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Why did the US want to capture the island of Iwo Jima?
a) to secure airfields for B-29 bombers to land
b) to build an atomic testing site
c) to improve trade with China
d) to have a base to attack the Soviet Union
The codenames of Utah, Omaha, Juno, Sword, and Gold were used in what battle?
a) D-Day
b) Midway
c) the Bulge
d) Gudalcanal
During World War II, what was the primary duty of the Navajo Code Talkers?
a) Interpreting confiscated German battle plans
b) Transmitting secret messages to US forces during combat
c) Translating confidential Japanese communications
d) Informing the press about the number of Allied war casualties
What key assignment was given to the Tuskegee Airmen?
a) They were assigned to bomb key sites in Japan
b) They were assigned to accompany Air Force One
c) They were assigned to escort heavy bombers on raids against strategic enemy camps
d) They were not allowed to participate in strategic battles
What was the Manhattan Project?
a) the world's first computer.
b) a complicated code machine used by the German Military.
c) the effort by the United States to build an atomic bomb.
d) radio beams used to determine the locations of objects.
Japanese were sent to internment camps
a) due to Japanese people being seen as a security threat
b) for their safety against the upset public
c) since the Japanese were spies for Tojo's Japan
d) because the Japanese expresed allegiance to the Axis
What was the Holocaust?
a) The Holocaust was a planned genocidie carried out by the Nazis during the II World War.
b) A kind of war
c) An ancient king of Rome.
d) The main battle in the Second World War
Significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a) Names of Axis generals
b) Location of two atomic bombs dropped by the U.S. on Japan, ending war
c) Locations of the treaty negotiated to end the war
d) Islands in the Pacific where intense battles were fought
What major battle is famous for soldiers raising an American flag at the top of Mt. Suribachi?
a) Battle of Okinawa
b) Battle of Midway
c) Battle of Bataan
d) Battle of Iwo JIma
Harry Truman became president of the United States after Franklin Roosevelt died. Truman had to make a decision on how to end the war with Japan. He chose to
a) wait until Japanese political and military leaders asked to surrender.
b) use atomic bombs to force the Japanese to surrender.
c) prepare for an invasion that would have cost many American lives.
d) form a blockade to prevent Japan from getting aid.
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