WWII Review
What three countries wanted to fix their countries through conquest? a. Italy, Poland, Germany c. Britain, France, U.S. b. Germany, Japan, Britain d. Italy, Germany, Japan
What event caused the U.S. to join WWII?
a.
The invasion of Poland b.
The bombing of Hiroshima b. The bombing of Pearl Harbor d. The Munich Pact
The Japanese in a brutal massacre took over what Chinese area? a. Hong Kong b. Manchuria c. Taiwan d. Shanghai
What country did Hitler invade after Czechoslovakia and his pact with Stalin? a. France c. Poland b. Japan d. North Africa
What was the purpose of the Rosie the Riveter poster? a. to convince women to join war . b. to convince women to take the jobs men had left c. to make women stop helping the war effort d. to show women were in charge of men and women
What event caused the rise of fascism and totalitarianism? a. World War I b. the Russian Revolution c. the Spanish Civil War d. the Cold War
What did Japan ally themselves with in 1940? a. the Allies b. the Polish c. the Finnish d. the Axis Powers
During the 1930’s the United States was focused mainly on what? a. foreign affairs c. domestic affairs b. war d. foreign and domestic affairs
Why did Congress pass the Neutrality Acts? a. to support peaceful countries c. to limit our involvement overseas b. support South America d. to be totally involved overseas
Why did the government evacuate the Japanese from the West Coast? a. to protect them from attacks from Japan b. refusal of the Nisei to accept U.S. citizenship c. prejudice & fear from attack on Pearl Harbor d. terrorist attacks
Which of the below is in correct order? a. Pearl Harbor, Atomic Bomb, German attack Poland, Defeat of France b. Defeat of France, Pearl Harbor, German Attack Poland, Atomic Bomb c. Atomic Bomb, Pearl Harbor, German Attack Poland, Defeat of France d. German Attack Poland, Defeat France, Pearl Harbor, Atomic Bomb
What ages did the Selective Training & Service act require men to be when registering for service? a. 18 and 80 b. 21 and 36 c. 18 and 40 d. 18 and 56
What did Automobile industries make instead of cars? a. ships c. tanks
The massive loss of Jewish People in Europe… a. Executive Order 8802 c. Manhattan Project b. food d. bombers a. establish Gestapo and love the Jews c. hang out with the Jews and open the
Warsaw ghetto b. Executive Order 9066 d. The Holocaust
How did the government finance the war? a. taxes, war bonds, deficit spending c. savings bonds, taxes, deficit spending
What is the Eastern European turning point of the war? b. taxes, war bonds, cut backs d. taxes, reduce corporate profits, war bonds
a. Battle of Midway c. Battle of Stalingrad b. Battle of the Bulge d. D-Day
What was the goal of the Nazis and what action did they take to accomplish this? b. get rid of the Jews and open the Warsaw ghetto d. get rid of the Jews and hos the Evian Conference

WWII Review
What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project and what reason did Harry Truman use to authorize the use? a. develop an atomic bomb & end WWII c. develop an atomic bomb & start WWII c. the Holocaust
What event led to Japan’s surrender? b. develop invasion strategy of Japan and end WWII d. build new aircraft carriers & end WWII
Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of?
a. Executive Order 8802 b. Executive Order 9066 d. Private Prayer in School
a. Battle of the Bulge b. Battle of Midway c. destruction of Nagasaki d. the Bataan Death March
The Lend-Lease Act, The Atlantic Charter, Executive Order 9066, and the Manhattan Project were all what leaders’ decision?
a. Franklin D Roosevelt c. Harry S. Truman
Why was D-Day Important? b. Omar Bradley d. Dwight Eisenhower
a. forced the Soviet Union to surrender c. the Allied Powers opened a new front b. the Axis powers finally took all of Europe d. forced Japan to surrender
Who was the British Prime Minister who signed the peace accord at Munich?
a. Churchill b. Chamberlain
c. Stalin d. Hitler
Who was the general that led the Pacific front of WWII? a. Bradley c. Patton b. Eisenhower d. MacArthur
Nimitz & MacArthur used this tactic to defeat the Axis Powers in the Pacific?
a. blitzkrieg b. island hopping c. guerilla warfare d. trench warfare
Need to know:
Appeasement-policy of stronger countries giving into demands of hostile power to maintain peace
Benito Mussolini- fascist party leader who became a dictator of Italy
Axis Powers- Italy, Germany, Japan
Hitler- leader of the Nazi Party
GI- referred to U.S. Servicemen
Allie Powers- group of countries who opposed Axis powers
Stalin- leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
war bonds- government savings notes bought by Americans to help finance the war.
Jesse Owens- track star that won 4 gold medals in 1936 Olympics
Blitzkrieg- means lightning war
Winston Churchill- British Prime Minister during WWII
Kamikaze- suicide plane
Omar Bradly- general who led the U.S. army to victories in Italy and North African
D-day- storming of Normandy beach
George Marshall- Chief of staff of U.S. military and primary advisor to FDR
MacArthur-General of US army in the Pacific
Chamberlain-British prime minister who signed Munich peace accord