2024 WWII Review

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Which WWII leader declared war on Germany and Japan, and was loved by many Americans for the programs he developed?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the atomic bombs?

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Harry S. Truman

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What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan on their mainland?

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island hopping

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The Tuskegee Airmen were a all ______unit that fought in World War II?

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African American

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Which change in American Society occurred during WW II? Options: African Americans were granted equality in the armed forces, Women were allowed to enter combat units for the first time, Congress enacted the first military draft, Women replaced men in essential wartime industries

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Women replaced men in essential wartime industries

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Rationing was used in the United States during World War II as a way to:

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ensure adequate supplies was given to the U.S soldiers

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Germany invaded which European country in 1939, which started WWI in Europe?

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Poland

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After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, thousands of Japanese Americans on the West coast were forced into ____________________________ until the war was over.

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internment camps

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U.S secret project to build the world's first nuclear bomb, the atom bomb

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Manhattan Project

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This allowed the US to lend Great Britain military supplies to fight Germany without the US getting involved in the war.

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Lend-Lease Act