U.S. History Practice Test: World War II
- World War II
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions cover the American role in World War II, at home and overseas, from 1941 to 1945. Keep the two theaters of war apart: Europe and the Pacific had different turning points.
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Question 1
What did the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 allow?
Correct answer: D
Lend-Lease let the U.S. supply Britain, and later the Soviet Union and others, while staying officially out of the fighting. Roosevelt called the country the "arsenal of democracy."
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Question 2
The United States entered World War II after Japan attacked which place on December 7, 1941?
Correct answer: B
Japanese planes struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, and Congress declared war on Japan the next day. Germany and Italy then declared war on the United States.
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Question 3
What did Executive Order 9066 (1942) lead to?
Correct answer: A
About 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them U.S. citizens, were sent to camps. In 1988, Congress formally apologized and paid compensation to survivors.
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Question 4
What did the image of "Rosie the Riveter" represent?
Correct answer: C
With millions of men in the military, women took jobs building planes, ships and weapons. The poster figure became a symbol of their work on the home front.
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Question 5
Why is the Battle of Midway (June 1942) considered a turning point in the Pacific?
Correct answer: B
American code breakers learned Japan's plan, and U.S. planes sank four Japanese carriers. After Midway, Japan was mostly on the defensive.
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Question 6
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of
Correct answer: D
The Normandy landings opened a western front against Germany and led to the liberation of Paris that August. Dunkirk was where British troops were evacuated in 1940.
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Question 7
What was the U.S. "island hopping" strategy in the Pacific?
Correct answer: A
Instead of attacking every Japanese base, U.S. forces took key islands for airfields and left others cut off. Each captured island brought American bombers closer to Japan.
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Question 8
How did the Navajo Code Talkers help the U.S. Marines in the Pacific?
Correct answer: C
The code used Navajo words for military terms, and Japan never broke it. The Code Talkers took part in battles such as Iwo Jima.
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Question 9
What was the Manhattan Project?
Correct answer: D
Scientists at sites such as Los Alamos, New Mexico, built the first atomic bombs. The U.S. dropped them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and Japan soon surrendered.
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Question 10
The GI Bill of 1944 helped returning veterans by
Correct answer: B
Millions of veterans went to college or job training and bought homes with GI Bill support. The law helped build the large postwar middle class and the growth of suburbs.
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