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US History- World War II Review (2)
US History- World War II Review (2)
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1
When did D-Day take place?
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1947
August 5, 1943
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What was the Allied policy of giving in to Hitler's demands in the hope that it would stop war?
Imperialism
Alliance
Appeasement
Isolation
3
What is the name of the book Hitler wrote?
History of Germany
My Fair Lady
Why I Should Be the Fuhrer
Mein Kampf
4
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Midway
Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
5
Who was the leader of Italy through most of World War II?
Lorenzo de Medici
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
6
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the war?
Hideki Tojo
Vlad Putin
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
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Who won the Battle of Berlin?
Germans
French
Japanese
Soviets
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What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference?
Spoke about the use of atomic weapons.
Set up major wartime issues post war by the allies.
Brought the French back into the war.
Placed Japan as a member of Nato.
9
Who had to fight in segregated units during the war?
African-Americans
Jewish-Americans
English-Americans
German-Americans
10
What was the name of the research project to develop the atomic bomb?
Brooklyn
Berlin
Manhattan
Nuremburg
11
What were the name of the trials where the Nazis were accused or war crimes?
Berlin
Moscow
Paris
Nuremburg
12
What brought the United States into the war?
Battle of Midway
Pearl Harbor
The Holocaust
Zimmerman Telegram
13
Which civil rights leader lead the march on Washington and the executive order 8802?
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Mary Mcleod Bethune
A. Phillip Randolph
14
What ended World War II in the Pacific?
American invasion of Japan
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Assassination of the Emperor Hirahito
Hitler's suicide
15
What was the law that let our allies buy supplies from the U.S. called?
Stamp Act
Cash and Carry Act
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
16
What is the name of Hitler's "Final Solution?"
Calculus
Nuremburg
Kristallnacht
Holocaust
17
Which Civil Rights Leader helped draft the United Nations Charter
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
A. Phillip Randolph
Mary McLeod Bethune
18
When and where did the Battle of the Bulge take place?
Coast of Normandy March 1943-July 1943
North Africa Sept. 1942-Nov.1942
Ardennes Forest, Dec. 16th 1944-Jan. 25 1945
Berlin Dec. 2nd 1943-Feb. 1944
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What was the United States' foreign policy before the war?
Pro-Germany
Appeasement
Intervention
Isolation(Neutral)
20
Who was the government's symbol of women working in the factories?
Rosie the Riveter
Tokyo Rose
Eleanor Roosevelt
Queen Elizabeth II
21
What were some of the events & unjust treatments that the Nazis used leading to the Holocaust?
Allowed them to change their faith to Christianity
Outlawed all Jews from supporting the Nazi Party
Made Jews join the German Army
Put Jews in ghettos, destroyed their businesses & Churches
22
How was war different from WWI to WWII?
Airplanes, tanks, rapid troop movements and atomic weapons
US forces using napalm
Germans used u-boats in WW2
The use of machine guns
23
The court case Korematsu vs. U.S. did what during the war?
Allowed for Japanese to fight for the U.S. during the war.
Set trials for Japanese War Crime
Brought the U.S. formally into war.
Placed the Japanese in internment camps
24
Which island was first in the US island hopping campaign?
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Japan
25
What was the alliance of Germany, Japan, and Italy called?
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
League of Nations
Central Powers
26
How did Hitler Violate the Treaty of Versailles?
Started putting the Jewish Germans in ghettos
Used the Lend-Lease act to help aid the US economy
Annexed Austria, took the Rhine & Suedentenland
Allied with Russia before the War
27
This is the term used by the Office of Price Administration for conserving goods for the war.
Liberty Bonds
Lend Lease
Executive order
Rationing
28
Germany, Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union had what types of government?
Democratic
Theocracy
Monarchy
Totalitatrian
29
What international group failed to stop the start of World War II?
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
Allied Powers
30
What country did Hitler invade that started World War II on Sept 1, 1939?
Russia
USA
France
Poland