U.S. in the World Wars
25 questionsTest your knowledge of American involvement in World War I and World War II.
In what year did the United States enter World War I?
The correct answer is C. 1917
Who was the U.S. president when America entered World War I?
The correct answer is D. Woodrow Wilson
On what date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
The correct answer is A. December 7, 1941
Who was the U.S. president for most of World War II?
The correct answer is B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
In what year did the United States enter World War II?
The correct answer is C. 1941
The sinking of which ship by a German U-boat helped turn American opinion toward entering World War I?
The correct answer is B. Lusitania
In what year did the Lusitania sink?
The correct answer is B. 1915
D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, occurred in what year?
The correct answer is C. 1944
Which U.S. general led the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and later became president?
The correct answer is B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
The correct answer is A. Hiroshima
In what year did World War II end in Europe (V-E Day)?
The correct answer is C. 1945
Which U.S. general led the Pacific theater and accepted Japan's surrender?
The correct answer is B. Douglas MacArthur
The League of Nations was proposed by which U.S. president?
The correct answer is D. Woodrow Wilson
Who became U.S. president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945?
The correct answer is B. Harry S. Truman
The United States did not join the League of Nations because the Senate rejected the Treaty of what?
The correct answer is C. Versailles
The Zimmerman Telegram, which helped push the U.S. toward war in 1917, proposed an alliance between Germany and which country?
The correct answer is C. Mexico
In what year did Congress pass the Selective Service Act, establishing the draft for World War I?
The correct answer is C. 1917
The Battle of Midway in 1942 was a turning point in the war in which ocean?
The correct answer is D. Pacific
Which conference in 1945 saw Truman, Churchill, and Stalin plan the postwar world?
The correct answer is B. Potsdam Conference
The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I were commanded by which general?
The correct answer is D. John J. Pershing
The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 allowed the U.S. to supply which countries before entering World War II?
The correct answer is A. Allies (Britain, USSR, etc.)
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) was in what year?
The correct answer is C. 1945
The attack on Pearl Harbor took place in which U.S. territory (later state)?
The correct answer is C. Hawaii
Which U.S. naval base was attacked on December 7, 1941?
The correct answer is C. Pearl Harbor
The Manhattan Project developed what?
The correct answer is C. The atomic bomb
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