WW2 Test Questions

This was an effort to defeat the Axis Powers and win more civil rights for blacks in the United States.

"Double V" campaign

This agreement, reached before American entry into the war, outlined the wartime goals of the United States and Great Britain.

Atlantic Charter

occured in the Phillippines

Bataan Death March

The German bombing of Great Britain was referred to as this.

Battle of Britain

The rapid speed of German military victories in the early part of World War 2 was referred to as this.

Blitzkrieg

landing of allied troops or Normandy coast of France(short answer)

D-Day

While being forced to leave the Philippines, he said "I shall return"

Douglas MacArthur

commanded German Afrikan Tour in North Africa

Erwin Rommel

as a result of the battle of bulge

Germans were able to slow...

Triparte alliance

Germany, italy, japan(same as axis powers)

Benito Mussolini was the leader of what country?

Italy

In which country did a totalitarian government take power in the 20s and 30s?

Italy, Germany, Spain, Japan, USSR(can be any one of these)

okinawa

Japanese began using large quantities of kamikazes

Adolf Hitler was to Germany as he was to the Soviet Union(USSR).

Joseph Stalin

What was the largest naval battle in history and resulted in the destruction of most of the Japanese fleet?

Leyte Gulf

How did World War 2 change women's clothing?

Many women began wearing pants because dresses were impractical for factories

Britain and France gave in to Hitler's demands in order to keep the peace at this conference in 1938

Munich Conference

What were the three major theaters of World War 2?

North Africa, Pacific, Europe

national leaders and be trialed for crimes against humanity

Nuremberg trials

To control inflation during WW2 the U.S. government created this agency?

Office of Price Administration (OPA)

as a result of the battle of Midway and El Alamein

allies began turning the tide of the war

Manhattan Project(short answer)

american effort to develop an atomic bomb

This required all males in the United States ages 21 to 36 register for military service.

Selective Service Act of 1940

Allies(who?) (diagram)

Soviet Union

World War 2 helped bring the swift ending of what?

The Great Depression

war and peace in US

US experience no kind of widespread wartime destruction

Prime minister of GB during WW2

Winston church hill

Tehran Conference

agreed to invade France; code name "Operation Overlord; Eisenhower in charge

Atlantic Charter(short answer)

agreement before US entery into war

Which of the following was agreed to at Yalta Conference?

agreement to divide Germany into four military zones

What did lend lease act do?

authorized president to aid any nation who's defense believed was vital to american security

strategy

defeating Germany first...

Potsdam Conference

divided Germany into four zones (actually did it)

Benito Ussolini

fassicst leader during WW2

German mistakes in WW2

invasion of Soviet Union

In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on the strategy of what?

island hopping

During World War 2, to regulate distribution of food and other consumer goods, the United States government did what?

issued ration books

Holocaust

killing of many Jews by Nazis during WW2

american migration

many blacks and poor whites left south to find northern industry jobs

At the Casablanca Conference they agreed..

on invasion of Italy in Spring, unconditonal surrender

Executive order

preventing...

Japanese Americans in WW2

put into relocation camps

Blitzkrieg

rapid speed of German military victories in WW2

american food distribution in WW2(short answer)

ration books

as WW2 was ending the US decided to join the UN because..

recognized that efforts to achieve world peace required US involvment with other countries

battle of Britain

refers to bombing of Britain by Germans in WW2

Soon after the outbreak of the war in Europe, FDR proclaimed that the United States would do what?

remain neutral

stallingraph..

soviet groups stopped Germans from bloodiest battles in the world

battles of Coral and Midway...

stemming the tide

Pearl Harbor

the impact of a single event can have on public opinion in a crisis

Double V Campaign(short answer)

this was an effort to defeat axis powers and win more rights in US

Tuskegee, AL(short answer)

training center for black airman

V-E Day

victory in Europe

V-J Day

victory over Japan

isolationism

wanted US to stay out of war and Europe take care of its own problems

How did US pay for war?

war bonds

battle of IwoJima

1/3rd of all US marines were killed in this battle

In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Guadalcanal fought?

Pacific

The invasion of which country on September 1, 1939 prompted the French and British to declare war on Germany?

Poland

The invasion of which country triggered WW2?

Poland