World War 2 Review

the Allies were caught of guard and led to German success in this battle

The supreme commander of U.S forces in Europe was

The method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods.

T or F: The Selective Service System provided free education and loan garauntees to veterans

T or F The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by Robert Oppenheimer

To combat wartime inflation the U.S did all of the following except

Battle of the Bulge marked what?

The US Atomic bomb was dropped where?

An example of racial tensions during the war years is

Which of the following leaders did not attend the Yalta Conference?

T or F: The battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war

He made the vow "I shall return" when forced to abandon the Philippines.

General that commanded operation Overlord, the allied invasion of Europe

The GI Bill of Rights increased the standard of living of many

The war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.

President Truman's main goal when dropping the atomic bomb was to

The day marked the invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe.

Roosevelt's Vice President

Day that marked the end of the war in Europe.

Which city marked the farthest advance of Axi powers into the Soviet Union?

Code name for the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa

T or F: At the Yalta Conf. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met to plan the postwar world.

Roosevelts decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

Gave its members official status and salary, and a year later granted them US Army benefits.

General ______ led the third army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.

Which country was one of the allied powers?

Who commanded the Allied forces in the Phillippine's in 1941?

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to _____

Led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation.

The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima

What was the Manhattan Project?

During the war women in the WAAC's served as

Nation defeated at the Battle of Midway

This expanded the draft and eventually provided 10 million soldiers.

Which country remained neutral during the war?

Korematsu V. US court ruled forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps was justified.

What happened on V-E Day

T or F: Atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo

Nisei who lived on the west coast during the war were subjected to _____

Defendants at the Nuremberg trials

After WWII the Serviceman's Readjustment Act made govt. compensate Japanese Americans.

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

The code name for the atomic bomb program

In the battle of Stalingrad all the following contributed to the soviet union except

The allied invasion of _____ was given the code name D-Day.

The "Zoot-suit" riots that erupted in Los Angeles in 1943 were directed against

Which Axis-controlled country did the Allies invade first?

T or F: On V-E Day Americans celebrated the liberation of the death camps.