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Which countries were members of the Axis Powers in World War II? | Germany, Italy, Japan |
Which dictator was the leader of Germany during World War II? | Adolph Hitler |
Which statement best describes the involvement of the United States in World War II before the bombing of Pearl Harbor? | The United States provided lend-lease aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. |
Before World War II, the United States did all of the following | seize Japanese property in the United States. |
Before World War II, the United States did | refuse to provide or sell aircraft gasoline to Japan. |
Before World War II, the United States did | refuse to export airplanes and aircraft parts to Japan |
Before it officially entered World War II, the United States helped Great Britain by | selling and leasing ships, arms, and supplies. |
During World War II, women who helped create ammunation and war materials were known as this | Rosie the Riveter |
Which was a major military installation in Georgia during World War II? | Fort Benning, Georgia |
Which was a major military installation in Georgia during World War II? | Camp Gordon, Georgia |
Which was a major military installation in Georgia during World War II? | Warner Robbins Air Base, Georgia |
During World War II, young people in Georgia support the armed forces by | purchasing defense stamps and war bonds. |
The bill passed by Congress to help returning soldiers adjust to civilian life was known as the | G. I. Bill. |
The Georgian known as the “father of the two-ocean navy” was | Carl Vinson |
During World War II, Liberty ships were constructed in Georgia at | Brunswick and Savannah. |
What change in the federal income tax, which is still in effect today, was instituted in 1943 during World War II? | Federal withholding from payrolls |
During World War II, Georgia did not have a prisoner-of-war camp at | Fort Oglethorpe. |
The United States re-examined its policy of isolationism after the | Holocaust. |
Which item was normally limited or rationed during World War II? | Nylon stockings |
Which item was normally limited or rationed during World War II? | Gasoline |
Which item was normally limited or rationed during World War II? | Foods such as meat, butter, and sugar |
Before entering World War II, the United States tried to maintain a policy of | Isolation |
The leader of Germany during WWII was | Adolf Hitler |
Japan’s leader during WWII | Emperor Hirohito |
Who was the leader of Russia during WWII | Joseph Stalin |
The attack on ____________________ brought the United States into World War II. | Pearl Harbor |
He was the leader of the Allied forces during World War II, who was later elected president of the United States, was | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
The American president who directed the United States through most of World War II and was a friend of Georgia, was _________________________. | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
The first atomic bombs in history were authorized by U.S. President ____________________ and dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, bringing an end to the war against Japan. | Harry S. Truman |
means “sacrifice by fire,” is the term used to refer to the murder of over six million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps. | Holocaust |
When Great Britain ran out of money to buy American war supplies, arms, and ships, President Roosevelt instituted a ____________________ program to aid the allies. | lend-lease |
The ____________________ Airmen were African American pilots who flew fighter support for bombing runs in Europe during World War II. | Tuskegee |
Bell Aircraft Company assembled B-29 bombers for the U.S. Army Air Force at the plant located in ____________________, Georgia. | Marietta |
Much of the credit for the actual use of the Tuskegee Airman by military leaders is given to a civilian, | Elenor Roosevelt |
Confronted with rationing food supplies, many Georgians grew ____________________ to supplement the foods that were available on the homefront. | Victory Garden |