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World War II - Part 1
World War II - Part 1
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1939-1945
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This Empire invaded the Republic of China in 1937.
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
United States
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In 1941, Japan attacked this American naval base in Hawaii; resulting in the US entering the war.
Pearl Harbor
Norfolk
San Diego
Pensacola
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Italian politician, founded National Fascist Party.
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
FDR
Benito Mussolini
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President of the U.S. during WWII; died while in office in 1945.
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Restricting the supply of items used by the public during wartime (meat, gasoline, etc).
scrap drives
conservation
victory gardens
rationing
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Pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war.
militarism
nationalism
appeasement
alliance
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This event officially started World War II on September 1, 1939.
German invasion of Poland
Hitler becoming the German Chancellor
German invasion of France
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor
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Years of World War II.
1950-1953
1914-1918
1959-1975
1939-1945
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Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced to relocate to crowded prison camps during WWII.
extermination camps
summer camps
concentration camps
internment camps
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The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to -
encourage immigrant enlistment in the US Army during WWII
give the U.S. an advanage in military encryption
increase the number of women joining the US military during WWII
decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
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What was one reason Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?
Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps.
The U.S. strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.
U.S. trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.
The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway.
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A ruler with total power over a country.
republic
oligarchy
dictator
democracy
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Soviet politician who ruled from mid-1920s-1953, Communist Party.
FDR
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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What was a primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?
To encourage women to join the workforce
To promote the purchase of organically grown produce
To reduce health problems among working women
To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage
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The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.
Buchenwald
Gestapo
Kristallnacht
Holocaust
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Austrian-born, German politician, dictator 1933-1945, Nazi Party, Führer.
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
FDR
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Which action prompted the U.S. to officially enter WWII?
Japanese military actions in Indochina
German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships
The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base
The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe
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The nation was more important than the individual, a strong gvmt led by a dictator was needed to impose order on society
socialist
communist
fascism
Nazism
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National Socialist German Workers’ Party, anticommunist.
Fascist Party
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Nazi Party
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Which nation was
NOT
an Allied power of WWII?
Great Britain
U.S.
Germany
Soviet Union
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Which nation was NOT an Axis power during WWII?
Germany
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
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This 1944 poster was produced most likely in response to the
lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force
lack of women able to serve in combat
growing demand for personnel to support the war effort
growing demand for equal pay for equal work