| Question | Answer |
| Which of the following is NOT an Allied Power?
A. United States
B. Italy
C. Great Britain
D. Soviet Union | B. Italy |
| Which of the following is an axis power?
A. Australia
B. Great Britain
C. Japan
D. Africa | C. Japan |
| Which of the following is NOT a dictator?
A. Adolf Hitler
B. Hideki Tojo
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Harry S. Truman | D. Harry S. Truman |
| Which country started off as an Axis power but joined the Allied Powers once it was invaded?
A. The Soviet Union
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. Britain | A. The Soviet Union |
| What did Germany, Italy, and Japan do that began WWII? | They wanted more land and power so they started to invade bordering countries |
| How did the Navajo Code Talkers help the Allied Powers in WWII? | No one else knew the language so the Allied Powers used it to communicate without the Axis Powers knowing what they're saying. |
| The United States tried to support isolationism at the beginning of the war. What is isolationism? | policy where the United States tried to stay neutral and out of the war |
| Why did many Americans want isolationism? | they remembered the horrors of WWI and were still going through the Great Depression |
| What are two ways that the government encouraged Americans at home to help in the war? | Possible Answers:
drafted young men,
asked factories to produce war goods,
posted propaganda,
encouraged victory gardens,
encouraged scrap drives |
| True or False:
Nazis arrested Jews and sent them to concentration camps where most died. | True |
| True of False:
The United States sent Japanese Americans to relocation camps because they were scared of them after Pearl Harbor. | True |
| True or False: At the start of the war, African American men were treated equal to white men in factories and the Air Force. | False |
| What is one way that women helped the war-effort? | Possible Answers:
served in the military,
nurses,
mechanics,
radio operators / coding,
worked in factories |
| What is the name of the event that caused France and Britain to declare war on Germany? | the Invasion of Poland |
| What is the name of the event that caused the United States to enter WWII? | the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| Who invented the atomic bomb and what was it's code name? | Albert Einstein
and
the Manhattan Project |
