UNIT 6 TEST REVIEW
World War II
1. Describe the significance of the following individuals during World War II:
a. General Dwight Eisenhower –
b. Omar Bradleyc. General George Patton –
d. General Douglas MacArthur –
e. Admiral Chester Nimitz –
f. Franklin Roosevelt –
g. Harry Truman –
h. Winston Churchill –
i.
Vernon J. Baker –
2. Describe the significance of the following events during World War II:
a. Battle of Midway –
b. Bataan Death March
c. Attack on Pearl Harbor
d. Lend Lease Act –
e. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki –
f. D-Day –
3. What policy did the U.S. adopt after World War I?
4. What ended the Great Depression?
5. What was the purpose of the Office of War Information in the U. S. during World War II?
6. What role did the Navajo Code Talkers play in World War II?
7. What kind of policy was instituted because of a limited amount of resources like steel, meat,
chocolate, and copper during World War II?
8. What were the names of the authoritarian leaders who rose to power in the following countries
prior to WWII:
a. Japan –
b. Germany –
c. Italy –
d. Russia/Soviet Union9. Which four countries officially made up the Allied Powers during World War 2?
10. Which three countries made up the Axis Powers during World War 2?
11. True or false: World War II was a clash between 2 political systems
12. How did World War 2 change the roles of women in American society?
13. What topic did Executive Order 9066 and the court case, Korematsu vs. U.S. deal with?
14. Where did the surprise invasion by Allied troops take place on D-Day?
15. Why did Joseph Stalin want the Allies to create a second front in Europe?
16. What term means the systematic extermination of a particular group of people as evidenced by
Hitler’s final solution?
17. How did things like War Bonds help the American war effort?
18. What was the purpose of Victory/Liberty Gardens?
19. What was the name given to the elite group of African American pilots who fought during World
War II?
20. What is significant about the Flying Tigers’ role in World War II?
21. What steps did the US take to mobilize for war?
22. What new technology was developed as the result of the Manhattan Project which helped to
make the US a world superpower during WWII?
23. Number the following events in the order that they occurred:
a. ______ Battle of Britain
b. ______ Attack on Pearl Harbor
c. ______ D-Day Invasion
d. ______ Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
e. ______ Roosevelt Dies, Making Harry Truman President
f. ______ Surrender of Japan
g. ______ German Invasion of Poland
h. ______ Munich Conference
Review from past tests:
24. What are they ideas of the Populist Party?
Wanted government regulation of railroads and banks because they were exploiting farmers.
25. What was the Red Scare? What were American’s fearful of?
Fear of Communism coming to the United States, feared a Communist revolution in the U.S.
26. How did the relationship between the government and the American people change due to the
Great Depression?
Increased government involvement help people in need. Turning point in our history where the
government is responsible for the economic well-being of people in need.