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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the United States foreign policy before World War II?
direct involvement
aid to Axis Powers
supported Japan
isolationism
- 2. Multiple Choice
The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the
League of Nations
Axis Powers
The Allies
Central Powers
- 3. Multiple ChoiceJapanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interiorCornelia FortJapanese InternmentAllied PowersAxis Powers
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow are dictators able to rise to power after countries suffer hardships?People want strong leaders to solve their problems.Dictators promise freedom.Dictators allow everyone to vote.Dictators promise to end fascism.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?Joseph StalinWinston ChurchillAdolf HitlerFranklin D. Roosevelt
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States?D-Day on the shores of FrancePearl HarborInvasion of PolandV-E Day
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural resources.The U.S. had all the natural resources it needed.Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich famous leader in WWII was Emperor of Japan, ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, and had a military alliance with Nazi Germany?HirohitoWinston ChurchillHarry S. TrumanJoseph Stalin
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?island hoppingtotal warAnaconda planblockade
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich organization was created after World War II to help countries peacefully resolve conflicts?League of NationsWarsaw PactNorth American Treaty OrganizationUnited Nations
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Allies, specifically the US, end the war on the Pacific front against Japan?Imprisoned all of the Japanese soldiers until they surrendered.Used a new type of grenade against the soldiersDropped 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Tuskegee Airmen were a group of American pilots who flew many missions during World War II. They were good pilots who earned a great deal of recognition, but were also unique in the military because they wereJapanese AmericansAsian AmericansAfrican AmericansMexican Americans
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the system where the government owns the stores, factories, banks, and all means of economic production?MonarchyDictatorshipDemocracyCommunism
- 14. Multiple ChoiceOn D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powersinvaded the stormy beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out of Normandyinvaded Japan to defeat the Japaneseattacked Pearl Harbor
- 15. Multiple Choice
What would be the best reasoning for the following: Conducted the Berlin Airlift, Intervened in Korea (Korean War), Joined to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Efforts by the United States to promote the spread of communism.
Efforts by the United States to stop the spread of communism.
Efforts by the United States to promote the spread of democracy.
Efforts by the United States to stop the spread of fascism
- 16. Multiple Choice
U.S. president who dropped atomic bombs
FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews during the Third Reich
Blitzkrieg
Final Solution
Lebensraum
Genocide
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following formed the Axis powers?
France, Germany and Japan
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
Japan, Russia, and China
Italy, Germany, and Japan
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following formed the Allied powers?
Italy and Great Britain
France and Germany
France, Soviet Union, The United States and Great Britain
Japan and Germany
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhen was Pearl Harbor attacked?December 7, 1941September 1, 1939October 31, 1941December 25, 1941
- 21. Multiple Choice
A symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war
Pearl Harbor
Rosie the Riveter
United States Ladies
Axis Powers
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of how women helped America during World War II?
Women stayed home to take care of the family.
Women worked outside the home to make extra money for their families.
Women worked in factories to help build planes, tanks, ships, guns, and other equipment.
Women did not have families so they could save money.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Treaty of Versailles become a cause of WWII?The USA formed an alliance with GermanyIt allowed Germany to take over wherever it wantedHarsh reparations and anger from Germany
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHow and when did WWII begin?With the Zimmerman telegramWith the sinking of the LuisitaniaWhen Hitler invaded Poland in 1939
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?AmericansChristiansMuslimsJews
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the homefront for an American soldiers?The place where armies meet and fight.Concentration campsUSAGermany
- 27. Multiple ChoiceAfrican Americans faceddiscrimination in the workplacehad to fight in segregated unitsboth of thesenone of these
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