| Question | Answer |
| 1)What happened to Germany’s boundaries as a result of losing the war? | Germany was split into East and West.
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2)Franklin D. Roosevelt was not the leader of his nation when World War II came to an end. Why not? | He died shortly before the end of the war.
| 3)How did the leaders in Europe originally respond to Hitler’s aggression? | They responded by meeting his demands through appeasement.
| 4)What organization was formed to keep world peace and support cooperation between nations? | The United Nations
| 5)Why did President Harry S. Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII? | To save American lives and end the war quickly.
| 6)During World War II, the U.S. government ordered Japanese Americans to live where until the war was over? | Internment Camps
| 7)What happened after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (what did the US do)? | Entered World War II
| 8)Which country controlled most of Eastern Europe after the war? | The Soviet Union
| 9)How did World War II affect the United States economy? | Brought the US out of the Great Depression
| 10)Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill were all leaders of which alliance? | The Allied Powers
| 11)Winston Churchill was the leader of which country? | Great Britain
| 12)Franklin D Roosevelt was the leader of which country? | United States
| 13)Joseph Stalin was the leader of which country? | Soviet Union
| 14)What year did World War II end? | 1945
| 15)On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces did what? | Stormed the beaches of Normandy, France
| 16)What group of people was welcomed into the military to do some of the more undesirable tasks, but were still discriminated against at home? | African Americans
| 17)During World War II, why did many women who entered the workforce? | they needed to fill the labor shortage left when the men went off to war
| 18)“Rosie the Riveter,” is a fictional character who became popular during World War II.Who did she represent? | the women who worked in the factories while the men went off to war |
