wwii

Question 1

name all Axis powers

Answer 1

Italy - Mussolini
Germany - Hitler
Japan - Hirohito

Question 2

name all Allied powers

Answer 2

USA - FDR
Great Britain - Churchhill
Soviet Union - Stalin

Question 3

when did ww2 start & ended?

Answer 3

1939-1945

Question 4

What country did Germany invade which led to ww2?

Answer 4

Poland

Question 5

when was Pearl Harbor attacked?

Answer 5

December 7, 1941

Question 6

What was the reason for Japan attacking the US?

Answer 6

Taking out their navy

Question 7

The bombing of Pearl Harbor killed how many Americans?

Answer 7

2,400

Question 8

Interment

Answer 8

temporary imprisoning members of a specific group

Question 9

Xenophobia

Answer 9

fear of immigrants

Question 10

Totalitarianism

Answer 10

a type of government where a single party or leader has complete authority over citizens

Question 11

Saturation bombing

Answer 11

dropping large amounts of bombs to cause a huge damage

Question 12

Nuremberg trials

Answer 12

legal action taken against Nazis

Question 13

Anti-semitism

Answer 13

prejudiced against Jewish people

Question 14

Rationing

Answer 14

limiting the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy

Question 15

Appeasement

Answer 15

policy of granting concessions

Question 16

Lend Lease Act

Answer 16

provided any economic aid to the Allies

Question 17

Assembly Centers

Answer 17

temporary detention camps maintained by the Army that held Japanese Americans who were removed from their West Coast homes.

Question 18

What was Executive 9066?

Answer 18

The removal of all people deemed a possible threat to national security

Question 19

why was it issued?

Answer 19

After the Pearl Harbor attack, public fear and anger quickly turned on people of Japanese ancestry.

Question 20

How many camps were in total?

Answer 20

10

Question 21

description of camps

Answer 21

-windows were blacked out
-built quickly and as cheaply as possible
-had looming guards around the barbed wires

Question 22

One good reason to drop the atomic bomb

Answer 22

to make Japan surrender so that the war could end.

Question 23

one bad reason to drop the atomic bomb

Answer 23

killing off thousands of people

Question 24

who was president most of ww2

Answer 24

FDR

Question 25

who was president when the atomic bomb dropped?

Answer 25

Truman

Question 26

name the 2 cities that got a-bombed?

Answer 26

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Question 27

How many Americans dies in ww2?

Answer 27

292,000