World War II Test
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What were two strategies Adolf Hitler used to help him rise to power as the dictator of Germany? *
2 points
Even though the Treaty of Versailles after World War I had limited the size of the German army and had forbidden the Germans from taking military action against nations around them, why did no one step in and stop Germany when they started building up an army and taking over territories around them? *
1 point
Name AND describe the type of warfare Germany used at the beginning of the war to quickly overrun many countries around them? *
2 points
Describe what type of fighting was done during the Battle of Britain and tell why the victory was so crucial for the allies. *
2 points
 The United States tried to stay out of World War II.  Describe the event that made the United States have to join. *
2 points
Tell THREE ways that American citizens pitched in to help with the war effort. *
3 points
Give TWO reasons why the war looked very bleak (hopeless)  for the allies when the United States first joined in later 1941/early 1942. *
2 points
What was the American plan to eventually attack Germany?  (What area would they attack first, second, third…etc….) *
4 points
Describe in at least THREE sentences the attack of D-Day. (How did it work? Where did they attack? Why was it successful?) *
3 points
What were the two very difficult choices that President Truman had to choose between in attacking Japan?  What was a pro or con of each choice? *
4 points
Give two facts that prove World War II was an extremely devastating war. *
2 points
What was the Holocaust?  Describe two of the awful horrors of this.
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3 points
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima *
1 point
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Japan Surrenders/End of World War II *
1 point
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki *
1 point
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Attack on Pearl Harbor/U.S. Joins the War *
1 point
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Victory in Europe Day (Germany surrenders) *
1 point
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D-Day Invasion *
1 point
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Who were the Allies? (Select All 4) *
4 points
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Who were the Axis? (Select All 4) *
4 points
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Hostile, warlike acts by one country against another without warning or without a good reason *
1 point
When a single political party controls the government and all parts of people’s lives.   *
1 point
A government group set up to help factories shift from making consumer goods to making war supplies *
1 point
African Americans hopes to defeat both Germany and racism during World War II *
1 point
A program that invited Mexicans to come and live and work in the United States to help with the war         effort *
1 point
Camps where people were systematically put to death *
1 point
Temporarily putting someone in prison *
1 point
Limiting certain goods that people could buy to save more for the war effort *
1 point
Giving in to threats or demands in order to avoid a full war *
1 point
Publicly speaking against the actions of another country *
1 point
Prison camps for the enemies of the Nazi party *
1 point
National Socialist German Workers’ Party *
1 point
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