World War II Gibson
- 1.Name the countries within the Allied Powers.
- A.
Russia
- B.
Japan
- C.
Great Britain
- D.
Germany
- E.
USSR
- F.
United States
- G.
France
- H.
Italy
- 2.Check the best answer that describes Joseph Stalin.
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 3.Check the best answer that describes Fascism
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 4.Check the best answer that describes George Marshal
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 5.Check the best answer that describes Rationing.
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 6.Check the best answer that describes D-Day.
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 7.Check the best answer that describes Harry S. Truman.
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
- 8.Which of the following did Hitler oppose?
- A.
Kristallnacht
- B.
The Munich Pact
- C.
The Nuremberg Laws
- D.
The Treaty of Versailles
- 9.Which of the following statements most accuratly reflects FDR's feelings toward joining the war?
- A.
He agreed with the isolationist and promoted the isolationist party
- B.
He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease the US citizens who opposed entering the war.
- C.
He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the US
- D.
He did not understand the position of isolationist and was eager to join the war
- 10.What was the Lend Lease Act?
- A.
A statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill
- B.
A nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
- C.
A policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
- D.
An order to shoot German U-boats only if attacked
- 11.What was the turning point in the Pacific front of the war?
- A.
Battle of Midway
- B.
Battle of the Bulge
- C.
Doolittle's Raid
- D.
Battle of Iwo Jima
- 12.What was the Manhattan Project?
- A.
The plan to crash Japanese planes into Allied ships
- B.
The plan to develop the Atomic bomb
- C.
The historic meeting of FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
- D.
The training of the Navajo code breakers
- 13.Where did the United States drop the Atomic bombs?
- A.
Hiroshima and Iwo Jima
- B.
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
- C.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- D.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
- 14.When did Britian and France adopt a policy of appeasment towards Germany?
- A.
Before the war began
- B.
When they declared war
- C.
When the United States declared war
- D.
After France was invaded and divided
- 15.How were France and Great Britian drawn into war?
- A.
Hitler had taken power in Germany
- B.
Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia
- C.
Germany had attacked Poland
- D.
Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations
- 16.The Allied invasion of ____________________ was given the code name D-Day.
- A.
Japan
- B.
Italy
- C.
North Africa
- D.
Nazi-Occupied Europe
- 17.Truman's aim in deciding to drop the Atomic bomb was to _________________
- A.
Find how destructive the bomb was
- B.
Response to Pearl Harbo
- C.
Show the world how strong the US was
- D.
End the war and save American lives
- 18.The supreme commander of the US forces in Europe was_________________
- A.
George Patton
- B.
Chester Nimitz
- C.
Douglas Mac Aurthur
- D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 19.Roosevelts decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was in response to __________________
- A.
Strong anti-Japanese sentiment
- B.
Verified reports of Japanese Americans acting as spies
- C.
The lack of Japanese Americans serving in the armed forces
- D.
Rumors that the Japanese were forming their own Atomic Bomb
- 20.Name the countries within the Axis Powers
- A.
Russia
- B.
Japan
- C.
Great Britain
- D.
Germany
- E.
USSR
- F.
United States
- G.
France
- H.
Italy
- 21.At the Yalta Conference FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to begin planning the postwar world.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.On May 8, 1945 or V-E Day, Americans celebrated the liberation of the death camps.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.The final decision to drop the A-bombs on Japan was by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.At the Nuremburg Trials, Nazi officails' response was that they "were just following orders".
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Check the best answer that describes Winston Churchill
- A.
Stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of the citizens
- B.
Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of the WAAC
- C.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- D.
Took control of the USSR in 1922
- E.
Established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military
- F.
Also known as Operation Overlord
- G.
Roosevelt's Vice-President who took over after Roosevelt died
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