Women contributed to the military effort AT HOME in all these ways EXCEPT . . .

went to war as nurses and mechanics

What was “island hopping”?

Allies’ plan to defeat Japan by taking back Pacific islands

Why did the US spend billions of dollars as part of the Marshall Plan?

Help rebuild Europe and promote democracy

Why did the US need to ration goods like food and gasoline during the war?

Rubber, gas, and food were needed for the war effort

Why did the U.S. not need financial help after the war?

No fighting took place on the US mainland

Why did Harry Truman drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

End the war quickly and save American lives

Why did many women enter the workforce during WW2?

to fill the labor shortage with men off at war

How did WW2 affect the US economy?

Pulled the US OUT OF the Great Depression

At the end of World War II, what happened to Germany?

Was divided into West and East Germany

What did the Allied Forces do on D-Day?

stormed the beaches of Normandy

What was the Manhattan Project?

theeffort of the United States to build an atomic bomb

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Unit 6 Test - World War 2

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1
What type of government did the United States help Japan adopt following the war?
theocracy
monarchy
democracy
dictatorship
2
Women contributed to the military effort AT HOME in all these ways EXCEPT . . .
went to war as nurses and mechanics
rationing food and growing victory gardens
taking factory jobs
helping with scrap drives
3
What part of the world did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
Europe
Continental U.S.
The Pacific
Northern Africa
4
What country controlled most of EASTERN Europe after the war?
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
5
Victory in Europe (V-E Day) came after what event?
Island Hopping
Japan surrendered
the atomic bombings in Japan
Germany surrendered
6
What happened immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Great Britain entered the war
US dropped the atomic bombs on Japan
The US entered the war
Hitler invaded Poland
7
Which country was NOT part of the Axis Powers?
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
8
What was “island hopping”?
Allies’ plan to defeat Japan by taking back Pacific islands
themass murder of European Jews and other undesirables
a. theconserving of scarce products
a. thedropping of a powerful bomb to destroy a city
9
During WW2, the US government ordered Japanese Americans to live in WHAT KIND of camps?
Concentration
nationalism
militaristic
Internment
10
Why did the US spend billions of dollars as part of the Marshall Plan?
Prevent Germany from building another army
In order to NOT help Europe
To get everyone to agree to a peace treaty
Help rebuild Europe and promote democracy
11
Why did the US need to ration goods like food and gasoline during the war?
No one else needed these things
Rubber, gas, and food were needed for the war effort
US owned all the rubber and gas and wanted to keep it all
There was a shortage of rubber, gas, and food
12
Why did the U.S. not need financial help after the war?
No fighting took place on the US mainland
US was a wealthier country
US had a better military
The US refused help
13
The leader of Italy during WW2 was . . .
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Benito Musolini
Franklin Roosevelt
14
Why was Roosevelt NOT the leader of his country at the end of WWII?
He was assassinated
He died
He was impeached
He resigned
15
Why did Harry Truman drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
to get Germany to surrender
To show that he was a good President
to make the war last longer
End the war quickly and save American lives
16
Which country was NOT part of the Allied Powers
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Italy
17
Organization formed after WW2 to resolve conflicts that might threaten international peace is
the World Court
the Red Cross
the United Nations
the World Bank
18
Who did Rosie the Riveter represent?
women fighting in the war with men
women who were protesting the war
women who took care of children
women who worked in factories
19
Why did many women enter the workforce during WW2?
to fill the labor shortage with men off at war
to prove they could be good soldiers
they earned more money than men for the same work
to protest the US being in the war
20
Leader of German during WW2 was . . . ?
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
21
How did WW2 affect the US economy?
Did NOT CHANGE the economy
Pulled the US OUT OF the Great Depression
Caused unemployment to go up
Pulled the US DEEPER into the Great Depression
22
What happened to Germany borders after the war?
Got larger
Split into East and West
Split into North and South
Got smaller
23
At the end of World War II, what happened to Germany?
Was divided into West and East Germany
Was divided into Scandinavia and Prussia.
Was divided into North and South Germany
Was divided into Poland and Bulgaria.
24
Why was VJ Day important in WW2?
Germany invaded Poland
German surrendered
The Allies landed in Normandy, France
Japan surrendered
25
How did European leaders originally respond to Hitler's aggression?
appeasement
fought back
asked the US to help
Hoped Japan and German would destroy each other
26
A leader with complete control over a country’s government is . . .
leader
dictator
president
principal
27
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW2 was . . . ?
Benito Musolini
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
28
Form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and the govt has complete power.
democracy
allies
axis
facism
29
Military leader of Japan during WW2 was . . . ?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Musolin
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
30
What did the Allied Forces do on D-Day?
sent troops to Berlin
fought in the battle of Stalingrad
took control of Japanese islands
stormed the beaches of Normandy
31
What was the Manhattan Project?
theworld’s first computer
acomplicated code machine built by the German military
radiobeams used to determine the location of objects
theeffort of the United States to build an atomic bomb
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What group of people was welcomed into the military to do the more undesirable tasks?
Immigrants
African Americans
Cowboys and ranchers
Women

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