Pre Test for "The World at War"

Pre-Test: World War II – The World at War

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Read the following statements and circle whether they are true or false.

T F 1. Americans from many races and ethnicities served in the armed

forces during World War II.

T F 2. The United States developed the atomic bomb in secret.

T F 3. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans in the U.S.

were involuntarily sent to relocation camps.

T F 4. Rationing of raw materials and food affected only European

citizens.

T F 5. The United States’ general strategy was to defeat Japan first, and

then fight the war in Europe.

T F 6. The day Allied troops crossed the Rhine river and entered

Germany is commonly referred to as “D-Day.”

T F 7. President Roosevelt ordered the military to drop the atomic bomb

on Japan.

T F 8. The United Nations was conceived during the closing months of

the war as a world peacekeeping authority to replace the League

of Nations.

T F 9. After the war, Nazi war criminals were put on trial for their crimes.

T F 10. The United States’ emerged as the strongest military and

economic power after World War II.