US History The Century: The Homefront

Question 1

What was the largest military operation in WW2?

Accepted Answer

D-day

Question 2

What was the Enola Gay?

Accepted Answer

The bomber plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

Question 3

What town did Germany invade during D-day?

Accepted Answer

Normandy

Question 4

FDR was able to connect to Americans through what?

Accepted Answer

The fireside Chat radio show

Question 5

FDR delivered an ________ speech that declared war on _______

Accepted Answer

empowering, the Axis Powers

Question 6

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, America responded by doing what?

Accepted Answer

Declaring war on Japan

Question 7

In order to support the war effort, Children collected and recycled what?

Accepted Answer

Materials made of rubber and metal

Question 8

Who was sent to the internment camps?

Accepted Answer

Anyone who was 1/16th Japanese, Japanese-Americans

Question 9

How many Japanese-American internment camps were there in the United States?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 10

How many Americans died in WW2?

Accepted Answer

292,000

Question 11

During World War 2, the final number of men enlisted was what?

Accepted Answer

15 Million

Question 12

During the WW2 draft, the percent of women that entered the work force rose by what percent?

Accepted Answer

460 %

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