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Question 1 - 10
• Which countries made up the Axis Powers?
Answer 1 – 10
• Germany, Italy and Japan.
Question 1 - 20
• True or False the America First Committee was
against America’s involvement in WWII?
Answer 1 – 20
• True. The America First Committee warned
the American public of the folly’s of getting
involved in a second European war.
Question 1 - 30
• What was Cash and Carry?
Answer 1 – 30
• Roosevelt persuaded Congress in 1939 to
adopt a less restrictive Neutrality Act, which
provided that a belligerent could buy US arms
if it used its own ships and paid cash.
Question 1 - 40
• The Neutrality Act of 1935 authorized the
President to prohibit…
Answer 1 – 40
• Prohibit all arms shipments to countries at
war and forbid US citizens from traveling on
ships of belligerent nations.
Question 1 - 50
• What was the Nye Committee’s conclusion
about WWI?
Answer 1 – 50
• The main reason for US participation in WWI
was to serve the greed of bankers and arms
manufacturers.
Question 2 - 10
• Where did the Japanese sneak attack on the
US take place?
Answer 2 – 10
• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Question 2 - 20
• Atomic Bombs were used on what two
Japanese cities?
Answer 2 – 20
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Question 2 - 30
• True or False the Battle of Midway was the
turning point in the war in the Pacific?
Answer 2 – 30
• True. The US destroyed four Japanese carriers
shifting the initiative of the war to favor the
Americans.
Question 2 - 40
• Japanese Kamikaze attacks began at the Battle
of…
Answer 2 – 40
• Leyte Gulf. Over 400 US ships were sank and
10,000 sailors were killed.
Question 2 - 50
• What was Island Hopping?
Answer 2 – 50
• Island Hopping was the US strategy of
invading only the Japanese held islands that
were necessary to move the US closer to an
attack on the Japanese main islands.
Question 3 - 10
• What were the names of the leaders of Nazi
Germany and Fascist Italy?
Answer 3 – 10
• Adolf Hitler and Bonito Mussolini
Question 3 - 20
• What was D-Day?
Answer 3 – 20
• The Allied invasion of France at Normandy. It
was the largest amphibious assault in the
history of the world and it provided the Allies
the foothold they needed to continue the
fight against the Nazis.
Question 3 - 30
• Americans called the German
counteroffensive the Battle…
Answer 3 – 30
• Of the Bulge. The US held back the German
advance in the Ardennes forest in Belgium.
Question 3 - 40
• True or False America’s first major battle in the
European theatre at Kasserine Pass was a
success?
Answer 3 – 40
• False. The Americans were inexperienced and
they had weak equipment. The Germans
commanded by Erwin Rommel defeat the US.
Question 3 - 50
• Why was the Battle of Stalingrad important?
Answer 3 – 50
• Stalingrad was the turning point in the war
between Russia and Germany. The battle
would result in the death of approximately
800,000 people from both sides. Afterward
the Russians started to push the Germans
west into retreat.
Question 4 - 10
• True or False, during WWII Mexicans were
encouraged to come to the US to farm
American fields?
Answer 4 – 10
• True. The US government allowed Braceros or
Mexican farm workers to replace American
farm workers who had left to fight in the war.
Question 4 - 20
• How did the US finance WWII?
Answer 4 – 20
• The government raised taxes and sold war
bonds.
Question 4 - 30
• How did the Supreme Court rule in the
Korematsu case?
Answer 4 – 30
• The Supreme Court upheld the governments
decision to intern over 100,000 JapaneseAmericans as a military necessity.
Question 4 - 40
• The Double V stood for…
Answer 4 – 40
• Victory over fascism and victory for equality
for African-Americans at home.
Question 4 - 50
• How did the Office of Price Administration
affect American lives during WWII?
Answer 4 – 50
• The OPA regulated almost every aspect of
civilians lives by freezing prices, wages, and
rents and rationing such commodities as
meat, sugar, gasoline and auto tires.
Question 5 - 10
• Who were the two Presidents of the US during
WWII?
Answer 5 – 10
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S.
Truman
Question 5 - 20
• Where was the first atomic bomb tested?
Answer 5 – 20
• Alamogordo, New Mexico
Question 5 - 30
• Where did the first major US land offensive of
WWII take place?
Answer 5 – 30
• The Battle of Guadalcanal took place on the
island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific NE of
Australia.
Question 5 - 40
• What was the sight of the most devastating
bombing campaign (killed the most people) of
the war?
Answer 5 – 40
• Dresden, Germany. Although the radiation
produced by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
would eventually kill more people the Dresden
firebombing killed 135,000 Germans in the
initial attack.
Question 5 - 50
• Which admiral adopted the island hopping
strategy?
Answer 5 – 50
• Admiral Chester Nimitz who commanded the
American Navy adopted the island hopping
strategy in order to quickly advance towards
the Japanese main islands.