World War II Vocab Quiz

Called operation Overlord or Normandy Invasion, Occurred June 6, 1944, and began the liberation of France from the Nazis. Turning point in the European Theater. ________.

• Pearl Harbor

• Fall of Berlin

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day

Committed to total war, worked in defense plants, volunteered in the military, became nurses, took clerical jobs, while men were at war. ________.

• Role of Children

• Role of Women

• Role of African Americans

• Role of Japanese Americans

The government introduced this because certain things were in short supply during the war ________.

• War Mobilization

• Rationing

• Executive Order 8802

• Executive Order 9066

After Pearl Harbor, the entire American Industry was dedicated to supplying the military. ________.

• Manhattan Project

• Rationing

• War Mobilization

• War Time Conversion

Harbor in Hawaii that was bombed by the Japanese in 1941 which led to the US declaration of war ________.

• Pearl Harbor
• Fall of Berlin

• Manhattan Project

• D-Day

The name for the research and developmental project that produced the first nuclear weapons. ________.

• D-Day

• Executive Order 8802

• Executive Order 9066

• Manhattan Project

A policy in which the US sent supplies to aid any nation whose defense was important to the US ________.

• Manhattan Project

• War Time Conversion

• Lend-Lease Program

• War Mobilization

They held roles of Soldiers, Marines, Paratroopers, Sailors, Nurses and Pilots during WW2, including the Tuskegee Airmen ________.

• Role of Children

• Role of Women

• Role of African Americans

• Role of Japanese Americans

Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union and was the final major battle in the European Theatre of WW2. ________.

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• Fall of Berlin

• D-Day

Japanese-American citizens were imprisoned during WWII. They were suspected of being a risk to National security. Was signed and ordered thousands of Japanese-Americans to internment camps________.

• Executive Order 8802

• Executive Order 9066