World War II – Early Causes and Beginning
On December 7th, 1941, what naval base did the Japanese attack?
Pearl Harbor.
What is the name of the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during World War II?
Holocaust.
Which Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What name was given to the ideological war between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II?
The Cold War.
What president was assassinated in 1963?
John F. Kennedy.
What name was given to the missionary that was killed in Ecuador by the Huaorani?
Jim Elliot.
What form of socialism emphasized the belief that Germans had evolved into a superior race?
Nazism
What was the name of the invasion that occurred on the shores of Normandy, France?
D-Day.
Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain?
Winston Churchill.
What organization was formed to promote peace among the nations of the world after World War II?
United Nations.
Where did the Bay of Pigs incident occur?
Cuba.
What was the first U.S. satellite?
Explorer 1.
During World War II, the Axis powers were the countries of Germany, Japan, and what?
Italy.
What military alliance vowed to protect Western Europe and North American nations from communist aggression?
NATO.
What president gave the order to use the atomic bomb against Japan?
Harry S. Truman.
What independent state was established in 1948?
Israel.
Who became the communist dictator of Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro.
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn.
What country did Germany invade beginning World War II?
Poland.
When did World War II end?
1945.
Who was the leader of fascist Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini.
What meeting indicated the Soviet Union's willingness to shift to peaceful coexistence?
Geneva Summit.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks.
What organization sent volunteers to improve the health and farming practices of underdeveloped areas of the world?
The Peace Corps.
What allowed the Allies to purchase American weapons and food during World War II?
The Lend-Lease Act.
What scientific effort developed the atomic bomb for the United States?
The Manhattan Project.
Who was the physicist that wrote a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to begin research on the atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein.
What nation seized the Suez Canal from Great Britain in 1956?
Egypt.
What president promoted the New Frontier program in America?
John F. Kennedy.
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Dr. Jonas Salk.
What policy did the United States attempt to follow before entering World War II?
Isolationist.
What was the name given to the day on which General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender?
V-J Day.
Who led the invasion of Sicily and captured Rome?
George Patton.
What name is given to the policy that gave the president the power to use force if necessary against communist aggression in the Middle East?
The Eisenhower Doctrine.
Who conducted investigations into communist activities in the U.S. government?
Joseph McCarthy.
The Great Lakes region was opened to ocean shipping through the completion of what?
The St. Lawrence Seaway.
What battle is known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway.
Who led the Free French government?
Charles de Gaulle.
America pledged to help any free nation threatened by communist invasion under what doctrine?
The Truman Doctrine.
What former communist party member helped expose Soviet spies in America?
Whittaker Chambers.
What group encouraged democracy and investment in Latin America?
Alliance for Progress.
What was Germany's last major offensive in World War II?
Battle of the Bulge.
Who was the German general known as the Desert Fox who was defeated in North Africa?
Erwin Rommel.
What act weakened the power of labor unions?
The Taft-Hartley Act.
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
1962.