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World War II Webquest
http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html
Click on World War II on the timeline
1. What event happened on December 7th, 1941 that caused the United States to enter World War II?
Click on BEGIN
2. How many troops were there in WWII? What about deaths?
Click on ENTER EXHIBIT
3. Why did Japanese forces sweep into eastern China in 1937?
Click on Japanese Soldier’s Individual Flag at the bottom
4. What was inscribed on the flags Japanese soldiers were given by loved ones? (3 things)
Click on Nazi Germany
5. What did Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rebuild in 1933? (3 things)
6. What did Adolf Hitler do that sparked World War II?
Click on Germany “Nazi” Swastika Flag
7. How did Hitler describe the new flag? What does the red and white mean?
Click on German MP40 “Maschinenpistole .40 Submachine Gun
8. How many of these guns were produced between 1940 and 1944?
Click on Fascist Italy
9. Who became the dictator of Italy in 1925 and what was his dream?
Click on proceed to the next section
10. Why did President Franklin Roosevelt declare war on Japan December 8th, 1941?
Click on Edward C. Morse’s Purple Heart
11. What is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use?
Click on Mobilizing For War
12. What did President Roosevelt tell Americans during a radio broadcast two days after the United
States entered the war?
Click on Women’s Coveralls
13. What were the jobs of women during World War II?
Scroll over to the end of the section and click Proceed to the Next Section
14. What were posters during World War II designed to do? (Second paragraph)
Scroll over and click on Proceed to the Next Section
15. What posed a constant threat to U.S. troops crossing the Atlantic to Europe?
Scroll over and click on Proceed to the Next Section
Click on Campaign in North Africa
16. What did Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill decide to do first?
Click on United States Tanker’s Helmet
17. Why was the leather helmet designed to wear inside a tank?
Click on Proceed to the Next Section
Click on D Day
18. Describe what happened on the beaches of Normandy.
Click on Fighting for France
19. How many troops poured into France after D-Day?
Click on Battle of the Bulge
20. How many casualties were there at the Battle of the Bulge? How many Americans were killed?
Click on On Towards Berlin
21. Who did the allied forces liberate as they marched through Berlin? How many Jews had been killed
by the Nazis?
Click on Proceed to the Next Section
Click on Miracle at Midway
22. Why were resources limited for combating Japan?
Click on The Final Blows
23. What controversial decision did President Truman make July 1945?
24. Why did Japan surrender on August 9th, 1945?
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Click on Mechanics
25. What was the most vital weapon employed during World War II?
Click on Nurses
26. How many nurses served in the army and navy? What was one job of the nurses?
Click on Red Cross Workers
27. How many pints of blood were collected by the Red Cross during World War II?
Click on Drivers and Flyers
28. Who drove the allied advance toward Paris in the summer and autumn of 1944?
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Skip the next section and click on Proceed to the Next Section
Click on Victory (It’s number 11 at the top)
29. Who said, “This is the day when Fascism finally dies”?
Click on Peace
30. What was established on June 1945 that hoped to keep world peace and safeguard the U.S.
economic and political interests worldwide?