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WWII

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were the Navajo words in this table used during WWII?

a)

As propaganda to improve morale among Allied soldiers

b)

As a secret code for communicating battle plans between Allied units

c)

As signal words for Allied spies posing as civilians

d)

As a language of diplomacy for exchanges with enemy forces

2.

In 1997, Vernon Baker was awarded the Medal of Honor. How was this award historically significant?

a)

Baker was the first US naval officer to be honored for bravery in combat

b)

Baker was the only living African American veteran of WWII ever to receive the medal

c)

Baker commanded the first Marine brigade to land at Normandy during WWII

d)

Baker was the only recipient to sere in both WWI and WWII

3.

What was the significance of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II?

a)

They were the first African-American military aviators and fought in the Pacific Theater

b)

They were the first African-American military aviators and fought in the European Front

c)

They were the first African-American military aviators and fought in the North African Campaign

d)

They were the first African-American military aviators and fought in the Italian Campaign

4.

What was the Manhattan Project?

a)

A secret plan to corner Hitler

b)

A secret plan to build atomic bombs

c)

A plan to invade Europe through Normandy

d)

the plan Hitler used to bomb London

5.

The event referred to in the headline above led directly to the —

a)

collapse of the U.S. stock market

b)

formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

entry of the United States into World War II

d)

beginning of the Cold War

6.

This World War II–era poster was intended to persuade —

a)

farmers to consume fewer scarce goods during the war

b)

women to work producing war materials

c)

people to save money during the war

d)

people to help finance the war

7.

The event referred to in the headline above led directly to the —

a)

collapse of the U.S. stock market

b)

formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

entry of the United States into World War II

d)

beginning of the Cold War

8.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

9.

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

a)

American women who were placed in internment camps

b)

American women who fought for the right to vote

c)

American women who were opposed to the war

d)

American women who took jobs in defense plants

10.

What effect did World War II have on race relations in America?

a)

Many Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps

b)

Discrimination against African Americans came to an end

c)

German Americans were forced into concentration camps

d)

Japanese Americans were prohibited from serving in the military

11.
In this excerpt, General Eisenhower is describing is reaction to -
a)
the Bataan Death March
b)
Nazi concentration camps
c)
Japanese American internment camps
d)
the bombing of Hiroshima
12.
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
13.

The decision to use the atomic bomb was difficult because _____________ .

a)

many innocent people would be killed

b)

it was expensive

c)

it was untested

14.

Because Japan did not surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States _______________ .

a)

surrendered to Japan

b)

dropped a second bomb on another Japanese city

c)

invaded Japan with soldiers

15.

The diagram indicates that during World War 2 the federal government --

a)

provided technological training for soldiers in the battlefield

b)

developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies

c)

instituted a disaster preparedness program for civilians

d)

nationalized industries considered essential to national security

16.

"Japanese forces occupy Bataan Peninsula". Many of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline-

a)

remained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasion

b)

were exchanged for Japanese prisoners of war

c)

escaped and were redeployed to the European theater

d)

died during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines

17.

Which technological advance from WWII fulfilled this mission?

a)

Sonar

b)

Jet engines

c)

Radar

d)

Cipher Machines