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World War II test for US History 2nd
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Question 1
1.

At this 1945 conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss plans to govern postwar Germany and to rebuild the war-torn nations of Europe.

Question 2
2.

Select ALL countries that were in the AXIS Powers.

Question 3
3.

Select ALL 3 countries that were part of the Allies

Question 4
4.

This map below shows the resistance of American and Allied forces against the German offensive in late-1944, which became known as

Question 5
5.

To win this battle, the Allies had to break the coded communication of the German U-Boats

Question 6
6.

The purpose of this attack on Nazi-occupied France was to split the German army in half by opening up a western front in Europe.

Question 7
7.

What phrase is used to describe the extermination of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany?

Question 8
8.

This is the tactic Germany used to take control of Europe quickly early in WWII.

Question 9
9.

In 1939, the USA altered the Neutrality Acts to allow arm sales to Britain, but we did not provide loans nor did the USA offer to ship weapons to Britain on American ships. What was this program called?

Question 10
10.

By allowing the United States to sell weapons using credit, loan weapons and supplies to the Allies, and transport the goods across the Atlantic Ocean, FDR called the United States "_____________________________"

Question 11
11.

Hitler broke this agreement to never go to war with the Soviet Union

Question 12
12.

This longest serving U.S. President died of a stroke shortly before the end of WWII.

Question 13
13.

This man was the leader of Germany during WWII

Question 14
14.

This law allowed the United States to sell and loan weapons and goods to Great Britain and the USSR and to transport the goods for them across the Atlantic Ocean for them.

Question 15
15.

This man was the military dictator of Japan in WWII.

Question 16
16.

This photograph depicts women learning welding in the 1940s. It shows that women

Question 17
17.

The United States financed (paid for) its efforts in World War II by

Question 18
18.

This photograph shows U.S. residents at an internment camp during World War II. These people are most likely

Question 19
19.

What role did "Rosie the Riveter" (seen here) play during World War II?

Question 20
20.

While World War II raged outside of the United States, attempts were made in the U.S. to support the war effort by

Question 21
21.

Which statement BEST describes the Tuskegee Airmen (pictured here)?

Question 22
22.

This government organization directed factories in the United States to make certain weapons and material needed to win WWII.

Question 23
23.

This WWII era civil rights leader during World War II fought for equal pay for black workers and an end to segregation in the military.

Question 24
24.

Women working in war related industries caused a major rise in the need for

Question 25
25.

This organization was created to entertain US troops overseas.

Question 26
26.

During WWII, African Americans continued the _________________________, leaving the Jim Crow South in search of war-related jobs in the North and West Coast.

Question 27
27.

During the Civil War, WWI, & WWII, African Americans fought in

Question 28
28.

What was used by ordinary civilians to make sure there was enough goods, food and materials to ensure that the troops could win the war?

Question 29
29.

How did World War II begin in Europe?

Question 30
30.

Circle where Japan attacted on December 7, 1941.

Question 31
31.

President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941, would "live in infamy" because on that day

Question 32
32.

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

Question 33
33.

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

Question 34
34.

The first atomic bomb ever dropped in warfare was dropped on the city of

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Question 35
35.

President Harry Truman's motivation for droping the bomb would best be described as

Question 36
36.

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific get around Japanese fortified islands in the Pacific?

Question 37
37.

The United States had to take these two heavily fortified Japanese islands to get close enough to Japan to drop the atomic bomb or prepare for a land invasion of Japan.

Question 38
38.

Breaking with their isolationist foreign policy, the United States entered WWII

Question 39
39.

The Battle of Midway was significant because it

Question 40
40.

What was the NOT a reason President Truman ordered the military to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945?

Question 41
41.

What occurred at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II?

Question 42
42.

At this conference, Truman warned Japan to surrender of face "complete and utter destruction"

Question 43
43.

Which of these events occurred LAST?

Question 44
44.

The creation of the military facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1942 was for the purpose of

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Question 45
45.

Overall is a land invastion of Japan by American troops a positive or negative option? Why?

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Question 46
46.

Overall is the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan a poistive or negative option. Why?

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Question 47
47.

Overall, is demonstrating the bomb for Japan a positive or negative option? Why?

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Question 48
48.

Overall, is negotiating a peace treaty with Japan a positive or negative option? Why?

Question 49
49.

Overall, is using the bomb to force an immediate end to the war a positive or negative option? Why?

Question 50
50.

What do you think the best option was and why?