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1
The date of D-Day was:
April 9, 1942
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
2
Is this is a picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Tick Tack Toe
I don't know
Yes
No
3
The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was _______. (He became U.S. President.)
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
4
The naval vessel that sunk as a result of the attack at Pearl Harbor was the
USS USA
USS Ronald Reagan
USS Arizona
5
This was the code name for the design and build of the atomic bomb:
Project X
Here Comes the Boom
Manhattan Project
6
President Truman's reasoning in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ____________.
find out how destructive the bomb really was.
end the war and save American lives.
7
The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on the beaches of Normandy was named:
V-J Day
V-E Day
D-Day
8
True or False: September 2, 1945, is the date for the victory over Japan.
False
True
9
What area did the Allied troops invade in 1942?
Yugoslavia
France
North Africa
10
The method used to decrease the use of items used at home (oil), yet needed on the war-front.
bargaining
marketing
rationing
11
Some Japanese people who lived in the United States were relocated to ____________ camps.
girl scout
summer
internment
interrogation
12
In the Battle of Stalingrad, all choices contributed to the Soviet victory except
a massive Allied invasion
a brutal winter
Hitler's refusal to order retreat
a Soviet counterattack
13
To protest discrimination, this man organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941.
A. Phillip Randolph
Harry Truman
FDR
General George Marshall
14
During the Battle of the Atlantic, the Allies used 2 forms of technology to win this battle.
dolphins
sonar
radar
computers
15
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were key islands and very intense battles because both islands were
close to mainland Japan
were small victories
were full of resources
16
This American general led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from the Germans.
Patton
Marshall
MacArthur
17
The Battle of the_________was important because it was the German's last effort to win the war.
Little Big Horn
Stalingrad
Bulge
18
This person convinced FDR to strike first against Hitler:
Churchill
Stalin
Mussolini
19
Which country was one of the Allied Powers?
Poland
Soviet Union
Spain
Italy
20
This organization determined which companies produced items for the war effort:
Food and Drug Administration
War Production Board
Women's Auxiliary Arms Corps.
21
In 1943, the Allies captured Sicily, Italy and forced this Italian ruler to resign:
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Churchill
22
Which battle was great for Allies' progress because they made the Japanese stop and run away
Bulge
Midway
Coral Sea
23
The general who led Allied forces in battles by island hopping was
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
24
Atomic bombs were dropped on which two cities in Japan
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
25
The Nuremberg War Trials decided the fate of 24 people who served as
Hitler's henchmen
Jews
traitors
26
This organization controlled the draft and called men for mandatory military service:
Selective Service System
IOU
Bingo
27
In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main goal was
save Japanese lives
get revenge for Pearl Harbor
to end the war quickly
28
Allied forces first invaded the island of Sicily thinking it was the "________" of Axis control
underarm
bellybutton
underbelly
29
True or False: There was an official peace signing on the USS Missouri that ended war in Japan.
True
False
30
The problem of ____________ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration.
inflation
depression
unemployment
salary
31
During the war, women in the ____________ served as nurses, radio operators, typists, etc.
WAAC
OPA
FCC
32
Kamikaze pilots, Japanese pilots who crashed their planes into targeted vessels, were first at
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle for Okinawa
Battle of Bulge
33
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin's meeting to discuss after the war plans, such as Germany's fate
Yalta Conference
Thanksgiving Meal
Potsdam Conference
34
V-E Day or May 8, 1945, was the day when _______________.
the United States entered the war
Allied forces invaded France
Germany surrendered
35
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
April 2, 1944
36
Which country remained neutral during the World War II?
Sweden
Bulgaria
Latvia
Denmark