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What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bombing of London
Invasion of Poland
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What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of Stalingrad
3
The leader of the Soviet Union during WW2:
Tojo
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
4
Atomic bombs were dropped on which two Japanese cities?
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Tokyo and Kyoto
5
What group was forced into internment camps during WWII in the United States?
Japanese-Americans
German-Americans
Russian-Americans
Chinese-Americans
6
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Churchill
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Of all those killed in the Nazi death camps, how many were Jews?
1.5 million
11 million
3 million
6 million
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The Axis Powers of WW2 were:
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
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Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?
Douglass MacArthur
Irwin Rommel
Dwight Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
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What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?
Sterilization
Deportation
Extermination
All of these
11
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
12
The leader of Japan for most of WW2:
Tojo
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
13
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Fire Bombing
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Island Hopping
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In which battle did one-third of a million Allied troops escape across the English Channel?
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Midway
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Which of the following battles was considered a turning point in the Pacific theater of war?
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Dunkirk
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The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
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The inspirational leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
18
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France in June 6th of 1944 is known as:
Battle of the Bulge
B-Day
D-Day
Battle of Okinawa
19
Roosevelt couldn't provide aid to the Allies early in the war because he was restricted by
Neutrality Acts
The League of Nations
fear of a German attack
Internationalist politicians
20
In 1941, Congress allowed FDR to send military aid to the Allies by passing the...
Supplies Act
Non-aggression pact
Cash and Carry Policy
Lend-Lease Act
21
Who was a symbol of the strength and determination of women to help in the war effort?
Martha the Machinist
Wendy the Welder
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosie the Riveter
22
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Use of atomic bombs
Wiping out British navy with unrestricted submarine warfare
Amphibious assault on British coast
Weakening Britain with a sustained bombing campaign
23
Nazi elite guards known for brutal and cruel treatment, especially in concentration camps.
Storm-Troopers
Brown Shirts
Gestapo
SS Guards
24
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Japan, United States, France
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States
Great Britain, US, Italy, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan, United States
25
Which Japanese official thought bombing Pearl Harbor was a mistake?
Emperor Hirohito
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
General Hideki Tojo
26
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
France
27
The so-called “zoot suit riots” involved
Latino Americans
German-Americans
African-Americans
Japanese-Americans
28
In total, approximately how many people were murdered in the Nazi death camps?
5 million
6 million
11 million
1.5 million
29
World War II ended in
1948
1939
1941
1945
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What country used fighter pilots who made suicide attacks on American ships?
Italy (Regia Aeronautica)
Germany (Luftwaffe)
Japan (Kamikaze)
Great Britain (RAF)
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The top secret military project to build an atomic bomb was code-named
Operation Overlord
The Los Alamos Project
The Tukwila Project
The Manhattan Project
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The leader of Italy during WW2:
Mussolini
Churchill
Hirohito
Roosevelt
