defeat the Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater of World War II,Allied commanders employed which of these as a naval strategy?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Kangaroo Circuit

c)

Operation Torch

d)

Island Hopping

15.

What was the name of Germany's last offensive strike?

a)

D-Day

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Battle of Stalingrad

d)

The Battle of the Bulge

16.

What group of people were placed in internment camps inside the United States during World War II

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

factory workers

d)

Jews

17.

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was officially upheld by which government action?

a)

a constitutional amendment

b)

an executive order of the president

c)

a proclamation by the governor of California

d)

a decision of the Supreme Court