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Unit 8
WWII Movies
Random Facts
100

Which trend in the US foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939 and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941

Withdrawl from overseas colonies

100

Which statement about the economy during WWI is accurate

Many essential goods were rationed

100

What was the foreign policy objective of President Roosevelt in this address

To give military aid to our allies without sending troops

100

In the boy in striped pajamas, why is Bruno sad about moving.

He has to leave his friends

100

What two places are the only places you cant buy coca-cola

North Korea and Cuba

200

What are some actions taken by the United States before WWI that sought to maintain an isolationist party?

Banned loans to nations at war and banned trading war supplies to nations at war.

200

Victory gardens were used by Americans in the war effort as a way to 

Raise more food for home consumption 

200

Which action demonstrates the United States effort to isolate itself from Europe conflicts after WWI

Refusing to join the league of nations

200

In the book thief, how does Liesel calm everyone down in the bomb shelter

She tells them a story

200

What's the most visited country

France

300

Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the US in the years between WWI and WWII

Isolation from European military conflicts

300

Which statement best describes how WWII affected the homefront in the US

Gasoline was rationed and Victory Gardens were planted

300

What was the primary reason FDR announced the Good neighbor policy in 1933

To improve relations with Latin American nations

300

In Saving Private Ryan, what is the name of the day they land?


D-day

300

How many babies are born every second?

Four

400

The refusal of the United States to join the League of Nations reflected a desire of the nation to

Return to a policy of isolation

400

Which statement best explains why the US mainland suffered little physical damage in WWII

Geographic isolation kept America protected from most of the fighting

400

Which best describes how the US responded in the 1930s to the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy.

The US passed a series of neutrality laws

400

In Saving Private Ryan, who decides to save Ryan?

The Chief of Staff, General George Marshall

400

What place is home to some of the shortest people ever?

Indonesia 

500

These governmental actions such as banning loans to nations at war were similar in that each was intended to...

Keep the US out of war

500

What action was taken by President Roosevelt the permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to intern camps 

Executive Order 9066

500

What did the role played by the Tuskegee Airmen indicate about race relations in WWII

African Americans were involved in combat operations during WWII

500

In Dunkirk, how many soldiers were stranded in Dunkirk?

400,000

500

What three countries are the only ones in the world who don't use the metric system?

Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

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