WWII US History Quiz

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What was used to censor reporting of the war and show patriotic movies and ad campaigns?

  1. Schools

  2. Media

  3. Internet

  4. churches


Correct Option: B

Which branch of the government upheld internment of Japanese Americans?

  1. Executive

  2. Judicial

  3. Legislative


Correct Option: B

Which group of Americans faced prejudice and were interned b/c of fear they were spying?

  1. German Americans

  2. Japanese Americans

  3. Italian Americans

  4. African Americans


Correct Option: B

What does the following poster symbolize?

  1. women in combat

  2. women in the work force

  3. women staying home

  4. women going to college


Correct Option: B

What was the purpose of war bonds and income tax?

  1. to finance the war

  2. to pay Japanese Americans who were interned

  3. to pay the president's salary

  4. to pay for POWs freedom


Correct Option: A

What was used to maintain a supply of essential products to the war effort?

  1. war bonds

  2. income tax

  3. rationing

  4. splurging


Correct Option: C

The U.S. gov't and industry (factories) worked closely to allocate resources during WWII

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The Nuremberg Trials led to increased demand for a ____ homeland.

  1. Polish

  2. Slavic

  3. Jewish

  4. Czech


Correct Option: C

What emphasized individual responsibility for actions during war, convicting Nazi leaders?

  1. Scopes Trial

  2. Nuremberg Trials

  3. Salem Trials

  4. Tokyo Trials


Correct Option: B

What was Germany's decision to exterminate all Jews?

  1. Final Solution

  2. Kristallnacht

  3. Holocaust

  4. Bataan Death March


Correct Option: A

_ is the systematic/purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group.

  1. homocide

  2. suicide

  3. genocide

  4. infanticide


Correct Option: C

What reflects the brutal treatment towards POWs in the Pacific?

  1. Bataan Death March

  2. Holocaust

  3. Manila Death March

  4. Internment


Correct Option: A

What attempted to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war?

  1. Nuremberg Trials

  2. Geneva Convention

  3. Continental Convention

  4. Treaty of Versailes


Correct Option: B

Which minority group had an oral communication code that was impossible for Japan to break?

  1. Nisei

  2. Tuskegee

  3. Navajo

  4. Mexican Americans


Correct Option: C

Which minority group fought in non-segregated units?

  1. Nisei

  2. African Americans

  3. Mexican Americans

  4. Navajo


Correct Option: C

Which Asian American minority regiment earned a high number of decorations?

  1. Nisei

  2. Tuskegee

  3. Navajo

  4. 54th Regiment


Correct Option: A

Which African American airmen served in Europe w/ distinction, despite discrimination at home?

  1. Nisei

  2. Navajo

  3. Tuskegee

  4. 54th Regiment


Correct Option: C

Which minority group often served in segregated military units & were assigned noncombat roles?

  1. African Americans

  2. women

  3. Mexican Americans

  4. Irish Americans


Correct Option: A

Which president succeeded Roosevelt and made the decision to drop the atomic bombs?

  1. Eisenhower

  2. Kennedy

  3. Truman

  4. Johnson


Correct Option: C

Who led the island hopping campaign in the Pacific?

  1. Powell

  2. MacArthur

  3. McClellan

  4. Patton


Correct Option: B

Who led the D-Day invasion at Normandy?

  1. Grant

  2. Lee 

  3. MacArthur

  4. Eisenhower


Correct Option: D

Who was the British prime minister during WWII?

  1. Churchill

  2. Lloyd George

  3. Chamberlin

  4. Cameron


Correct Option: A

Who was the military leader of Japan during WWII?

  1. Hirohito

  2. Tojo

  3. Minamoto

  4. Mao Zedong


Correct Option: B

Hitler was the leader of which country during WWII?

  1. Italy

  2. Poland

  3. Germany

  4. Austria


Correct Option: C

Who was the Soviet dictator during WWII?

  1. Lenin

  2. Stalin

  3. Gorbachev

  4. Khrushchev 


Correct Option: B

Who was the U.S. president during the majority of WWII?

  1. Franklin Roosevelt

  2. Truman

  3. Eisenhower

  4. MacArthur


Correct Option: A

The bombings of which two cities  on Aug. 6th and 9th, 1945, forced Japan to surrender?

  1. Tokyo and Nagano

  2. Iwo Jima & Okinawa

  3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  4. Kyoto & Okinawa


Correct Option: C

Germany surrendered on __?

  1. June 6, 1944

  2. May 8, 1945

  3. September 2, 1945

  4. Aug. 6, 1945


Correct Option: B

The costly invasions of which two islands brought the U.S. the closest to Japan?

  1. Iwo Jima and Hiroshima

  2. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  3. Midway & Hawaii

  4. Iwo Jima and Okinawa


Correct Option: D

Which Allied victory allowed the island hopping campaign to begin?

  1. Stalingrad

  2. El Alamein

  3. Midway

  4. D-Day


Correct Option: C

In which "miracle" battle did the US defeat a much larger Japanese force, saving Hawaii?

  1. Pearl Harbor

  2. Leyte Gulf

  3. Manila

  4. Midway


Correct Option: D

Which event began the liberation of western Europe from Hitler?

  1. Battle of Britain

  2. Battle of the Bulge 

  3. V-E Day

  4. D-Day


Correct Option: D

Where did the D-Day invasion take place?

  1. Paris, France

  2. Normandy, France

  3. Calais, France

  4. Cannes, France


Correct Option: B

What was the significance of D-Day on June 6, 1944?

  1. Allied invasion of Europe

  2. Allied invasion of Japan

  3. German invasion of France

  4. Japanese invasion of Hawaii


Correct Option: A

Which battle stopped Germany from taking Soviet oil & turned the tide against them in the east?

  1. Midway

  2. Stalingrad

  3. Moscow

  4. Iwo Jima & Okinawa


Correct Option: B

Britain's victory at El Alamein stopped Germany from doing all of the following EXCEPT

  1. Invasion of the Soviet Union

  2. Seizing of Egypt & the Suez Canal

  3. Gaining control of Middle Eastern oil

  4. Invading Poland


Correct Option: D

Which nation invaded the Philippines and Indonesia and planned to invade Australia and Hawaii?

  1. China

  2. Vietnam 

  3. Korea

  4. Japan


Correct Option: D

What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific to cut of Japanese supplies by air and sea?

  1. Island hopping

  2. Defeat Tojo First

  3. Setting Sun Campaign

  4. Peace with honor


Correct Option: A

What was the Allied strategy in Europe during WWII?

  1. Island hopping

  2. Peace with honor

  3. Defeat Hitler First

  4. Defeat the Fuhrer


Correct Option: C

All of the following countries were the Allied nations during WWII EXCEPT:

  1. Soviet Union

  2. Britain

  3. U.S.

  4. Italy


Correct Option: D

What was described as "a date that will live in infamy" by Pres. Roosevelt and led U.S. to war?

  1. Pearl Harbor

  2. Midway

  3. D-Day

  4. VE-Day


Correct Option: A

Which event took place on December 7, 1941?

  1. D-Day

  2. Battle of Midway

  3. Attack on Pearl Harbor

  4. V-J Day


Correct Option: C

Which nation refused to recognize Japanese conquests & placed an embargo on oil/steel exports?

  1. Britain

  2. France

  3. Italy

  4.  U.S.


Correct Option: D

Which Asian nation wanted military and economic dominance in Asia in the 1930s?

  1. Japan

  2. Vietnam

  3. Korea

  4. Laos


Correct Option: A

Who compared the Lend Lease Act to "lending a garden hose...?

  1. Douglas MacArthur

  2. Harry Truman

  3. Franklin Roosevelt

  4. Dwight D Eisenhower


Correct Option: C

What allowed the US to give Brits war supplies/ships in return for bases in Bermuda/Caribbean?

  1. Marshall Plan

  2. Truman Doctrine

  3. Lend Lease Act

  4. Borrow Sell Act


Correct Option: C

In 1941, on which former ally did Hitler turn on, and invade, in order to get oil?

  1. Japan

  2. Austria Hungary

  3. Soviet Union

  4. Egypt


Correct Option: C

What was the bombing of Britain by the Germans to force them from the war?

  1. London Airlift

  2. Battle of Britain

  3. Battle of London

  4. Battle of Midway


Correct Option: B

Which Allied nation was the first to fall to Germany in 1940?

  1. Britain

  2. France

  3. Japan

  4. US


Correct Option: B

What position did the U.S. take at the start of WWII?

  1. joined the Axis powers

  2. joined the Allies

  3. neutral

  4. gave war supplies and warships to Germany


Correct Option: C

Which nation helped Germany invade Poland?

  1. France

  2. Spain

  3. Britain

  4. Soviet Union


Correct Option: D

What event triggered WWII?

  1. German invasion of Poland

  2. Attack on Pearl Harbor

  3. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

  4. Stock Market Crash


Correct Option: A

When did WWII begin?

  1. 1914

  2. 1918

  3. 1939

  4. 1941


Correct Option: C
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