WWII Review

The Bataan Death March occurred in...

The Axis Powers were named for the 'axis' between which two European capitals?

Attacks on American cargo ships by German submarines led to the development of the

Largest battle of the European campaign. Only lasted 2 weeks due to a lack of manpower and fuel

The collapse of the American economic system

What was the 'final solution to the Jewish question' announced by the Nazis'

As a result of the Allied attack on Sicily,

Germany, Italy, later joined by Japan

During the Great Depression, expressions such as Hoovervilles showed that President Hoover

Instead of making cars, the Ford motor company began making

If British and American troops opened a second front by attacking Germany from the west, it would take pressure off the

Involved the largest landing army in the Pacific. Goal was to retake the Phillippines

keeping the peace by giving into an aggressor's demands

What prompted the U.S. to enter the war in 1941?

Nazism is an extreme form of

Which country had gained control of most of Western Europe by 1940?

Policy of avoiding political economic alliances with foreign nations

Which wartime initiative is being encouraged in this poster?

During WWII, African American soldiers

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?

What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common in the 1930s?

One difference between Roosevelt and Hoover was that Roosevelt was

Joseph Stalin dominated the Soviet Union using the tactics of

What was the largest battle of the European campaign?

Hitler used which of the following military strategies when invading Poland

In which order did the Allies retake the following areas?

May 8, 1945

The leader of Allied forces in the Phillippines

In 1941, the U.S. placed an_ on Japan, refusing to sell and petroleum or steel products to them

During WWII, many Japanese Americans were interned, or

What made the US aware of the upcoming Attack on Midway?

In order to modernize agriculture in the U.S.S.R, Joseph Stalin

Because of the war, large numbers of women began to work as

Which of the following best characterizes Roosevelt's first hundred days in office?

After Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia and made a pact with Stalin, he invaded

Which wartime initiative is being depicted in the poster?

Which law provided benefits such as home loans and education funding to veterans?

The huge casualties here made the Allies question whether Japan would ever surrender

Despite their differing ideologies, in 1939 which Fascist made a pact with which Communist?

What was the name of the group that said that the U.S. should ignore foreign affairs?

In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?

Philosophy that was characterized in the Sov. Union by total government control of the economy

June 6, 1944

The Prime Minister of Great Britain, beginning in May of 1940

Much of the laws of the New Deal period was based on the idea that the federal gov't should

The leader of Italy during WWII

In 1932, Manchuria was taken over by

This was the title of Hitler's autobiography

In order to modernize agriculture in the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin

What is anti-semitism?

Place where Allied forces were trapped for months, unable to get past the beach to get to Rome

Gruesome battle in the Soviet Union in which a refusal to surrender led to massive casualties

This strategy allowed the Allies to get close enough to take back the Philippines

Which language was primarily used by 'code talkers?'

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was

The Allies put inflated rubber tanks, empty tents, & landing craft on the coast of Britain to convince the Germans that

Which wartime initiative is being encouraged by this poster?

Britain, France, The Soviet Union, and later the U.S.

During the 1930's, Hitler, Mussolini, and the military leaders of Japan

a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation and the authority of the leader

The goal of the Manhattan project was to

Hoover's first efforts to control the Depression focused on

What was the Manhattan Project?

Japanese surrender came less than a week after