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WorksheetsU.S. & Louisiana | U5T2 | Course and Consequences of WWII
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following were the three main Allied leaders, known as the Big Three? (Choose three)
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
George Marshall
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Which of the following is a direct effect of anti-semitism and Aryan supremacy in Germany?
The Holocaust
The Treaty of Versailles
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The policy of appeasement
Which describes the role of women on the home front during WWII?
Propaganda and organizations encouraged women to stay home to care for their children.
Propaganda and organizations encouraged women to fill industrial/production jobs while men were away fighting.
Propaganda and organizations encouraged women to join the armed forces.
Propaganda and organizations encouraged women to fill primarily agricultural jobs during the war.
The D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy occurred in ___.
France
Germany
Spain
The United Kingdom
Which was the Nazi Party’s name for the plan to exterminate the Jewish people?
“The Final Solution”
“The First Solution”
“The Final Problem”
“The Holodomor”
Select the true statement:
The Tuskegee Airmen were from Louisiana and used their French language to communicate with the Japanese.
The Navajo tribe helped the U.S. by using their language as a secret code that couldn’t be deciphered by Axis powers.
The Navajo tribe helped Germany by using their language as a secret code that couldn’t be deciphered by Axis powers.
Women stayed at home during the war to care for their children.
How did Cajuns from Louisiana contribute to the overseas war effort during World War II?
Their ability to play the washboard with passion and zeal was used to deafen the Axis troops.
Their French language was used to communicate with the Japanese.
Their French language was used to communicate with Allies in Europe.
They constructed hyper-tough steel crab nets to catch German U-boats spying in the Gulf.
Who was President when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan?
President William McKinley
President Franklin Roosevelt
President Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
How did the international community hold Germany accountable for war crimes committed during World War II, namely the Holocaust?
The Nuremberg Laws
The Treaty of Versailles
The Nuremberg Trials
The Treaty of Paris
Who commanded and encouraged the Allied troops during Operation Overlord (D-Day Invasion)?
General Douglas MacArthur
General George Patton
General Dwight Eisenhower
General George Marshall
Island-hopping was the U.S./Allied strategy in the ____.
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Select the true statement:
Black Americans served as honorable Tuskegee Airmen during WWII.
Americans all served in the same units of the armed forces during WWII.
The Navajo used the French language to communicate with Allies in Europe.
The vegetables from victory gardens were given to soldiers overseas.
Why did Americans ration?
To ensure enough industrial materials would be available for factories
To ensure enough men were drafted into the armed forces
To ensure enough money was available to fund the war effort
To ensure enough food would be available for troops overseas
Which are ways the U.S. served as an “arsenal of democracy”? (Select two.)
By producing a large number of weapons and military supplies
By being bombed at Pearl Harbor
By losing the war
By providing weapons to the Allied powers during the war.
What boats that allowed for amphibious landings during the D-Day invasion were created in New Orleans?
Higgins Boats
U-Boats
G.I. Boats
Overlord Boats
What was the purpose of the Louisiana Maneuvers?
Teach the Cajun Frenchies to speak French
Prepare the U.S. military for combat by holding mock wars in Louisiana.
Create a large number of Higgins Boats
Encourage women to fill industrial jobs during the war
Who tortured and beat American and Filipino troops for a days-long march during the Bataan Death March?
The Japanese
The Germans
The Chinese
The Filipinos
What was the event in which the U.S. government allowed a group of black Americans to be infected with a disease and left untreated for the purpose of a medical study?
The Tuskegee Study
Operation Torch
The Bataan Death March
Operation Overlord
Their language was used to encode messages at Iwo Jima and Okinawa...
Mexican-Americans
Navajo Code Talkers
German Prisoners of War
French Generals
Made it possible for women to participate in the war effort through non-combat positions in the armed forces overseas.
Tuskegee Airmen
Women's Army Corps
War Bonds
Women's Involvement in Industrial Jobs
The source seen here is evidence of _____.
The U.S. government telling Americans to stay out of the war effort.
The American people begging the government for help.
The U.S. government encouraging Americans to participate in the war effort through propaganda.
The Axis forces asking the people of Germany to help them by contributing food from their gardens for the war.
Rosie the Riveter encouraged American women to...
stay out of the war effort.
Get involved in combat positions in the armed forces.
Help the nation by filling industrial jobs at home.
Help develop the Manhattan Project.
Why were Japanese-Americans put into internment camps?
Americans wanted to protect them from the dangers of war.
Americans feared they would attack the country because of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Americans needed someone to do manual labor on the home front, and the Japanese volunteered.
Once the Japanese surrendered, they were put into these camps.
The United States was part of the _____.
Allied powers.
Axis powers.
Which is the correct range of years in which WWII took place? (I just feel you should know this! - Mr. Cheramie) Hint: When did Germany invade Poland...
1939-1945
1929-1945
1739-1745
2039-2045
The plan for Operation Overlord was made at the ____.
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Why do we care about the D-Day invasion?
It was the successful Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe, which was a step towards liberating Europe from the Nazis.
It was unsuccessful but showed us what our armed forces were capable of.
It was the successful Axis invasion of Britain, setting the stage for an Axis victory in the war.
I don't care, Mr. Cheramie (wrong answer--you should care because the world would be really different if WWII had a different outcome.)
Outcome of the Battle of Berlin
Soviet Union invaded Berlin, Berlin falls, Germany surrenders, end of war in Europe.
Failed invasion of Berlin, Germany stands strong, war continues for 2 more years.
U.S. invades Berlin, Germany gets Japan to counterattack by attacking Pearl Harbor.
It was a stalemate.
After the Battle of Midway, who had the strongest Navy in the Pacific?
Japan
The United States
In the Doolittle Raids in the Pacific, the U.S. launched a surprise attack on ___.
London
Tokyo
the Philippines
Berlin
Those who supported the idea of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan said it would ___.
Bring the war to an end without the U.S. having to spend more money.
Only hurt the Japanese economy; not its people.
save lives by avoiding a land invasion of the Japanese mainland.
hurt no one since Japan always surrenders easily.
At the YALTA Conference, Allied leaders ___.
Decided to let Germany remain totally free.
Planned to divide Germany and Berlin among the Allied powers.
Decided to let the Soviet Union have all of Germany.
Planned Operation Overlord.
How did the G.I. Bill help veterans after WWII?
It provided them with free food for the remainder of their lives.
It helped to provide for their medical, educational, and housing needs.
It provided free daycare for their children.
It did not help war veterans.
