1940s Study Guide

Question 1

Dr. Seuss

Answer 1

Cartoonist, disliked isolationism and Hitler.

Question 2

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 2

American aviator, liked Hitler.

Question 3

Causes of WW2

Answer 3

Rise of Hitler, The Treaty of Versailles, appeasment, etc.

Question 4

Date of D-Day

Answer 4

June 6, 1944

Question 5

The Big Three

Answer 5

FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill.

Question 6

Relationship between The Soviet Union + Germany

Answer 6

Allied at the beginning of the war.

Question 7

United Nations replaced what?

Answer 7

League of Nations

Question 8

What happened to India when they got their independence from Great Britain?

Answer 8

Muslims and Hindu’s fought, and Muslims created Pakistan.

Question 9

Define fascism

Answer 9

Authoritarian government with a dictator.

Question 10

Why did Britain and France enter the war?

Answer 10

Germany invaded Poland.

Question 11

First black baseball player in the major leagues?

Answer 11

Jackie Robinson

Question 12

Date of Pearl Harbor

Answer 12

Dec 7, 1941

Question 13

What was the Munich Pact?

Answer 13

Agreeing to give Hitler the Suedetenland.

Question 14

Thomas Dewey

Answer 14

Ran against Harry Truman.

Question 15

Baseball player with one arm.

Answer 15

Pete Gray

Question 16

Holocaust survior, author of “All But My Life”

Answer 16

Gerda Wiessman Klein

Question 17

What does the 22 amendment state?

Answer 17

A president cannot have more than 2 terms.

Question 18

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 18

Joseph Stalin

Question 19

Who was the prime minister of Japan?

Answer 19

Hideki Tojo

Question 20

Who was the leader of Italy?

Answer 20

Benito Mussolini

Question 21

What is it called when a country gives in to an agressor?

Answer 21

Appeasment

Question 22

What was the non-agression pact?

Answer 22

Between Germany and Soviet Union.

Question 23

What number executive order made Japanese americans move?

Answer 23

9066

Question 24

What number of president was Harry Truman?

Answer 24

33rd

Question 25

What is Total War?

Answer 25

Every effort is used to win the war.

Question 26

Date of Hiroshima?

Answer 26

August 6, 1945.

Question 27

Date of Nagasaki?

Answer 27

August 9, 1945.

Question 28

Who was the second prime minister of GB during WW2?

Answer 28

Winston Churchill

Question 29

Who was the first prime minister of GB during WW2?

Answer 29

Neville Chamberlain

Question 30

What are the people who were affected by the atomic bombs called?

Answer 30

Hibakusha

Question 31

Who was the Emperor of Japan?

Answer 31

Hirohito

Question 32

Japanese military unit known for suicide attacks?

Answer 32

Kamikaze

Question 33

Japanese immigrants

Answer 33

Nisei

Question 34

2nd gen Japanese americans

Answer 34

Issei

Question 35

Regime Hitler created?

Answer 35

The Third Reich.

Question 36

Area of land that a nation thinks is needed for advancement?

Answer 36

Lebensraum

Question 37

Start and end of WW2?

Answer 37

Sept 1, 1939 - Sept 2, 1945.

Question 38

FDR’s quote and response to Pearl Harbor

Answer 38

“Dec 7, 1941, a date that will live in imfamy.”

Question 39

Hitler’s death date?

Answer 39

April 30th, 1945

Question 40

American Military Leader?

Answer 40

Douglas MacArthur

Question 41

How many sections was Germany split into after the war?

Answer 41

4

Question 42

Women in the workforce icon

Answer 42

Rosie the Riveter

Question 43

What was the plan called to give billions of dollars to Europe to prevent communism?

Answer 43

The Marshall Plan

Question 44

Where is Amache?

Answer 44

Granada, CO

Question 45

CO governor

Answer 45

Ralph Carr

Question 46

Date of VJ day

Answer 46

August 15, 1945

Question 47

Date of VE day

Answer 47

May 8, 1945

Question 48

The gas used in the chambers?

Answer 48

Zyklon B

Question 49

% of European Jews killed?

Answer 49

2/3

Question 50

Number of Holocaust victims?

Answer 50

11 million

Question 51

Who was the leader of Spain?

Answer 51

Fransisco Franco

Question 52

Who was president after Truman?

Answer 52

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 53

Where were the D-Day attacks?

Answer 53

Beaches of Normandy, France.