Matching
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Match each term with the correct statement below. a. | Yalta
Conference | e. | J Robert
Oppenheimer | b. | blitzkrieg | f. | genocide | c. | Admiral
Nimitz | g. | kamikaze | d. | Truman | h. | Manhattan project | | | | |
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1.
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FDR,
Churchill, Stalin meet to discuss post-war options.
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2.
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600,000 worked on the building of the A bomb
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3.
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Lightning war
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4.
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Deliberate destruction of a group of people
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5.
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It
was his decision to drop the A bomb
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Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions to attack American
warships
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Responsible for building the atomic bomb
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8.
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outnumbered 4-1 in the battle of Midway, gains victory.
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PACIFIC MATCHING. Each question has just one correct match. a. | Battle of Coral
Sea | f. | Battle of Leyte
Gulf | b. | Battle of
Okinawa | g. | Guadelcanal | c. | Battle of Midway | h. | Bombings of Tokyo | d. | Iwo
Jima | i. | Japanese
empire | e. | Allied Strategy | j. | Philippines | | | | |
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9.
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First
Japanese defeat on land
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10.
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Saved
Australia
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Most
heavily fortified place on earth
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12.
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Last
major island to take before attack of Japanese mainland
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13.
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Saved
Pearl Harbor and the Hawaiian Islands
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1942,
to keep Japan from feeling invincible
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Islands where McArthur said “I will return”
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16.
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Island Hopping
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the
kamikazees first used in this battle on the east side of the Philippines.
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Larger than Hitler’s
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Some
answers may be used more than once, or not at all. a. | Majdanek | e. | Gen.
Eisenhower | b. | Operation Torch | f. | Pres Truman | c. | Battle of the
Bulge | g. | Operation
Overlord | d. | Battle of the Atlantic | h. | V-J Day | | | | |
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19.
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End
of the war in Japan
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20.
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Convoys, sonar and radar made the difference in Allied victory
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21.
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German initial success here was due to Allies being caught off guard
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22.
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D-Day
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Invasion of Axis controlled North Africa
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This
death camp was the first liberated by the Allies
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25.
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Leader of Overlord
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26.
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FDR’s Vice President
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MATCHING. Some answers here may not be used. a. | Anzio | f. | CORE | b. | Tuskegee Airmen | g. | Company E of the 141st regiment | c. | Zoot Suit
Riot | h. | Internment of
Japanese was constitutional | d. | 442nd Regimental Combat Team | i. | Internment of Japanese was NOT
constitutional | e. | GI Bill of rights | | | | |
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27.
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Helped servicement get houses and education
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28.
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Hard
fought battle outside of Rome
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Organized sit-in at Chicago Restaurant, fought discrimination in the
North
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30.
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Korematsu decision by the Supreme Court
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31.
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Prejudicial violence against Mexican Americans
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32.
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all-Nisei fighting unit
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33.
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All
Mexican American fighting unit
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won
awards for their valiant fighting against the German Luftwaffe.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
problem of _____ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration a. | depression | c. | inflation | b. | recession | d. | unemployment | | | | |
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36.
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Who
organized a march on Washington in 1941 to protest discimination? a. | Philip
Randolph | c. | Truman | b. | FDR | d. | General Marshall | | | | |
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“Operation Barbarossa” refers to Hitler’s plan to
conquer a. | Greece. | c. | Britain. | b. | North Africa. | d. | the Soviet Union. | | | | |
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38.
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The
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a. | brought the war to an end. | b. | brought the
United States into the war. | c. | ended U.S. interference in Asia and the
Pacific. | d. | tested the destructive power of its
bombers. | | |
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“D-Day” refers to the a. | Allied invasion of France. | b. | entry of the
United States into the war. | c. | end of World War II. | d. | British victory
in North Africa. | | |
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40.
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Which
General led the 3rd Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation? a. | Marshall | c. | Eisenhower | b. | Patton | d. | MacArthur | | | | |
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The
#1 goal of the Allies was to a. | sue for peace as soon as
possible | c. | defeat
Japan | b. | Bring democracy to the world | d. | defeat Hitler | | | | |
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The
Battle of the Bulge is significant because it marked the a. | It was the first
major Axis loss | c. | last German
offensive | b. | was the first Allied land
victory | d. | liberated the
death camps | | | | |
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V-E
day, May 8, 1945 was the day when a. | The US entered the war | c. | Germany surrendered | b. | Soviets stopped
the Germans | d. | Allied forces
invaded France | | | | |
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44.
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Nisei
were a. | Japanese people
born in Japan | c. | Japanese people
born in America | b. | Japanese people in America still loyal to
Japan | d. | Japanese who
married Americans | | | | |
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45.
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Where
did Allied forces first invade Axis controlled Europe? a. | Eastern
Europe | c. | the island of
Sicily | b. | Spain | d. | The coast of Normandy | | | | |
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46.
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Which
one of these was an Allied power? a. | the Soviet Union | c. | Italy | b. | Poland | d. | Spain | | | | |
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Which
of these did our government NOT do to combat wartime inflation? a. | encourage the
purchase of war bonds | c. | raise the income
tax | b. | increase
production of consumer goods | d. | impose wage and
price controls | | | | |
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Which
of the following did NOT contribute to the Soviet victory in the Battle of
Stalingrad? a. | A massive Soviet
counterattack | c. | a massive Allied
invasion | b. | Hitler’s refusal to
retreat | d. | brutal Soviet
winter | | | | |
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Where
did the US drop the first atomic bombs? a. | Iwo Jima and Alvagorado | c. | Hiroshima and Tokyo | b. | Okinawa and
Nagasaki | d. | Hiroshima and
Nagasaki | | | | |
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50.
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Who
were the defendants at Nurenburg? a. | Soviet occupants of Eastern
Europe | c. | Nazi
leaders | b. | the developers of the atomic
bomb | d. | Japanese war
criminals | | | | |
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The
purpose of the Office of Price Administration was to a. | set prices so
government could make profits | c. | Keep business
owners from profiting too heavily from the war | b. | fight inflation
by freezing prices | d. | urge consumers
to spend to help the war effort. | | | | |
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How
many people were dead within a year because of the A bombs the US dropped? a. | 200,000 | c. | 70,000 | b. | 20 million | d. | 2 million | | | | |
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What
new type of warfare was employed in the Battle of the Coral Sea? a. | Planes from
carriers fighting planes from carriers | c. | Submarine with sonar and radar | b. | Night warfare
on the sea | d. | Combined air and
sub attacks | | | | |
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What
was NOT a reason used for the decision to drop the A bomb? a. | The money that
would have been lost in developing it | c. | The number of American lives that would have been
saved. | b. | The Japanese still might not surrender after the dropping of
many bombs, and the damage these bombs would cause the entire world’s
atmosphere | d. | The Soviet Union
would otherwise have had strong influence in the Orient after the war. | | | | |
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