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World War 2 Review
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This will serve as a review for our World War II unit.
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1
What was an effect of WWII on the United States?
Controlled Europe
Ended the Great Depression
Women were allowed to vote
Had to keep rationing
2
What was the systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews called?
Harlem Renaissance
Fascism
Isolationism
Holocaust (The Final Solution)
3
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Mussolini
Truman
Stalin
Hitler
4
What was the ruling in the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. U.S?
Individual rights can be restricted in certain circumstances.
Individual rights need to be maintained in national emergencies.
5
Who was leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
Adolph Hitler
6
She was a symbol of strength and determination for women during WWII?
Wilma the Worker
GI Jane
Rosie the Riveter
Eleanor Roosevelt
7
What word was created in 1944 to describe the systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group?
matricide
homicide
genocide
fratricide
8
Who was President of the US at the beginning of WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
9
Prisons in which the Nazis enslaved and murdered millions of Jews and other groups during WWII
Labor Camps
concentration camps
internment camps
Work Camps
10
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
It tried to stop the spread of communism.
It helped allied nations without the US entering the war.
It encouraged the internment of Japanese Americans
It convinced Americans that war was necessary.
11
How did Americans at home support the war?
Planting victory gardens
Rationing
All of the above
Collecting scrap metal
12
Nazism was an extreme form of
Communism
Democracy
Militarism
Fascism
13
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Hitler
Stalin
Truman
Mussolini
14
What countries were a part of the Allied Powers?
All of them
France, Canada, Great Britain
U.S., France, Great Britain
U.S, Canada, Great Britain
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What countries were a part of the Axis Powers?
Italy
All of them
Germany
Japan
16
What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
December 8, 1947
August 15, 1945
17
What event happened on June 6, 1944 and led to the liberation of Western Europe?
Battle of Stalingrad
V-E Day
V-J Day
D-Day
18
Who were the first African American fighter pilots?
Tuskegee Airmen
Kamikazes
Rosie the Riveter
Code Talkers
19
What was the name of Hitler's party in Germany?
Republicans
Democrats
Nazi
Isolationists
20
What were Hitler, Mussolini and the military leaders in Japan doing in the 30s that led to WWII?
establishing a monopoly on world trade
invading neighboring lands
threatening to invade the United States
isolating themselves from the rest of the world.
21
Why didn't the U.S. want to get involved in WWII initially?
facism
imperialism
racism
isolationism
22
What was the stated reason for the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII?
immigration quotas
Confirmed Japanese spies
National Security
economic depression
23
This event started WWII.
Italy attacking Africa
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
Germany attacking the Soviet Union
Germany attacking Poland
24
What did FDR and Churchill agree was the best strategy for the war in 1941?
Focus first on winning the war in Europe.
Focus first on winning the war in the Pacific.
25
What group was forced into internment camps during WWII in the United States?
Native Americans
Chinese Americans
African Americans
Japanese Americans
