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1940s/WWII Part II
Test Description: Part 2 of review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The US was a member of this alliance
A
EU
B
Allies
C
League of Nations
D
Axis
2) The United States joined WWII after this event
A
the Holocaust
B
Sinking of the Lusitania
C
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
D
Battle of Berlin
3) People in the US supported the war by
A
recycling
B
all of the above
C
rationing supplies
D
buying war bonds
4) Women's dresses were this length in the 1940s
A
mid-calf
B
mid-thigh
C
knee
D
ankle
5) WAVES, WASPS and WACS were
A
tanks used in the Battle of Kursk
B
women in the military
C
the name of the atomic bombs
D
ships used in the Pacific
6) The Holocaust refers to
A
the US invasion of Okinawa
B
Pearl Harbor
C
Germany's alliance with Japan
D
the killing of Jews by the Nazis
7) Who was the leader of Great Britain in WWII?
A
Joseph Stalin
B
Winston Churchill
C
Hirohito
D
Franklin Roosevelt
8) What was the type of music that became popular in the 1940s?
A
Ragtime
B
Big Band
C
Rap
D
Jazz
9) Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 a date that
A
will live in infamy
B
will never be forgotten
C
he would return to the Philippines
D
delivered Europe
10) Who was the head of the US Navy in the Pacific?
A
Patton
B
MacArthur
C
Hirohito
D
Nimitz
11) Audie Murphy was the
A
the leader of France
B
leader of US Forces in North Africa
C
the most decorated US soldier in WWII
D
the head of ground forces in the Pacific
12) What was the most common form of home entertainment in the 1940s?
A
Movies
B
TV
C
Radio
D
Video games
13) What did the US quit producing in the 1940s to support the war effort?
A
Cars
B
Clothes
C
Newspapers
D
Sugar
14) What is the term that means trying to eliminate an entire group of people?
A
Genocide
B
Segregation
C
RAF
D
Atomic
15) What were concentration camps?
A
the place where Japanese-Americans were kept
B
the military camps in Europe
C
meetings of leaders of the Allied nations
D
places where Nazis imprisoned and killed Jews
16) Who was the President that decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan?
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Harry Truman
C
Dwight Eisenhower
D
George Patton
17) What was the largest water-to-land invasion in history?
A
Battle of Midway
B
island hopping
C
D-Day
D
El Alamein
18) What group of people were held in internment camps in the US during the war?
A
African-Americans
B
German-Americans
C
Kamakazes
D
Asian-Americans
19) Which Axis power surrendered first?
A
Japan
B
USSR
C
France
D
Germany
20) What type of political system is fascism?
A
people vote
B
a king or queen
C
everyone is equal and all share in the work and profit
D
one person rules with the help of the military
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