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Who said, "December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy?"
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World War 2
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What color is Yaks milk?
pink
white
yellow
orange
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Who said, "December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy?"
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
George Patton
Harry Truman
3
The name of the U.S. ship that delivered the bomb and was sunk by Japanese subs after delivery?
U.S.S. Indianapolis
U.S.S. Annapolis
U.S.S. Metropolis
U.S.S. Minneapolis
4
Hitler's "final solution" was:
his suicide at the end of the war
the genocide of the Jews
the shaving of his mustache
invasion of Poland
5
The agreement between Germany and the USSR that allowed Germany to invade Poland:
Non-Aggression Pact
Kraut-Bortsch Pact
Yalta Conference
Non-Digression Pact
6
After attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese took all of the following Pacific Islands except:
Wake
Guam
Philippines
Australia
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Who said, "I shall return?"
Dwight Eisenhower
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
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What was decided at the Yalta Conference?
whether or not to invade Japan
what to do with Germany after the war
Whether or not to drop the bomb on Japan
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The scientist who was in charge of the American development of the atomic bomb:
Leslie Groves
J Robert Oppenheimer
Bill Nye
Albert Einstein
10
World War 2 started:
December 1, 1939
November 1, 1939
October 1, 1939
September 1, 1939
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The official surrender of the Japanese took place on the deck of the:
USS Missouri
USS Indianapolis
USS Mississippi
USS Minneapolis
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Which of the following was NOT a reason for using the atomic bomb vs the Japanese:
it would change how future wars would be fought
it would save American lives
It was too loud
it would intimidate the USSR
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The American strategy against the Japanese in the Pacific:
Search and Destroy
bunny-hopping
island hopping
leap-frogging
14
The Nuremberg Trials were:
court trials for German war criminals
court trials for Japanese war criminals
court trials for Russian war criminals
OJ Simpson's trial
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The code name of the operation to use Patton as a decoy and give him a fake army:
Operation Fortitude
Operation Husky
Operation Fortnight
Operation Okie Doke
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The German general who defended the beaches of Normandy:
Tom Hanks
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Heinrich Schliemann
17
Demilitarized zone between Germany and France invaded by Hitler's armies:
Sudetenland
Maginot Line
Rhineland
Disneyland
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Where was the meeting (conference) where Stalin and Roosevelt/Churchill agreed to help one another win the war?
Tehran
Paris
Yalta
Moscow
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June 6, 1944 is the date of:
Germany's surrender
attack on Pearl Harbor
nothing happened on this day
invasion of Normandy
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Alamagordo, New Mexico was the location of the first successful test of the atomic bomb.
False
True
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The name of the United States secret development of the atomic bomb:
Alan Parsons Project
Manhattan Project
Tinian Project
Project Annihilation
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The code name for the German invasion of Russia:
Operation Ponderossa
Operation Barbarian
Operation Get Stalin
Operation Barbarossa
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The name of Hitler's book that became the"bible" of the Nazi's:
Shutzstoffel
The Koran
Mein Kampf
Lebensraum
24
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on:
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Tokyo
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The general who was fired for slapping a soldier:
Chester Nimitz
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
George Patton
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Name of the B-29 plane that delivered the bomb on Nagasaki?
The Great Artiste
Master Blaster
Bockscar
Flying Fortress
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The Supreme Court case that ruled that Japanese internment was a military necessity:
Hirabayashi vs United States
Tojo vs America
Koramatsu vs United States
Plessy vs Ferguson
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Term for Stalin's order for Russians to destroy everything so Germans couldn't use it:
Search and Destroy Policy
Lend/Lease Act
Destroy and Retreat Policy
Scorched Earth Policy
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The Japanese officially surrender on August 15, 1945. This day is called:
VE Day
VA Day
VW Day
VJ Day
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on:
December 17, 1941
December 27, 1941
December 7, 1941
December 25, 1941
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The Holocaust was:
Stalin's purges of military generals in Russia
Hitler's systematic murder of Jews in Europe
Mussolini's systematic murder of Ethiopians
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The Pacific naval battle that took place in May, 1942 and is called the "turning point:"
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
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The U.S. policy of lending/leasing war materials to any countries whose defense was vital to US
Nothing For Hitler Act
Allies Act
Lend Lease Act
Cash and Carry Act
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The code name for the allied invasion of Normandy beaches was:
Operation Overlord
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Fortitude
Operation Condor
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Which American was put in charge of the occupation of Japan at the conclusion of the war:
Hediki Tojo
Hideki Matsuyama
Douglas MacArthur
Norman Schwartzkopf
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The name of the pilot of the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Charles Lindbergh
Fred Tibbetts
Paul Tibbetts
James Doolittle
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May 8, 1945 is known as:
VW Day
VJ Day
VE Day
May Day
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The French defense system that reached across the border of Germany/France was the:
Line of Cocaine
Great Wall
Siegfried Line
Maginot Line
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Term meaning "divine wind:"
blitzkrieg
lebensraum
anschluss
kamikaze
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The German general known as the "desert fox:"
Kaiser Sosa
Irwin Rumpelstiltskin
Erwin Rommel
Heinrich Himmler
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The term blitzkrieg means:
"divine wind"
"thunderbolt and lightening"
"living space"
"lightening war"
42
The "worst" death camp in Nazi Gemany:
Auschwitz
Dachau
Buchenwald
Yankton Federal Prison Camp
43
The nickname of the B-29 bomber plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb?
Fat Man
Little Boy
Enola Gay
Master Blaster
44
Which of the following is considered one of Hitler's three major mistakes:
Being born
Battle of the Bulge
forming an alliance with Mussolini
Dunkirk
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The Best Teacher at YHS is:
Mr. Douglas Pesicka
Mr. Douglas J. Pesicka
Mr. Doug Pesicka
Mr. Pesicka
46
The supreme allied commander at Normandy:
George Patton
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
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Which of the following was not a president during WW 2:
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
48
The German invasion of Great Britain was officially called:
Operation Sea Otter
Operation Sea Biscuit
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Anenome
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The term for rounding up Japanese-Americans and putting them in prison camps during WW 2:
Internet
Final Solution
Holocaust
Internment
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All of the following were major fighting fronts except:
Pacific Ocean
South Africa
Western Front in France
Eastern Front in Russia