1. Choose favorite!

2. What triggered the actual beginning of World War II in 1939?
A the British blockade of German ports
B Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
C the invasion of Poland by Germany
D France's denouncement of the Munich Conference

3. In the first two years of World War II, Germany conquered France, overran most of Europe, and attacked ________ from the air.
A Britain
B Switzerland
C Czechoslovakia
D Sweden

4. What event turned America from a position of neutrality to one of active support for the Allied cause in World War II?
A the Battle of Britain
B the invasion of Norway
C the attack on Pearl Harbor
D the invasion of the Soviet Union

5. The Allied strategy used to win the war in the Pacific was:
A invading China.
B island hopping.
C the blitzkrieg.
D the use of kamikazes.

6. Which of the following battles was a major turning point in the North African campaign?
A El Alamein
B Stalingrad
C Midway
D Dunkirk

7. What military action paved the way for the liberation of France and then western Europe?
A “island-hopping”
B the Battle of the Bulge
C the D-Day Invasion at Normandy
D the Battle of Dunkirk

8. The Tuskegee airmen were an all______ unit that fought in World War II.
A Asian American
B Italian American
C Native American
D African American

9. Ensuring that essential products were available for the war effort required ________ on the home front.
A retooling
B war bonds
C rationing
D prohibition

10. B preserve freedom of the press. C make all Americans hate immigrants.
War censorship, ad campaigns and movies all worked together during World War II to:
A promote the war effort.
B preserve freedom of the press.
C make all Americans hate immigrants.
D create panic in the Second Red Scare

11. The Geneva Convention:
A established rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war.
B called for the extermination of all Jews in Europe.
C formed the League of Nations.
D officially ended World War II.

12. What African American lawyer led the Virginia NAACP Legal Defense Team?
Oliver Hill c.
John Smith b.
Dubois d.
Clarence Thomas

13. Who was the first female astronaut in the U.S. ? Sabrina Andropov c.
Sandra Day O’Connor b.
Sally
MacCauliff d.
Sally Ride

14. What future Supreme Court justice headed the NAACP Defense Team?
Thurgood Marshall c.
Antonio Scalia b.
Sally Ride d.
Earl Warren

15. The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group:
Holocaust c.
genocide b.
Mass murder d.
Final solution

16. The law that set up the first peacetime draft in American history:
Patriot Act
Selective Service Act
War Act
d. Nationalism Act

17. The attack of these two islands brought American soldiers closer to Japan than ever.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Iwo Jima & Okinawa
Midway & Pearl Harbor
d. El Alamein & Stalingrad

18. Who was the President when the Berlin Wall fell?
President Nixon
President George W. Bush
President Regan
d. President George H.W. Bush

19. British defeated the Germans here, making this battle a turning point of WW2 in the Middle East.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of El Alamein
d. Battle of Normandy

20. The commander of the Allied forces at the D-Day invasion…
McCarthy
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt