WWII People
WWII Places
WWII Events
WWII
Review from Previous Lessons
100
Who was the creator dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
100
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
U.S.S.R (Soviet Union)
100
The Allied invasion of France that began on June 6, 1944.
The Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
100
Under act allowed the U.S. to help the Allies by providing necessary supplies.
What is Lend and Lease Act?
100
What does the acronym "M.A.I.N." stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
200
Who was the communist totalitarian dictator who controlled the U.S.S.R?
Joseph Stalin
200
Hitler had Jewish and other "undesirables" placed in these camps.
concentration camps
death camps
200
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
The Battle of Midway
200
The two main powers/alliances that fought during WWII.
Axis and Allied Powers
200
The was that was fought over the issue of freeing Cuba from Spanish rule
Spanish-American War
300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
300
What is VJ Day?
The day Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers
300
What three countries made up the Axis powers?
Italy, Japan and Germany
300
Name a cause of the Great Depression OTHER than the crash of the Stock Market
Answers may vary
400
Who gave the order to drop the atomic bomb?
Harry S. Truman
400
Where did the attack on Pearl Harbor take Place?
Hawaii
400
What is VE Day?
Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers.
The United States and Soviet Union invaded Germany at the same time from two different locations
400
These three countries were major parts of the Allies.
Great Britain, US, Soviet Union
400
A natural disaster in the plains area of our country caused largely by overgrazing.
Dust Bowl
500
What U.S. president declared war on Japan officially bringing the U.S. into WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
500
The battle in the pacific where this photo was taken?
Iwo Jima
500
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.
1- Hiroshima
2-Nagasaki
500
What was the name of the conference where the big three met to discuss the end of the war in Europe?
Yalta Conference
500
The movement of many African Americans from Jim Crow South to the Northern cities like New York and Chicago.
Great Migration