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US History Ww2 Test 1

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History Us Ww2 (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History Us Ww2 (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History Us Ww2 (Middle School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
Which term means "Victory over fascism and racism"?
A) the Double V campaign
B) the Manhattan Project
C) Rosie the Riveter
D) the Holocaust
Question 2
Which term means "Symbol of women war workers"?
A) the Manhattan Project
B) Rosie the Riveter
C) the Double V campaign
D) the Holocaust
Question 3
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) December 7, 1941
D) 1939
Question 4
Which of the following best defines Yalta?
A) Peace treaty
B) Trade pact
C) UN vote
D) 1945 Big Three meet
Question 5
Which person was US president during most of WWII?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Dwight Eisenhower
D) Harry Truman
Question 6
When was Pearl Harbor?
A) 1940
B) December 7 1941
C) 1942
D) 1939
Question 7
Which person was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?
A) MacArthur
B) Nimitz
C) Eisenhower
D) Patton
Question 8
Provide the definition of home front:
A) Battlefield
B) No effort
C) Protests
D) US war effort
Question 9
Which person was Rosie?
A) Women workers symbol
B) Real general
C) Singer
D) Nurse only
Question 10
What event brought the US into WWII?
A) D-Day
B) Pearl Harbor attack 1941
C) Midway
D) VE Day
Question 11
What brought US in?
A) D-Day
B) Stalingrad
C) Pearl Harbor attack
D) Midway
Question 12
When exactly did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1939
D) December 7, 1941
Question 13
When did US join?
A) December 1941
B) 1939
C) 1940
D) 1944
Question 14
What was the Holocaust?
A) a battle
B) Nazi murder of six million Jews
C) a parade
D) a treaty
Question 15
Provide the definition of Manhattan Project:
A) Radar lab
B) Rocket club
C) Atomic bomb program
D) Tank factory
Question 16
Which person was "Wartime president"?
A) US president during most of WWII
B) the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
C) US president most of WWII
D) FDR
Question 17
What was Midway?
A) 1942 Pacific turning
B) Defeat
C) Naval loss
D) Stalemate
Question 18
Which of the following best defines the Holocaust?
A) a battle
B) Nazi murder of six million Jews
C) a parade
D) a treaty
Question 19
Who was US president most of WWII?
A) Truman
B) Hoover
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Eisenhower
Question 20
What best defines home front?
A) Battlefield
B) No effort
C) Protests
D) US war effort

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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