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. |