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women airforce service pilots were called flappers
True
False
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Who is Japan’s prime minister that ordered attack on Pearl Harbor?
Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill
Rosie the Riveter
Adolf Hitler
3
June 6, 1944. Led by Eisenhower, million troops, stormed Normandy + began to take over France. Turning point in WW2.
M-Day
D-Day
C-Day
VE-day
4
Used to hold Japanese-American citizens due to fear of spies and saboteurs during WW2
Internment camps
All day camps
Japanese camps
Government camps
5
The Maginot Line was a Line of defense built by ______ to protect against German invasion. Fill in the blank.
Switzerland
France
Germany
Belgium
6
December, 1944-January, 1945. After capturing France, Allied advance became stalled along the German border.
Ve-day
Battle of Britian
Battle of the Bulge
D-day
7
Placed severe restrictions of Jews, prohibited from marrying non- Jews, education, holding Gov. jobs, practicing laws.
Night of broken glass
Nazi laws
Jews-protection camps
Nuremberg Laws
8
a lightening war a form of suprise attacks in which fast moving planes were followed by massive infantry (Poland) is…
Selective Training and Service Act
Battle of Britain
Scorched-Earth policy
Blitzgrieg
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Selective training and Service Act is a 1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
False
True
10
Roosevelt elected to 3rd term. Republican opponent Wendell Willkie had troubles with his lack of involvement. FDR won.
1943 presidential election
1930 presidential election
1940 presidential election
1950 presidential election
11
The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945.
FDR
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
12
Organization created by isolationists who argued that the United States should keep out of Europe’s business is…
Atlantic Charter
Disarmament
WASPS
American First Committee
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Lend/Lease Act allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the U.S
True
False
14
Adolph Hitler was the German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
False
True
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Soviet city where the German army was forced to surrender after a battle that lasted for months.
Stalingrad
France
Switzerland
D-Day
16
The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 were series of laws. Choose the answer that WAS NOT one of these laws.
Ship weapons
Loan money
Deliver and travel goods
Mail letter to other countries
17
Year the U.S. entered WWII
1943
1942
1941
1939
18
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, 1939 agreement that the 2 nations agreed to not attack one another and spilt Poland
True
False
19
Joseph Stalin is a communists dictator of
Japan
Poland
Soviet Union
Germany
20
Who was a advertising campaign character who encouraged women to take factor jobs?
Remi the Riveter
Reagan the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter
Reese the Riveter
21
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator is a anarchy
True
False
22
military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
Disarmament
Leningrad
Dictatorship
Siege
23
Battle of EL Alamein
(1940) germany vs France germany wins and expands territory.
(1945) World war 2 battle France vs Britain. France wins and takes over.
(1942) World War II battle. Britain won a victory over Germany in Egypt.
Pearl Habor
24
The Dunkirk Evacuation was…
Organization created by isolationists
Lend-Lease Act
all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
British & french forces escaped to England, saving over 300k allied troops.
25
As siege was put on ______ by Germany to try to make the Russians surrender. Fill in the blank
Stalingrad
Poland
Switzerland
Leningrad
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An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe and Britain.
Battle of Germany
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Blitzgrieg
27
Dec 7 1941; Japanese attack American naval base and airforces in Oahu; US declares war on japan.
Revenue Act
Holocaust
Pearl Harbor Attack
Battle of Britain
28
People murdered tons of jews, mass arresting, human trafficking, and Jews were sent to concentration camps.
Final solution
Peak
Climax
Holocaust
29
British and American statement of goals for fighting World War II
Atlantic Charter
Paying loans
Disarment
Lend/Lease Act
30
giving in to an aggressor’s demands in the hopes that no more demands will be made is…
Scorched Earth Policy
Dunkirk Evacuation
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
Policy of Appeasement (Sudetenland)
31
American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
False
True
32
Disarmament
Giving up military weapons
Lending loans to the government
Investing
Paying debts
33
The Prime minister of Great Britain During WWll is Winston Churchill
False
True
34
Native American men who in the military, transmitted radio messages in their native languages to talk to other soldiers.
Secret service men
Code program
Code talkers
Military talkers
35
The Bracero Program was a plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms.
False
True
36
Erwin Rommel
Japan’s prime minister who led from (1987-1993) “Sea Bear”
Brave WW2 Pilot
Soviet Union field marshal who was names “Winter Lion” for his bravery
German Field marshal, a brilliant generalship. “Desert Fox” (1891-1944)
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the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
Genocide
Jews-killing
Homocide
Holocaust
38
the organization and training of civilians for the protection of lives and property during and after attacks in wartime.
Rationing
Karate
Code talkers
Civil Defense
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Rationing is…
Restricting the amount of food + other goods people may buy during war time
Making investments
military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position
40
VE Day
January 12, 1945. Victory in germany against France.
1946, victory in Europe against Poland.
August 24, 1940, victory in Poland against Britain.
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered.
41
raised corporation taxes and required nearly all Americans to pay income taxes in an effort to pay for WWll
Stock Market crash
Revenue Act of 1942
WASPS
Build-up Act
42
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Homocide
Genocide
Holocaust
Siege
43
A ruler who has complete power over a country is a Dictator
True
False
44
prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Horrible conditions, prisoners starved or killed immediately
Jew camps
Nazi camps
Concentration Camps
Internment camps
45
Years of World War II
1940-1946
1941-1950
1939-1945
1939-1947
46
Scorched Earth Policy
Soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy
Lend-Lease Act
Dictators kill other Dictators
The Holocaust
47
Book written by Hitler while in prison in 1923; the book outlines his policies for….
German Expansion
Elimination of non-Aryans
War
All of the above
48
How did people view Emperor Hirohito, the emperor of Japan?
As a god
As a cowardly leader
As a horrible person
As a okay emperor
49
Internment camps treated the people very kindly, and everyone living their stayed extremely healthy and strong.
False
True
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1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans.
Korematsu v. Germany
Korematsu v. Japan
Korematsu v. Soviet Union
Korematsu v. U.S
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War Bonds are…
Bonds between friends in the government
Investing in shares
Volunteering for the war
Short-term loans from citizens to the government that financed 2/3 of WW2.
