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Tennessee US History EOC Module 4 World War II overview quiz quiz

18questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. The policy of 'appeasement' in the 1930s refers to:

  2. Why did the United States pass Neutrality Acts in the 1930s?

  3. Which leaders were the aggressive Axis dictators whose expansion helped cause World War II?

  4. The event that brought the United States directly into World War II was:

  5. Mobilizing for World War II affected the American economy by:

  6. D-Day (June 6, 1944) was significant because it:

  7. The U.S. Pacific strategy of capturing key islands while bypassing others to move toward Japan was called:

  8. The turning point that stopped Japan's advance in the Pacific was the:

  9. What was the main reason given for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

  10. Which Tennessee city enriched uranium for the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project?

  11. 'Rosie the Riveter' is a symbol of:

  12. The Double V campaign of African Americans during World War II called for:

  13. The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is best understood as:

  14. The Navajo code talkers are remembered for:

  15. The Holocaust refers to:

  16. The Nuremberg Trials after World War II were significant because they:

  17. The international organization founded in 1945 to keep the peace, which the United States joined, was the:

  18. World War II ended with which two nations as the dominant world superpowers?