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1
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of London
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
2
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
France
Poland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
3
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman
4
This African-American proposed a March on Washington to push for Civil Rights and Jobs in Wartime Industries
Langston Hughes
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Philip Randolph
5
What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
6
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Germany
US
Great Britain
Soviet Union
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This was the Final meeting of the Allies original "Big Three"?
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
Paris
8
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Tojo
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
9
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
10
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
US
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
11
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Berlin
Nagasaki
12
Supreme Court Case that challenged executive order 9066
Korematsu v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Bakke v. California
13
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Italy, US
14
What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?
Inflatable tanks
Capture of all German spies
All of these
Operation Bodyguard
15
Top Secret Project that was developed in Tennessee, Washington, and built/teseted in New Mexico
SUNY Project
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Manhattan Project
16
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
17
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
D-Day
B-Day
18
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Eisenhower
Rommel
Montgomery
Goring
19
Who wanted the New Deal to do MORE to redistribute wealth and give all Americans a minimum income?
Herbert Hoover
Alf Landon
Elenor Roosevelt
Huey Long
20
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Amphibious assault
Prolonged aerial bombings
Atomic bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
21
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them back to Japan
Nothing
Sent them to fight in Europe
Sent them to Internment Camps
22
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Midway
Okinawa
23
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Island Hopping
Blitzkreig
Fire Bombing
24
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Buy-Sell Act
Supplies Act
Lend-Lease Act
Non-aggression pact
25
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
26
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
27
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Lack of food and water
Radiation Poisoning
Severe injuries
Burns
28
At home during the war, the United States did the following
Changed consumer behavior, focused on ratioining and recycling
All the Above
Saw an increase in Women taking factory jobs and nursing
Took on a total war effort
29
What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?
Treaty of Versailles
Lend-Lease Act
Tripartite Alliance
Non-Aggression Pact
30
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hirohito
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The leader of Russia during WW2:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
Churchill
32
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Little Man and Fat Boy
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
Alfred and Big John