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WWII Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Japan | Axis |
| Germany | Axis |
| United States | Allied |
| Great Britain | Allied |
| Italy | Axis |
| France | Allied |
| Hitler's government was known as the | Third Reich |
| When Germany invaded Poland which country declared war on Germany with Britain? | France |
| Why do you think many people supported Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler? | |
| The United States remained neutral after Pearl Harbor. | False |
| The hatred of Jews is often called Anti-Semitism. | True |
| The leaders at the Munich Conference signed a pact giving Germany control of the Sudetenland. | True |
| Which day did FDR refer to when he said, "a date which will live in infamy"? | December 7, 1941 |
| What is the glorification of military strength | Militarism |
| Who founded the Fascist Party? | Benito Mussolini |
| In the 1944 Presidential election, Roosevelt narrowly defeated Dewey. | False |
| The number of women in the workforce increased during the war. | True |
| The important Allied victory that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia was the | Battle of the Coral Sea |
| Who was giving command of all U.S. Army units in the Pacific? | Douglas MacArthur |
| What was the German's final counterattack? | Battle of the Bulge |
| Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps known as the Desert Fox? | Erwin Rommel |
| Island-Hopping was an effective policy adopted by the Japanese. | False |
| George S. Patton led the U.S. invasion of Sicily. | True |
| Who led British forces to victory in North Africa? | Bernard Montgomery |
| The first atomic bomb exploded at Nagasaki. | False |
| Holocaust | Systematic slaughter of European Jews |
| Genocide | Deliberate annihilation of an entire people. |
| Internment | Forced relocation of Japanese-Americans. |
| Manhattan Project | Project to build an atom bomb. |
| Selective Training and Service Act | Provided for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. |
| D-Day | Date the Allied troops launched an invasion on German-occupied France. |