World War II Formative Quiz

Which event is being depicted in the map?

• Battle of the Coral Sea
• Normandy Invasion
• Battle of Midway
• Pearl Harbor

Which of the following shows the correct sequence of events in World War II?

• Battle of Midway; D-Day; VE-Day; Pearl Harbor; VJ-Day
• D-Day; VE-Day; Pearl Harbor; Battle of Midway; VJ-Day
• Pearl Harbor; Battle of Midway; D-Day; VE-Day; VJ-Day
• Pearl Harbor; Battle of Midway; VJ-Day; D-Day; VE-Day

The Lend-Lease Act

• Allowed America to continue its policy of imperialism in China.
• Affirmed America’s neutrality during the first World War.
• Kept foreign nations from colonizing in the Western Hemisphere.
• Provided $50 billion worth of supplies to Allied Nations during World War II.

The United States ended their policies of neutrality in the 1940's when

• Germany continued a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
• Italy declared war on the United States.
• Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
• Germany threatened to align with Mexico.

During the war, Japanese Americans on the West Coast

• were denied freedom of speech.
• were relocated to internment camps.
• refused to pay their taxes.
• filled the ranks of integrated regiments.

During both World War I and World War II, American women

• demanded equal pay for equal work in the private sector.
• fought overseas.
• entered factories to fill jobs left vacant by men fighting abroad.
• became isolated in their homes.

What generalization do these posters support? 

• Carpooling leads to a safer and more secure commute.
• Conservation of resources would benefit the troops.
• Having a job is a patriotic extension of American values.
• Americans have unlimited liberties excluding aiding of the enemy.

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

• ensure adequate supplies of scarce natural resources.
• provide markets for American-made products.
• increase the number of imports.
• raise production of consumer goods.

The war in the Pacific ended when

• the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities.
• the Japanese emperor refused to fight the invading forces.
• Germany insisted that the Japanese surrender.
• the United States declared a truce rather than inflict heavy losses.

During World War II, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ______________.

• Tokyo
• Susuki 
• Kawasaki
• Nagasaki