United States History    Quiz Chapter 27  2nd 1/2            Name: ___________________________________________
Teacher :   Mr. Cap            End or World War II

1.  In what years did the war in the Pacific Theater take place? _____________________________________________

2.  What promise did General MacArthur promise? ______________________________________________________

3.  What was the Bataan Death March? _______________________________________________________________

4.  Who led the pilots to bomb Japan in 1942?  _________________________________________________________

5.  Why was Jacob DeShazer a hero? ________________________________________________________________

On the back explain the significance of the following battles : Coral Sea , Midway, Guadalcanal , Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima

6.  Famous photo from the Pulitzer prize-winning photo by news photographer __________________________________

7.  Why did the Japanese offer desperate resistance at Okinawa? ____________________________________________

8.  What was the Manhattan Project ? ________________________________________________________________

9.  Why was Truman's decision to use the bomb such a difficult one? _________________________________________

10.  When was V-J Day?  _________________________________________________________________________

List three aftermath's of WWII. 11. __________________________________________________________________

12. _____________________________________________ 13. __________________________________________

14.  According to Hitler, what was the Jew's worst crime? _________________________________________________

15.  Name three of the largest concentration camps. ______________________________________________________

16.  What was the most shocking fact that came out of the trials? ____________________________________________

17.  What is tacit approval? ________________________________________________________________________

18.  What does it mean that the United Nations adopted many socialistic policies? ________________________________

19.  How many wars have been fought since the UN was founded?  _______________________

20.  What is perhaps the greatest injustice of the UN? _____________________________________________________

21.  Why is it hard for the United Nations to keep peace? __________________________________________________

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