Which was NOT a result of WWII in the US?

US became more isolated in the world

A system where all property is public and people work

During WWII the US became an Arsenal of Democracy, What does this mean?

We began mass producing military supplies for our allies

Which did NOT happen on the home front during WWII?

Children went to work in factories to help their families.

The Maginot Line was...

Very strong French defenses built in the 30's to keep Germany out

Why did the Soviet Union Sign the nonaggression pact?

They needed time to rebuild after the purges of the 30's

Good of State over the individual

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1
Communism is the belief that people should own their own businesses
True
False
2
Guadalcanal, the site of bloody fighting during World War II, is part of what country?
Vietnam
Austria
Solomon Islands
Easter Island
3
What was the first country Hitler took over?
Austria
The Rhineland
Australia
Albania
4
What country was Benito Mussolini from?
Spain
France
Portugal
Italy
5
Who faced racism and violence with the Zoot Suit Riots
Jewish Americans
German Americans
Italian Americans
Mexican Americans
6
He was the President that took over after FDR died and decided to drop the A-Bombs on Japan
Hoover
Johnson
Turner
Truman
7
The Japanese lost their ability to fight a large scale naval battle at
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
8
What building did Hitler set on fire to trick Germany to make him a dictator
The Reichstag
The Louvre
The Washington Monument
The Tower of London
9
How many stars were on the US flag during WWII?
13
34
50
48
10
What war during the 1930s influenced the development of military tactics that we used in WWII?
The Korean War
The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish-American War
The Boer War
11
What was thought to be the Soft Underbelly?
Greece
Italy
Normandy
India
12
Which was NOT a result of WWII in the US?
Ended the Great Depression
US became more isolated in the world
Desegregated the Military
Women into the workforce
13
What event started WWII?
Assassination of the Arch Duke
Invasion of Austria
Germany enters the Rhineland
Invasion of Poland
14
What were the African American Pilots called in WWII?
Grambling Six
Dubois Airmen
Tuskegee Airmen
Harlem Pilots
15
What did the French build to try and keep Germany at bay?
Southern Border Wall
Great Wall of France
Atlantic Wall
Maginot Line
16
2nd City America dropped the Atomic Bomb on
Nagasaki
Kobe
Yokohama
Nagoya
17
The Supreme Court upheld the Japanese internment in WWII with
Kamikaze v. United States
Daniel v. Miyagi
Mt. Fuji v. United States
Korematsu v. United States
18
Who was the leader of Britain for most of the War
Attlee
Thatcher
Chamberlain
Churchill
19
Who was tasked with reorganizing the Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor
Erwin Rommel
Bull Halsey
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Nimitz
20
Who didn't belong to the Axis Powers
Germany
Japan
Italy
China
21
In which State is the USS Arizona Memorial located in?
California
New York
Hawaii
Arizona
22
Nazism is Fascism with what added?
Extreme Isolationism
Communism
Extreme Racism
Expansionism
23
WWII Officially Ended Aboard the
U.S.S. Missouri
U.S.S. Montana
U.S.S. Maine
U.S.S. Arizona
24
What was the last Island that the U.S. invaded in the Pacific?
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
25
What was the turning point on the Eastern Front?
Midway
Leningrad
Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
26
What was the treaty that ended WWI and later lead to WWII?
Geneva Conference
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Paris Peace Accords
Treaty of Versailles
27
What was the code name for the invasion of Normandy
Operation Torch
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Overlook
Operation Overlord
28
Which of the following was not part of the Marianas?
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Iwo Jima
29
What was the last German Offensive?
2nd Battle of Bull Run
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
30
Which of the following is true about the USS Indianapolis?
It delivered the Little Boy bomb to Tinian Island
It was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58
It was a Portland-class heavy cruiser
All of the above
31
What is Communism?
A government by less, mainly despotic power exercised and privileged group
A system of government by one person with absolute power.
A system where all property is public and people work
A regime characterized by a single leader or group of leaders
32
This WWII leader was Emperor of Japan and ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Mussolini
Hirohito
33
What was the Luftwaffe?
The Italian Navy
The Japanese Army
The German Airforce
The German Navy
34
How did Hitler come to power?
After he took the Rhineland
Set Fire to the Riechstag
Assassinated Hindenberg
At the Beer Hall
35
During WWII the US became an Arsenal of Democracy, What does this mean?
Rosie became a superstar
We began mass producing military supplies for our allies
We began placing Japanese Americans in internment camps
We set fire to major world capitals
36
What were many women called who worked in factories in WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
Patty the Plumber
Bouncing Betty
Wanda the Welder
37
What took away Jewish Citizenship
Mein Kampf
Nuremberg Laws
Kristallnacht
Nuremberg Trials
38
Can you recall what the Enola Gay was?
Bomber aircraft
Destroyer
Cruiser
Battleship
39
Type of economy where private ownership of business occurs
Socialist
Command Market
Capitalism
Communism
40
Who is best known for their policy of appeasement toward Germany during WWII?
Neville Chamberlain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
41
Which did NOT happen on the home front during WWII?
Americans of Japanese decent were interned in camps.
Propaganda influenced Americans to support the war.
Women joined the workforce in large numbers.
Children went to work in factories to help their families.
42
What does Kamakazee mean?
Suicide Pilots
Devine Pilots
Devine Wind
Japanese Dive bomber
43
What was America's foreign policy in the 1930's
Interventionist
Expansionist
Imperialistic
Isolationism
44
What was the German Military fighting style called
totaler Krieg
Blitzkrieg
Krav Maga
Schleichend krieg
45
The Maginot Line was...
The new border between France and Germany in the Treaty of Versailles
Very strong French defenses built in the 30's to keep Germany out
Very strong German defenses built in the 30's to keep France out
The border Hitler hoped to create if he went to war with France
46
What was the American Strategy in the Pacific
Anti-Kamikazee Warfare
Using Battle Tanks
Island Hopping
Total War
47
What was the Allied invasion of Africa called?
Operation Sea Wolf
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Torch
Operation Desert Shield
48
Who was the leader of Spain in WWII
Frank Sinatra
Francis Marion
Benito Mussolini
Fransisco Franco
49
What was the turning point in the Pacific?
Iwo Jima
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Doo Little Raid
50
Why did the Soviet Union Sign the nonaggression pact?
Needed time to build Tanks
They needed time to rebuild after the purges of the 30's
So they didn't have to fight a 2 front war
Wanted to play possum with Hitler
51
What is Fascism?
Good of the people over the government
State owned healthcare system
Good of State over the individual
Redistribution of the wealth in society
52
What was the Manhattan Project?
A secret alliance between USA and USSR
Code name for the US's effort to create the atomic bomb
The military code name for World War II
A testing ground in the middle of Europe
53
What was the name of the British Air-force during WWII?
Sputnik
U-boats
Royal Air Force
Air Force 1
54
Where did Hitler practice his Blitzkrieg?
Italian Civil War
Invasion of Poland
Spanish Civil War
Ethiopian Campaign
55
Why are "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" significant to WWII?
They were singers who raised morale for the troops.
They were nicknames FDR gave to Hitler and Mussolini.
They were atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Code names given for D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge
56
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as what during WWII?
The Allied Forces
The Fascists
The Final Solution
The Axis Powers
57
Hitler was arrested during the
Octoberfest of 1923
Beer Hall Putsch
Muttertag
Neujahrstag
58
What was the 1st country Germany took over in the 1930's?
Austria
The Rhineland
Australia
Switzerland
59
Why did the Allies attack Africa and then Italy?
They thought it was the soft underbelly of Europe
General Casertano wanted to visit his family along the way
It was the shortest distance to Berlin
They loved pasta
60
Why did America Join WWII
To Stop Hitler
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
End the Great Depression
End the Holocaust
61
How many WWII bombers were lost to enemy attack while escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen?
0
1,000,000
62
What Native American language was used as a code during WWII?
Seminole
Algonquin
Iroquois
Navajo
63
The international organization created after WWII to prevent future wars
League of Nations
Action League NOW
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
64
How did the Allies appease the Germans?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Bonn Agreement
Munich Agreement
65
The Battle of Britain was a(an)
Submarine Battle
Major Naval Battle
Tank Battle
Air War
66
This British Prime Minister signed the Munich Pact
Neville Chamberline
Winston Churchill
Charles De Gaulle
Adolf Hitler
67
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of WWII - True or False
False
True
68
What country did Hitler annex with the Munich Agreement?
Poland
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Austria
69
What day was D-Day?
June 6th 1945
July 4th 1776
July 14, 1789
June 6th 1944
70
He was the General that planned D-Day
Sun Tzu
Rommel
Eisenhower
Grant
71
The battle where Japan lost their ability to truly continue their air war against the U.S.
Battle of Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Philippine Sea (Marianas Turkey Shoot)
72
He was the only communist leader in WWII
Franco
Stalin
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
73
Who was Erwin Rommel
"Desert Eagle" American General
"Desert Fox" German General
"Desert Camel" African General
"Desert Snake" Chinese General"
74
Where did we drop the 1st Atomic Bomb
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Mt. Surabachi
75
During WWII, which countries made up the Allied Powers?
France, Germany and America
America, Great Britain, The Soviet Union and China
Japan, Germany and Italy
The Soviet Union, Great Britain, Japan and Canada
76
How did the US provoke the Japanese before WWII?
Cut off sales of Oil and Gas
Cut off sales of Timber
Sank Japanese merchant ships
Allied with Japanese enemies
77
Japanese Americans were called
Illegal Aliens
Enemy Immigrants
Enemy Aliens
Unwanted Aliens
78
What book did Hitler write?
Im Westen Nichts Neues
Der Vorleser
Die Verwandlung
Mein Kampf
79
Type of Government that Spain had during the Second World War
Democratic
Nazism
Communist
Fascist
80
He was the leader of Britain that signed the Munich Agreement
Neville Chamberlain
William Wallace
William Shakespeare
Winston Churchill
81
The Marines raised the American Flag on
Mt. Rushmore
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Surabachi
82
Which answer is NOT true about women during WWII?
they took over man jobs
nothing changed for the women
they joined the war
they started playing baseball
83
Where is the Iwo Jima Memorial located at ?
DisneyWorld
Japan
Arlington Cemetery in Arlington Virginia
Iwo Jima
84
This brought America into WWII
Japanese invasion of California
Invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
85
What did the Treaty of Versailles not do?
Blame Germany for the War
Make them Pay for the War
Make them reduce their Military
Make them Militarize the Rhineland
86
Why did the U.S. want Iwo Jima
An airfield for fighters
To take the largest submarine base in the world
To kill more Japanese
A place for a great photo op.
87
Where did the Bataan Death March happen?
San Diego
Oahu
China
Phillippines
88
Japanese internment during WWII happened because
economic depression
immigration laws
Jim Crow laws
racial prejudices
89
Who was the president when WWII began?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Teddy Roosevelt
90
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Germanys last gamble at turning the war in there favor
A invasion of Britain
A US invasion of Germany
The siege of Berlin
91
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Japanese cities destroyed by the newest, dangerous weapon
The 1st and 2nd cities attacked with new atomic bombs
These cities do not exist
2 Japanese heros who shot destroyed enemy ships
92
Nonaggression pact...
U.S. response to Pearl Harbor.
Battle of Stalingrad.
Germany's attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe.
Hitler and Stalin's agreement not to attack one another.
93
America first faced the Japanese Army at
Midway
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Coral Sea
94
Why was this evacuation called a "miracle"?
100's of volunteer civilian boats crossed the Channel to help save troops
All of the above
Over 330,000 Allied troops managed to escape capture
The British had assumed most would be killed or captured by Germany
95
The Price For Breaking The Code Of Bushido was Seppuku, meaning...
ritual suicide
an eternity on the island of Honshu
Life in prison
a fight to the death
96
What was the 1st Naval Battle where no Naval guns were fired?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Bulge
Marianas Turkey Shoot
Battle of the Great Barrier Reef

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