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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
Allies
B
League of Nations
C
Axis
D
EU
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
buying war bonds
D
rationing supplies
4) Women's dresses were this length in the 1940s
A
ankle
B
mid-thigh
C
knee
D
mid-calf
5) WAVES, WASPS and WACS were
A
women in the military
B
the name of the atomic bombs
C
ships used in the Pacific
D
tanks used in the Battle of Kursk
6) The Holocaust refers to
A
Pearl Harbor
B
the killing of Jews by the Nazis
C
the US invasion of Okinawa
D
Germany's alliance with Japan
7) Who was the leader of Great Britain in WWII?
A
Joseph Stalin
B
Franklin Roosevelt
C
Hirohito
D
Winston Churchill
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
he would return to the Philippines
C
will never be forgotten
D
delivered Europe
10) Who was the head of the US Navy in the Pacific?
A
Nimitz
B
Patton
C
MacArthur
D
Hirohito
11) Audie Murphy was the
A
the most decorated US soldier in WWII
B
the leader of France
C
the head of ground forces in the Pacific
D
leader of US Forces in North Africa
12) What was the most common form of home entertainment in the 1940s?
A
TV
B
Video games
C
Movies
D
Radio
13) What did the US quit producing in the 1940s to support the war effort?
A
Clothes
B
Newspapers
C
Sugar
D
Cars
14) What is the term that means trying to eliminate an entire group of people?
A
Segregation
B
Atomic
C
Genocide
D
RAF
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
George Patton
D
Dwight Eisenhower
17) What was the largest water-to-land invasion in history?
A
island hopping
B
Battle of Midway
C
D-Day
D
El Alamein
18) What group of people were held in internment camps in the US during the war?
A
Kamakazes
B
African-Americans
C
Asian-Americans
D
German-Americans
19) Which Axis power surrendered first?
A
Japan
B
USSR
C
France
D
Germany
20) What type of political system is fascism?
A
one person rules with the help of the military
B
a king or queen
C
everyone is equal and all share in the work and profit
D
people vote
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