How Well Do You Know This Decade in History? 1940-1949

The world was engulfed in the deadliest global conflict in our history during the 1940s. America was still recovering from a severe economic depression while Nazi Germany fought the Allied Powers in Europe and Japan took control of the Pacific. This decade witnessed the creation of everything from new fashion trends and music, the development of a destructive weapon and important energy source, and ended with a new leader of the free world. Think you know your history? Challenge yourself by taking this 1940s quiz.

This quiz was expert written by Colleen Curran. Colleen earned an MA in History at Boston College in 2016. She specialized in nineteenth and twentieth-century American race and labor history. She currently works as an Editor for the Massachusetts Historical Commission and continues her education in the Sustainable Development Program at the Harvard Extension School.