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World War II U SMultiple Choice Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which treaty ended World War I and helped cause World War II?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Geneva Convention

d)

NATO Agreement

2.

The failure of which group helped cause World War II?

a)

United Nations

b)

League of Nations

c)

Axis Powers

d)

Warsaw Pact

3.

What was the policy where Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s demands?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Militarism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Propaganda

4.

Who became the dictator of Germany before World War II?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Winston Churchill

5.

What event started World War II?

a)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Attack on France

6.

What was the goal of the U.S. Neutrality Acts?

a)

Keep the U.S. out of foreign wars

b)

Help the Allies fight

c)

Build more warships

d)

Stop trade with Asia

7.

What was the name of the secret project to build the atomic bomb?

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Apollo Project

c)

Liberty Plan

d)

Operation Overlord

8.

What did the Lend-Lease Act do?

a)

Forced countries to pay for weapons

b)

Gave weapons and supplies to Allies

c)

Ended all trade

d)

Sent U.S. soldiers overseas

9.

What happened on December 7, 1941?

a)

Germany invaded Poland

b)

D-Day invasion

c)

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

d)

End of World War II

10.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

a)

To weaken the U.S. Navy

b)

To help Germany

c)

To win land in Hawaii

d)

To stop trade with Europe

11.

What was the main goal of the Manhattan Project?

a)

Build more tanks

b)

Create an atomic bomb

c)

Spy on Japan

d)

Train pilots

12.

What document showed Allied plans for after the war?

a)

Geneva Accords

b)

Yalta Papers

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Atlantic Charter

13.

What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Island hopping

c)

Submarine raids

d)

Air strikes only

14.

Why was the Battle of Midway important?

a)

It helped Germany

b)

It started the war

c)

It turned the war in the Pacific in favor of the U.S.

d)

It ended the war

15.

What cities were bombed with atomic weapons?

a)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo and Osaka

c)

Berlin and Hamburg

d)

Seoul and Pyongyang

16.

What does V-J Day stand for?

a)

Victory in Germany

b)

Victory over Japan

c)

Victory in Europe

d)

Victory in the Pacific

17.

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?

a)

Secret pilots

b)

Native Americans who used their language as a code

c)

Army spies in Germany

d)

Japanese translators

18.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

African American fighter pilots

b)

Women soldiers

c)

Naval commanders

d)

Code breakers

19.

What was important about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?

a)

They invaded Germany

b)

They created war posters

c)

They flew bombing missions

d)

They were Japanese American soldiers who fought bravely

20.

What order put Japanese Americans into camps?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Internment Act

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Wartime Emergency Bill

21.

How many Japanese Americans were interned approximately?

a)

10,000

b)

50,000

c)

120,000

d)

300,000

22.

What reason did the government give for Japanese internment?

a)

National security concerns

b)

Fear of disease

c)

Lack of housing

d)

Military service needs

23.

What court case supported Japanese internment?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Korematsu v. United States

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Roe v. Wade

24.

What was the U.S. government’s apology called?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Peace and Freedom Bill

c)

Civil Liberties Act of 1988

d)

Equality Act

25.

What did Rosie the Riveter represent?

a)

Army nurses

b)

Women’s voting rights

c)

Protesters

d)

Women working in factories

26.

What was the main role of women in the military?

a)

Combat fighters

b)

Generals

c)

Nurses and support staff

d)

Navy commanders

27.

What was a big way women helped at home during the war?

a)

Fighting in Europe

b)

Creating war songs

c)

Working in factories

d)

Studying science

28.

What was the Double V Campaign?

a)

Victory abroad and victory at home for civil rights

b)

A new war plan

c)

A women’s rights movement

d)

A food saving program

29.

What event led to Japanese internment?

a)

D-Day

b)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

Germany invaded France

d)

Battle of Midway

30.

Why did the U.S. intern Japanese Americans?

a)

To teach them English

b)

Because of job shortages

c)

Fear they might help Japan

d)

For military training

31.

Who ended segregation in the military?

a)

President Roosevelt

b)

President Kennedy

c)

President Eisenhower

d)

President Truman

32.

How did African American demands help civil rights?

a)

They led to new taxes

b)

They caused strikes

c)

They pushed for equal treatment

d)

They stopped the war

33.

What impact did Black soldiers have on Truman?

a)

Made him change generals

b)

Made him support ending segregation

c)

Made him leave office

d)

Made him stop the war

34.

Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs?

a)

To quickly end the war with Japan

b)

To test the bomb

c)

To stop Germany

d)

To scare other countries

35.

How did the atomic bomb affect global politics?

a)

It made peace easy

b)

It started a nuclear arms race

c)

It ended war forever

d)

It caused World War I

36.

What was a major debate about using the bomb?

4 lines
37.

[Question stem missing]

a)

If it worked underwater

b)

If it was expensive

c)

If it was morally right to use it on civilians

38.

What event caused World War II?

a)

Germany invades France.

b)

Britain defend itself against Germany.

c)

Germany invades Poland.

d)

A German U-boat sinks the Lusitania.

39.

Appeasement

Treaty of Versailles

Rise of Dictators

Alliances

Militarism

Imperialism

Failure of the League of Nations

What label best categorizes the list above?

40.

Who were the Big Three at Yalta?

a)

Stalin, Truman and Churchill

b)

Stalin, Truman and Attlee

c)

Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill