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World War II Study Guide
1. Why did the United States enter WWII?
Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor
2. Were U.S. factories able to create enough supplies for WWII? Explain
U.S. factories made more war supplies than any other nation in WWII,
3. What was V-J Day?
The day Japan surrendered
4. Americans dropped an atomic bomb on
Hiroshima
5. What is the United Nations?
an organization of more than 50 nations that was formed to keep peace in the world
6. Who is in the above picture? Rosie the Riveter
7. The above picture was used to
Encourage women to work in factories
8. Describe the treatment of Jewish people in concentration camps.
They were tortured and killed and forced to participate in cruel and deadly experiments
9. Why did the Allied Forces storm Normandy and Omaha beaches in France?
They wanted to push Germany out of France and back in to Germany
10. Adolf Hitler - German dictator who led the Nazi party and forced Jewish people into concentration camps.
11. Franklin D. Roosevelt - The President of the United States during most of World War II.
12. Joseph Stalin - Dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II.
13. Tuskegee Airmen African American fighter pilots during World War II.
14. Why did dictators rise to power after the Great Depression?
Economies were ruined. People wanted strong leaders to solve their problems.
15. Who became the dictator of Germany in 1933? Adolf Hitler
16. The Allies declared war on Germany after Hitler attacked Poland.
17. Island Hopping was used by the Americans to defeat Japan in WWII. The United States captured many islands
including Iwo Jima.
18. When Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gathered Jewish people to be placed in camps that were like prisons was
known as the Holocaust
19. Harry Truman - The President of the United States at the end of World War II. He ordered the United States to
drop bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
20. Hirohito - The emperor of Japan during World War II. He surrendered to the U.S. on what was later known as V-J
Day.
21. Benito Mussolini - Dictator of Italy during World War II.
22. Winston Churchill - The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. He encouraged people to keep
fighting in the war.
23. Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers? Germany, Italy, Japan
24. Which countries belonged to the Allied Powers? United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
25. What was V-E Day? The day Germany surrendered
26. Who committed the crime known as the Holocaust? Nazis
27. This event was the largest and most powerful sea invasion in history. Over 150,000 Allied Troops invaded
Normandy, France. D-Day
28. Margaret Mitchell wrote the novel Gone with the Wind.
29. Who was the famous “Swing” piano player and singer during the 1930s?
Duke Ellington
30. Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field and proved to Nazi Germany that African
Americans were just good as other people.