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
