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World War II Study Guide
1. Why did the United States enter WWII? ____The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor____
2. Where U.S. factories able to create enough supplies for WWII? Explain ____They made more war supplies than
any other country.___
3. What was V-J Day? ____The day that Japan surrendered to the United States._________________
4. Americans dropped an atomic bomb on _Nagasaski and Hiroshima_____________________________
5. What is the United Nations? __group of 50 nations that formed to keep peace in the world._________
6. Who is in the above picture? _Rosie the Riveter__________________
7. The above picture was used to _________Get women to work in factories during World War 2._____
8. Describe the treatment of Jewish people in concentration camps. ___Tortured, beaten, and sent to concentration
camps.________________________________________________________
9. Why did the Allied Forces storm Normandy and Omaha beaches in France? _______To defeat Germany and push
back the Germans out of France._______
10. ___________Hitler_ German dictator who lead 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? _______The dictators promised to bring the countries
out of the depression by creating jobs that helped the economy.____________________
15. Who became the dictator of Germany in 1933? ______Hitler_________________
16. The Allies declared war on Germany after ___they invaded 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 __________concentration camps._____________
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. _____________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? _____Japan, Germany, Italy.____________________
24. Which countries belonged to the Allied Powers? __United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, ___
25. What was V-E Day? _____Victory in Europe Day when Germany surrendered.______________
26. Who committed the crime known as the Holocaust?
_______Hitler____________________________________________________
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 ___African American olympic track star from the 1936 olympics that won 4 gold medals and
showed people that dreams can be achieved with hard
work.______________________________________________________________________________________