1. World War II Test Review

2. What was the day that marked the end of the war in Europe called? V-E Day

3. What was used by the Nazis to rid imprison groups of people they considered "undesirable" Concentration camps

4. What was the This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce essential wartime goods? Rationing

5. What was the Invasion of Normandy called? D-Day

6. What was the bombing of Tokyo and other cities after attack on Pearl Harbor called? Doolittle Raid

7. What was it called when American & Filipino soldiers were forced to forced to retreat, march, starved and slaughtered? Bataan Death March

8. Which battle was the Turning point of the war, where the U.S. stopped a Japanese surprise attack and the U.S. now uses island hopping strategy? Battle of Midway

9. Which political ideology is when the state has complete power over all aspects of life? Totalitarianism

10. What is the policy of taking action and being proactively involved? Interventionism

11. What is the policy of staying separate from the affair or interests of other countries? Isolationism

12. Why did the federal government use rationing? To provide more sources for the military

13. Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps? Anti-Japanese prejudice and fear after the attack on Pearl Harbor

14. People helped pay for the war by buying… War bonds

15. During World War II, many women experienced a change because they… Worked in jobs formerly held by men

16. During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to… Recruit women to work for wartime industries

17. When forced to abandon the Philippines, _____ made the vow, “I shall return.” Douglass MacArthur

18. Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ______. End the war and save American lives

19. Shortly after entering World War II, the U.S. began the Manhattan Project to... Work on the development of an atomic bomb

20. President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan on the grounds that.. Early ending of the war would save many lives

21. In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to… Provide economic aid to veterans