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World War II Review

Quiz by Megan Touhey

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  • Q1
    led his Nazi followers to power in 1933. No one in Germany dared disagree with his policies. He rebuilt German armed forces and expanded his power into neighboring countries. Who is he?
    Harry Truman
    Benito Mussolini
    Joseph Stalin
    Adolf Hitler
    120s
  • Q2
    The experience of Japanese Americans during World War II was most similar to that of which other group in the US?
    British Americans during the World War I period
    Native American Indians during the period of westward expansion
    Chinese Americans during the Progressive Era
    Asian Americans during the Korean conflict
    120s
  • Q3
    Which event was most responsible for ending World War I?
    election of Harry Truman
    Yalta Conference
    death of FDR
    The use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    120s
  • Q4
    The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the 1930s were an attempt to
    Lower European tariffs on American products
    Avoid being drawn into a war in Europe
    Stop Communist expansion in Asia
    Support British efforts to take over India
    30s
  • Q5
    This cartoon from the 1930s suggests that the cartoonist
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    Believed that Japan was a greater threat to the US than Germany was
    Wished to see Europe destroyed
    Believed that Europe was doomed to communism
    Did not want the US to get involved in European affairs
    30s
  • Q6
    The event which started World War II in Europe was Germany’s invasion of
    Soviet Union
    France
    Poland
    Belgium
    30s
  • Q7
    During World War II, which group contributed greatly to the American war effort by filling many industrial jobs once closed to them?
    Women
    vietnamese refugees
    children
    labor leaders
    120s
  • Q8
    The Holocaust, one of the horrors of World War II, was the
    Italian invasion of Ethiopia
    Slaughter of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis
    American bombing of Hiroshima
    Japanese mistreatment of prisoners of war
    120s
  • Q9
    How did World War II help to end the Great Depression?
    The US began to buy more goods from Europe
    People were too concerned about the war to worry about the economy
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the Depression was over
    There was a great demand for workers to make weapons and supplies
    120s
  • Q10
    The US entered World War II as a direct result of
    a series of German submarine attacks
    An attack by the Japanese on a US territory
    violations of the US trading rights
    the need to get raw materials from Asia
    120s
  • Q11
    Base your answer to questions #11 on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies. The incidents described in these statements show that in the 1940s
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    women had too much political power
    minorities showed they could not be trusted
    Many Americans faced prejudice and discrimination
    all Americans enjoyed their constitutional rights
    120s
  • Q12
    The Normandy Invasion took place in the northern part of this country
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    B
    D
    A
    C
    120s
  • Q13
    Benito Mussolini was dictator of this country
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    D
    C
    A
    B
    120s
  • Q14
    In 1941, this country stood alone against the warplanes and bombers of Germany
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    D
    C
    A
    B
    120s
  • Q15
    World War II officially began when Germany invaded this country in 1939
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    D
    A
    B
    C
    120s

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