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Fall 2024 US History Semester Exam

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Allied nations at the beginning of WWII.

a)

United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia

b)

United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy

c)

Great Britain, France, Italy, and Spain

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

2.

Axis powers during WWII.

a)

United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia

b)

United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy

c)

Great Britain, France, Italy, and Spain

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

3.

What major event on December 7th, 1941 caused the U.S. to enter WWII?

a)

D-Day

b)

German invasion of Poland

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

The Munich Conference

4.

What was the treaty that ended World War I?

a)

Neutrality Treaty

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Neutrality Treaty

5.

What was the appeasement pact, by Britain and France, that gave up the Sudetenland to Hitler?

a)

Munich Pact

b)

Kellog Briand Pact

c)

US Export Control Act

d)

1921 Disarmament Treaty

6.

A provision in the Neutrality Act of 1939 that allowed the United States to sell military supplies to countries at war on the condition that they pay for the supplies in cash and transport them on their own ships.

a)

Credit System

b)

Executive Order 8875

c)

War Bonds

d)

Cash and Carry

7.

Meeting between allied leaders to discussed the post-war fate of defeated Germany and the rest of Europe.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Potsdam Conference

c)

United Nations

d)

Paris Peace accords

8.

A system that would allow the United States to provide war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."

a)

War Bonds

b)

Credit System

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Executive Order 8875

9.

Policy used by Britain and France to try and keep war from happening with Hitler.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Stall Tactics

d)

Executive Order 8875

10.

A military strategy used by the Allies during World War II to defeat the Empire of Japan in the Pacific.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Island-Hopping

c)

D-Day

d)

Midway Defensive Plan

11.

What event is considered the start of WWII?

a)

Fall of France

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

D-Day

d)

Invasion of Poland

12.

A forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942:

a)

Bataan Death March

b)

Operation Barbarossa

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Tora, Tora, Tora

13.

World War II era innovations include:

a)

Atomic Bomb, Radar, and Penicillin

b)

Atomic Bomb, Automobile, Penicillin

c)

Atomic Bomb, Automobile, Aircraft

d)

Automobile, Aircraft, Penicillin

14.

The first atomic bombed was dropped by the United States was on this Japanese city.

a)

Tokyo

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Okinawa

15.

Lightning Warfare of Germans.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Shock and Awe

c)

Luftwaffe

d)

Kamikaze

16.

The mass slaughter of Jewish people and non-conformists by the Nazi Party in Germany.

a)

Internment

b)

Holocaust

c)

Genocide

d)

The Third Reich

17.

How many people, is it estimated, were killed during the Holocaust.

a)

6 million Jewish people and millions more non-conformist

b)

around 1 million

c)

close to 10 million

d)

Around 600,000 Jewish people and 1 million non-conformist

18.

1935 set of laws which prevented Jewish people from being a German citizen, going to school, and forced them to wear the Star of David.

a)

Munich Laws

b)

Internment Laws

c)

Holocaust Laws

d)

Nuremberg Laws

19.

November 9, 1938, mobs destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jewish people throughout Germany. Translated as the “night of broken glass”.

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Night of Terror

c)

The Final Solution

d)

Holocaust

20.

Hitler’s program of systematically killed the entire Jewish race.

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

Night of Terror

c)

The Final Solution

d)

Holocaust

21.

Dachau & Auschwitz are examples of

a)

Jewish Ghettos

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

WWII Battles

d)

Destroyed German Cities

22.

Country created as a safe haven for Jewish people after WWII

a)

Israel

b)

Poland

c)

East Germany

d)

West Germany

23.

Prison Camps where Japanese Americans were forced to live during WWII.

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Shanty Towns

c)

Japanese Community Centers

d)

Temporary Shelters

24.

How many Japanese Americans were living in the U.S. in 1940 prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

a)

50,000

b)

100,000

c)

127,000

d)

1 Million

25.

FDR signed this forcing all Japanese Americans to move from the west coast to 1of10 specific areas in the U.S.

a)

Executive Order 9066

b)

Executive Order 1414

c)

American Security Act

d)

1941 Declaration of War

26.

Rohwer and Jerome were Japanese Internment Camps located Where?

a)

Virginia

b)

Washington DC

c)

Arkansas

d)

Texas

27.

Life in Interment Camps included:

a)

Barrack style housing

b)

Mess Halls

c)

Schools

d)

All of the Above

28.

Hardships in Interment Camps included:

a)

Hot Summers and Cold Winters

b)

Work for $5 a day

c)

few recreational activities

d)

All of the Above

29.

Japanese American military unit during WWII.

a)

442nd Regimental Combat Team

b)

77th Cavalry

c)

Easy Company

d)

101st Combat Battalion

30.

Created and implemented a complex and secret form of communication for the U.S. military during WWII. The Japanese were never able to understand it.

a)

Navajo Code Talkers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Zoot Suits

d)

Red Cross

31.

During WWII, women contributed to the war effort on the homefront by:

a)

Working in Factories

b)

Planting Victory Gardens

c)

Writing Letters to Soldiers

d)

All of the Above

32.

During WWII, women contributed to the war effort by:

a)

becoming nurses

b)

operating radios

c)

driving trucks

d)

All of the Above

33.

In June of 1943, white servicemen attacked Mexican American men and communities

a)

Zoot Suit Riots

b)

L.A. Riots

c)

California Riots

d)

West Coast Riots

34.

First African American aviators known as the Red Tails. Won 150 distinguished flying crosses.

a)

Topgun Mavericks

b)

Navajo Code Talkers

c)

Zoot Suits

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

35.

Why were Japanese Americans targeted for separation from society during WWII?

a)

Fear

b)

Discrimination

c)

Both are Correct

36.

June 6th, 1944 Allies conduct an amphibious raid on the Nazi occupied beaches of Normandy, France. D-Day(Operation Overlord)

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

D-Day (Operation Overlord)

c)

Occupation Free France

d)

Battle of the Marne

37.

Casualties of WWII

a)

around 1 million

b)

around 10 million

c)

around 25 million

d)

around 55 million

38.

Cost of WWII

a)

$100 million

b)

$1 billion

c)

$100 billion

d)

$4.1 Trillion

39.

Name of the secret project in Los Alamos, New Mexico to create the first atomic weapon.

a)

Los Alamos Project

b)

Area 51 Project

c)

Oppenheimer Project

d)

The Manhattan Project

40.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: Germany

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hedeki Tojo

41.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: Italy

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hedeki Tojo

42.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: Japan

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hedeki Tojo

43.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: Great Britain

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

Winston Churchill

44.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: United States

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

Winston Churchill

45.

(Will be matching) Match the following WWII leader to their country: Soviet Union (Russia)

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

c)

Winston Churchill

46.

(Will be Matching) Match the following WWII event to the date that it took place.: Pearl Harbor

a)

December 7 1941

b)

May 7 1945

c)

June 6 1944

d)

August 6 1945

e)

September 2 1945

47.

(Will be Matching) Match the following WWII event to the date that it took place.: V-E Day

a)

December 7 1941

b)

May 7 1945

c)

June 6 1944

d)

August 6 1945

e)

September 2 1945

48.

(Will be Matching) Match the following WWII event to the date that it took place.: D-Day

a)

December 7 1941

b)

May 7 1945

c)

June 6 1944

d)

August 6 1945

e)

September 2 1945

49.

(Will be Matching) Match the following WWII event to the date that it took place.: 1st atomic bomb dropped

a)

December 7 1941

b)

May 7 1945

c)

June 6 1944

d)

August 6 1945

e)

September 2 1945

50.

(Will be Matching) Match the following WWII event to the date that it took place.: V-J Day

a)

December 7 1941

b)

May 7 1945

c)

June 6 1944

d)

August 6 1945

e)

September 2 1945

51.

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Pacific War?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Guadalcanal

c)

Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of Okinawa

52.

The second atomic bomb was dropped on which Japanese City?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo

c)

Okinawa

d)

Nagasaki

53.

What was the significance of the Nuremberg Trials after the war?

a)

They were used to prosecute war criminals and Nazi leaders

b)

They were used to establish the borders of post-war Europe

c)

They were held to negotiate peace with the Soviet Union

d)

They were used to house the German prisoners of war

54.

What was the primary reason that Japanese Americans were interned during World War II, despite many being U.S. citizens?

a)

Their political views

b)

Their involvement in Japanese military activities

c)

Their ethnic background and perceived loyalty to Japan

d)

Their financial ties to Japan

55.

How many Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and interned in camps during World War II?

a)

20,000

b)

120,000

c)

100,000

d)

50,000

56.

Which U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American internment during World War II?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Korematsu v. United States