World War 2 Test

Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?

• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• Benito Mussolini
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt not around to celebrate the Allies' victory at the end of World War II? 

• He was too sick with Polio.
• He didn't feel like celebrating.
• He wanted to give Harry S. Truman all the credit for the victory.
• He died before the war ended.

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Cause: The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
What is the effect?

• Adolf Hitler invaded Poland
• The United States entered WWII
• Britain entered WWII
• The USA immediately dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.

What caused the Japanese to finally surrender?

• losing too many soldiers in Pacific battles
• running out of soldiers and military supplies
• two atomic bombs dropped on cities in Japan
• being forced to surrender to Germany and Italy

What was V-J?

• Germany invaded Poland.
• Japan surrendered to the US.
• The German army surrendered.
• Allied armies landed in France

Why did Harry S. Truman make the difficult decision to drop the atomic bombs?

• He wanted Germany to finally surrender.
• He wanted the war to last longer.
• He wanted to be a good president.
• He wanted to save American lives and end the war quickly.

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What was the code name given to the building of the atomic weapon?

• Project Boom
• Operation Secret Bomb
• Manhattan Project
• Operation Beast-mode

Which two cities were the atomic bombs dropped on, causing total devastation?

• Tokyo and Hiroshima
• Nagasaki and Suzuki
• Tokyo and Nagasaki
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This was a new type of warfare that the Germans used to run through France and Poland in the early parts of WWII. It is also known as Lightning War.

• Hitler bombing
• Blitzkrieg
• Ran-sacking
• Nuclear Warfare
  

Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?

• Americans
• Christians
• Muslims
• Jews

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