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1
What caused widespread destruction and forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII?
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Kamikazi pilots bombing US ships
The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Battle of Okinowa
2
Which of these quotes would all fascists agree with?
"Government should own all factories and farms
"Germans are the master race."
"The purpose of government is to protect people's rights."
"A strong dictatorship is the best form of government."
3
A harsh winter proved fatal to Germany's invasion of the USSR. Name this turning point battle.
Battle of Kursk
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
4
Which scientist organized the development of the Atomic Bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Rosenberg
Andrei Sakharov
Albert Einstein
5
Who is the famous character used to promote women working to support the war?
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosie the Riveter
Ethel the Engineer
6
During WWII which group of Americans saw racial barriers temporarily come down?
American Indians
Irish Catholics
Jewish immigrants
African Americans
7
Which Axis nation is NOT correctly paired with its leader?
Italy : Mussolini
Germany : Hitler
Japan : Chang Kai-Shek
8
Name the Supreme Allied Commander who launched D-Day, the amphibious landing at Normandy?
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Omar Bradley
9
Britain and France declared war on Germany after she invaded this nation:
Sudetenland (Czech.)
Norway & Denmark
Austria
Poland
10
Which phrase best completes the chart of Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker
The Nazi-Soviet Pact to divide Poland
anti-Semitism and the Aryan "Master Race"
The Warsaw Uprising of Jews
11
Which group living along the West Coast was forced into Internment Camps during the war?
Japanese
German
Italian
Russian
12
What event led FDR to say: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
German attack on France
Japanese attack on China
German invasion of Poland
13
To get within bombing range of Japan, MacArthur used this strategy:
Island-hopping
Blitzkrieg
Siege
Ring of Fire
14
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret deal to conquer and divide which nation?
Hungary
Romania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
15
After the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk, which Ally was occupied?
France
Britain
Italy
Spain
16
Three of these events caused WWII. Which event got underway after the war started?
a worldwide depression
the rise of facism
Germany's anger of the Versailles Treaty
The Holocaust
17
US foreign policy changed in the years before the war. Which one best completes the chart?
Dollar Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
Big Stick Diplomacy
Isolationism
18
The US defeated the Japanese Navy in this battle which became a turning point in the Pacific.
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinowa
19
Which of these nations does NOT belong to the Axis?
Soviet Union
Japan
Italy
Germany
20
The Battle of Britain began when London was bombed by:
France
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
21
Americans on the Home front did all of these things, EXCEPT one:
bought war bonds
rationed gasoline
planted victory gardens
protested the war
22
Which term describes the Allied response to Hitler's aggression leading up to the war?
Appeasement
Reparations
National self-determination
Lend-Lease program
23
Which doctor developed blood plasma - the artificial liquid that would save countless lives?
Walter Reid
Charles Drew
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Josef Mengele
24
Which of the nations does NOT belong to the Allies?
Canada
Italy
Britain
Soviet Union
25
Which of the following Allies is NOT matched correctly with its leader?
United States : Roosevelt
United States : Truman
Soviet Union : Stalin
Britain : Mussolini
