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Soviet city where the German army was forced to surrender after a battle that lasted for months.
Stalingrad
France
D-Day
Switzerland
2
the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
Jews-killing
Holocaust
Genocide
Homocide
3
Dec 7 1941; Japanese attack American naval base and airforces in Oahu; US declares war on japan.
Revenue Act
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor Attack
Holocaust
4
Battle of EL Alamein
(1940) germany vs France germany wins and expands territory.
Pearl Habor
(1942) World War II battle. Britain won a victory over Germany in Egypt.
(1945) World war 2 battle France vs Britain. France wins and takes over.
5
Selective training and Service Act is a 1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
True
False
6
A ruler who has complete power over a country is a Dictator
True
False
7
Who is Japan’s prime minister that ordered attack on Pearl Harbor?
Rosie the Riveter
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
8
Years of World War II
1940-1946
1941-1950
1939-1947
1939-1945
9
raised corporation taxes and required nearly all Americans to pay income taxes in an effort to pay for WWll
WASPS
Build-up Act
Revenue Act of 1942
Stock Market crash
10
Organization created by isolationists who argued that the United States should keep out of Europe’s business is…
American First Committee
Disarmament
Atlantic Charter
WASPS
11
People murdered tons of jews, mass arresting, human trafficking, and Jews were sent to concentration camps.
Climax
Peak
Holocaust
Final solution
12
How did people view Emperor Hirohito, the emperor of Japan?
As a cowardly leader
As a okay emperor
As a horrible person
As a god
13
Book written by Hitler while in prison in 1923; the book outlines his policies for….
All of the above
War
German Expansion
Elimination of non-Aryans
14
The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 were series of laws. Choose the answer that WAS NOT one of these laws.
Ship weapons
Mail letter to other countries
Loan money
Deliver and travel goods
15
The Maginot Line was a Line of defense built by ______ to protect against German invasion. Fill in the blank.
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
France
16
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator is a anarchy
True
False
17
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe and Britain.
Battle of Germany
Dunkirk
Blitzgrieg
Battle of Britain
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Scorched Earth Policy
Dictators kill other Dictators
Lend-Lease Act
The Holocaust
Soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy
19
The Bracero Program was a plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms.
True
False
20
American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
True
False
21
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Siege
Homocide
Holocaust
Genocide
22
military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
Disarmament
Leningrad
Dictatorship
Siege
23
Disarmament
Lending loans to the government
Investing
Giving up military weapons
Paying debts
24
giving in to an aggressor’s demands in the hopes that no more demands will be made is…
Scorched Earth Policy
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
Dunkirk Evacuation
Policy of Appeasement (Sudetenland)
25
the organization and training of civilians for the protection of lives and property during and after attacks in wartime.
Rationing
Code talkers
Civil Defense
Karate
26
British and American statement of goals for fighting World War II
Disarment
Atlantic Charter
Lend/Lease Act
Paying loans
27
Year the U.S. entered WWII
1943
1941
1942
1939
28
1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans.
Korematsu v. Soviet Union
Korematsu v. Japan
Korematsu v. U.S
Korematsu v. Germany
29
The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945.
FDR
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
30
Adolph Hitler was the German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
True
False
31
Roosevelt elected to 3rd term. Republican opponent Wendell Willkie had troubles with his lack of involvement. FDR won.
1943 presidential election
1930 presidential election
1950 presidential election
1940 presidential election
32
women airforce service pilots were called flappers
False
True
33
Native American men who in the military, transmitted radio messages in their native languages to talk to other soldiers.
Code talkers
Secret service men
Military talkers
Code program
34
December, 1944-January, 1945. After capturing France, Allied advance became stalled along the German border.
Battle of the Bulge
Ve-day
Battle of Britian
D-day
35
prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Horrible conditions, prisoners starved or killed immediately
Internment camps
Nazi camps
Concentration Camps
Jew camps
36
Who was a advertising campaign character who encouraged women to take factor jobs?
Rosie the Riveter
Reese the Riveter
Reagan the Riveter
Remi the Riveter
37
Joseph Stalin is a communists dictator of
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
Poland
38
a lightening war a form of suprise attacks in which fast moving planes were followed by massive infantry (Poland) is…
Blitzgrieg
Scorched-Earth policy
Selective Training and Service Act
Battle of Britain
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VE Day
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered.
1946, victory in Europe against Poland.
January 12, 1945. Victory in germany against France.
August 24, 1940, victory in Poland against Britain.
40
June 6, 1944. Led by Eisenhower, million troops, stormed Normandy + began to take over France. Turning point in WW2.
VE-day
C-Day
D-Day
M-Day
41
Internment camps treated the people very kindly, and everyone living their stayed extremely healthy and strong.
False
True
42
Used to hold Japanese-American citizens due to fear of spies and saboteurs during WW2
Internment camps
All day camps
Japanese camps
Government camps
43
The Dunkirk Evacuation was…
Lend-Lease Act
Organization created by isolationists
British & french forces escaped to England, saving over 300k allied troops.
all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
44
Erwin Rommel
German Field marshal, a brilliant generalship. “Desert Fox” (1891-1944)
Japan’s prime minister who led from (1987-1993) “Sea Bear”
Soviet Union field marshal who was names “Winter Lion” for his bravery
Brave WW2 Pilot
45
As siege was put on ______ by Germany to try to make the Russians surrender. Fill in the blank
Poland
Leningrad
Switzerland
Stalingrad
46
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, 1939 agreement that the 2 nations agreed to not attack one another and spilt Poland
True
False
47
Placed severe restrictions of Jews, prohibited from marrying non- Jews, education, holding Gov. jobs, practicing laws.
Jews-protection camps
Night of broken glass
Nazi laws
Nuremberg Laws
48
Lend/Lease Act allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the U.S
False
True
49
Rationing is…
Making investments
Restricting the amount of food + other goods people may buy during war time
military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position
50
War Bonds are…
Investing in shares
Volunteering for the war
Short-term loans from citizens to the government that financed 2/3 of WW2.
Bonds between friends in the government
51
The Prime minister of Great Britain During WWll is Winston Churchill
True
False
