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History - World War Two Test Review Guide
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11th Grade
12/06/2011

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What was the Manhattan Project?
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What was the Office of Price Administration formed to do?
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Who organized a March on Washington to protest discrimination in July of 1941?0
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What happened to Japanese-Americans at home during the War?
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What was the nickname given to women who went into the workforce?
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Were African-Americans able to find more jobs during the war?
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During the war, women could join the WAACs doing what?
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Why were some people moved to internment camps during the war?
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What was the Selective Service Act?
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What was our first objective in the war?
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What was the War Production Board?
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What was the Arsenal of Democracy?
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Who were the Nisei?
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What kinds of units did African-Americans and other minorities serve in during the war?
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Who were the main Axis Powers? Allied Powers?
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Why was the Battle of the Bulge significant?
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What was D-Day?
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What was V-E Day?
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Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
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What factors led to the Soviet victory at Stalingrad?
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Who were the first troops to enter and liberate Berlin?
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Where did the Allied forces first invade Europe?
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What countries were fighting on the Western front in Europe?
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What countries were fighting on the Eastern front in Europe?
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What happened to Hitler at the end of the war?
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What battle was considered the turning point in the war in Europe?
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What was the code name for the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa?
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What US general led the American troops through France to liberate Paris?
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What German attack caught the Allies off guard?
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What was the 442nd Regiment?
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Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway?
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Who said, “I shall return” when he was forced to leave the Philippines?
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What were some reasons for Truman dropping the Atomic Bombs?
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At what battle did the Japanese first result to Kamikaze Pilots?
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Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific?
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Where was the famous picture of the marines raising the flag taken?
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What battle is considered to be the turning point in the war in the Pacific?
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Why was the capture of Okinawa important?
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During the early part of the war in the Pacific, how was the war characterized?
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What did the battles of Coral Sea and Midway demonstrated the importance of?
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What was our military strategy in the Pacific?
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Where did John Basilone win his Congressional Medal of Honor?
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What were the Doolittle Raids?
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What role did the Navajo play in the war?
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Which leaders attended the Yalta Conference?
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At what conference was it decided that Germany would be divided into four military zones after the war?
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What happened only 5 months after the Election of 1944?
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Where did the US drop the atomic bombs?
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At what conference did the US warn Japan “Surrender or be destroyed?”
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Who was the Scientist that led the scientific research and development team to develop the atomic bomb?
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