WWII

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In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? Options: D-Day on the shores of France, Pearl Harbor, Invasion of Poland, V-E Day

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Pearl Harbor

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Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?

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Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.

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Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed? Options: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Adolf Hitler

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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WWII leader who became President after FDR, wanted to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the atomic bombs. Options: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin

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Harry S. Truman

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A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces

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Blitzkrieg

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The night of broken glass. German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property.

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Kristallnacht

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Invasion of Normandy, France by Allied troops in an attempt to liberate them from Germans

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D-Day

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The Nazi program of exterminating Jews during the Third Reich

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Final Solution

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the intentional destruction of a racial, political or cultural group

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Genocide

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What caused World War II to begin in Europe? Options: Italy invading Greece, Germany invading Poland, The French invading Germany, The USSR invading Italy.

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Germany invading Poland