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WWII
WWII PASS Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a dictator? | It is a leader who gains complete control over a country’s government. |
| Who is Adolf Hitler? | He was the dictator of Germany, and his political party, the Nazis, believed in fascism. |
| What is Fascism? | It is a form of government in which individual freedoms are denied and complete power is given to the government. |
| Who is Benito Mussolini? | He was the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism. |
| Who is Josef Stalin? | He was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII. |
| Who is Winston Churchill? | He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. |
| What countries were part of the Axis Powers? | The countries were Germany, Italy, and Japan. |
| What countries were part of the Allied Powers? | The countries were Great Britain, Canada, the Soviet Union, and eventually the United States. |
| What invasion caused the beginning of WWII? | WWII began when Hitler (Germany) invaded Poland. |
| When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? | On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which caused the U.S. to join WWII on the Allied side. |
| What is D Day? | On June 5, 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Allied invasion of several hundred thousand troops at Normandy, France. |
| Why did Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb? | President Harry Truman decided that the U.S. should drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan into surrendering. |
| What jobs did women have during WWII? | They worked as nurses, airplane pilots, radio operators, and mechanics during WWII. |
| What were relocation camps? | They were prison camps in which Japanese Americans were held in the Western United States during WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
| What was the Manhattan Project? | It was a code name given to the effort to build an atomic bomb. |
| How was radar used during WWII? | It was used in WWII to determine the location of ships and airplanes. |
| What did factories produce during WWII and what did it cause? | Factories quit making consumer products and began making war supplies. This caused factories to expand, which created millions of jobs and caused the Great Depression to end. |
| What is the Marshall Plan? | The United States provided funds, food, and materials to help countries rebuild in Europe. |
| What does the United Nations, UN, do? | It is an international organization which works to preserve world peace, and was founded at the end of WWII. |
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