WWII Test Flashcards
(31 cards)
Which of the following people served as code talkers during the war?
Navajo Indians
Which of the following groups was not properly celebrated during WWII?
Tuskegee Airmen
Which country was addressed in the Potsdam Declaration
Japan
Which event followed Japan’s refusal to surrender
Dropping the atomic bombs
Which of FDR’s action was attempting to keep Japan out of China?
Embargo of oil/war materials
What group of people were involved in the Zoot Suit Riots?
Mexican Immigrants
What was the goal of fascist leaders/government?
Promote nationalism/Create Totalitarian Government
What was the purpose of FDR’s 4 freedoms speech?
Explaining what every person in the world deserves
Which of the following speeches committed our help to Great Britain without actual involvement in war
Arsenal of Democracy
Which even triggered U.S. entry into the war?
Pearl Harbor, December 7th.
The Double V movement most closely relates for which future movement in America?
Civil Rights for African-Americans
Which of the following was considered the turning point in the Pacific?
Midway
Executive order 9066 was a response to what event?
Pearl Harbor
What two groups did Hitler blame all of Germany’s problems on?
Jews and Communist
FDR. Churchill, and Stalin made up the alliance known as the:
Big Three
Which part of the Treaty of Versailles Primarily contributed to WWII
Germany’s reparation payments
Which decision made at the Yalta conference determined our success in the Pacific?
USSR pledging to help the US fight Japan
An example of Appeasement during WWII would be:
France and Britain agreeing to German Annexation?
Which of the following economic trends was reversed during WWII?
Rising unemployment levels
Under the Neutrality Acts, the U.S. could not:
Sell weapons to nations at war
Stalingrad was a turning point because:
Afterwards Soviets would go on offensive
Where were the bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Executive Order 8802
Banned racial discrimination by federal defense contractors
