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Semester 2, Quiz #1 - World War II
Semester 2, Quiz #1 - World War II
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This leader was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and planned the D-Day invasion
Adolf Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FDR
Chester Nimitz
2
What was the goal of the GI Bill of Rights?
Provided educational and financial assistance to veterans
Guaranteed racial equality in the Armed forces
Abolished the peacetime draft
Strengthened civilian control over the military
3
True or false: the number of women in the workforce increased during World War II.
False
True
4
This treaty ended World War I, but led to the outbreak of World War II.
Treaty of Paris
The Armistice
The Treaty of Texas
Treaty of Versailles
5
True or false: Japanese and German military officials were convicted of war crimes after war
False
True
6
What law forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps during World War II?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Homestead Act
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 10005
7
The goal of "cash-carry" and the Lend-Lease Act were to
Provide support to the Allies without entering the war
Provide weapons to Hitler
To promote democracy in Latin America
Provide weapons in the Spanish Civil War
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Which battle marked a turning point in WWII because it opened a second Allied front in Europe?
Kursk
Pearl Harbor
Stalingrad
D-Day
9
UK and France did not stop Hitler as he expanded Germany in order to keep peace. This was....
neutrality
appeasement
isolationism
interventionism
10
This group of African American pilots helped to end Jim Crow laws.
Liberty Belles
Navajo Code Talkers
Tuskegee Airmen
Flying Tigers
11
In an effort to bring an immediate end to the war, President Truman used what kind of weapon?
Chemical weapons
New submarines
Atomic bomb
Jet fighters
12
The Manhattan Project developed what kind of weapons?
Jet fighters
Automatic rifles
Chemical weapons
Atomic bombs
13
In order to finance the war effort, the government sold
Children
Military equipment
War bonds
Victory gardens
14
Who is the current Vice President of the United States?
Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
JD Vance
Barack Obama
15
"A date which will live in infamy" (Dec. 7, 1941), refers to what battle?
D-Day
Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
16
Why was America referred to as the "arsenal of democracy?"
The US supplied weapons to nations fighting Germany
The US supplied Germany and Japan with weapons
The US remained neutral
The US produced large numbers of weapons to arm its people
17
As World War II ended, what other conflict began?
Cold War
Vietnam War
World War III
Persian Gulf War
18
The Nuremberg Trials were in response to
the Holocaust
the use of the atomic bombs
Pearl Harbor
the German invasion of Poland
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What was the purpose of rationing?
Convince more Americans to go vegan
Conserve raw materials for the war effort
Fight diabetes and obesity
Eliminate distinctions between the rich and the poor
20
Unemployment decreased in the 1940s because
President Hoover practice laissez-faire
the Wagner Act
America's entry in World War II
the National Recovery Act
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Which event marked the beginning of World War II?
Soviet invasion of Finland
German invasion of Poland
The Spanish Civil War
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
