What did the Office of War Mobilization do?

to centralize agencies dealing with war production

Who were considered the "Big 3"?

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

During World War II, many Japanese Americans were

confined to camps in isolated areas.

What idea came out of the Nuremberg Trials?

Individuals are responsible for their own actions.

Why were the Japanese evacuated from the West Coast?

Prejudice, and fears inflamed by the attack on Pearl Harbor

Who were the Code Talkers?

Navajo radio ops who secured communication in the Pacific

According to the poster, in what way is the bandanna like a military hat?

Both symbolized patriotic duty during wartime.

What were the Neutrality Acts designed to do?

support other neutral states around the world.

What did the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) believe in

using nonviolent techniques to end racism.

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WWII Slidell High

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1
True / False: The 1^st African American fighter pilots in WWII were the Code Talkers.
False
True
2
Who was the Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?
Roosevelt
Hitler
Churchhill
Stallin
3
During WWII, the US wanted to be ___.
neutral
somewhat involved
involved
4
To finance the war, the federal government did all of the following except
use deficit spending.
raise income taxes.
solicit war bonds
reduce corporate profits.
5
What did the Office of War Mobilization do?
to adopt communist ideologies
to reduce the government’s role in war production
to centralize agencies dealing with war production
to build up wartime morale
6
Which battle was one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific?
Stalingrad
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Midway
7
Who were considered the "Big 3"?
Hitler, Truman and Stalin
Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
Mussolini, Truman and Churchill
8
Who Led the North African Campaign and D-Day?
McArthur
The "Desert Fox"
Nimitz
Truman
9
Island-hopping put the Allies in a position to
defend China.
bomb Japan.
win the Battle of the Coral Sea.
refuel their ships and planes.
10
During World War II, many Japanese Americans were
confined to camps in isolated areas.
told to leave the United States.
sent back to Japan.
11
What brought the US into the war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Neutrality Acts
The Zimmerman Telegram
12
What countries formed the Axis powers?
Soviet Union, Germany, Italy
Germany, Britain, France
Germany, Japan, Italy
Japan, Germany, Soviet Union
13
Korematsu v US ruled that sending the Japanese Americans to internment camps was _____
was against their civil rights
necessary
unconstitutional
not against their civil rights
14
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Hitler
Stalin
Truman
Churchill
15
The Nonaggression Pact was signed between
Britain, the Soviet Union and the US
Italy and Germany
Germany and the Soviet Union
Japan, Germany and Italy
16
What idea came out of the Nuremberg Trials?
A nation must allow its people to emigrate.
Concentration camps are against the law.
Individuals are responsible for their own actions.
No one is above the law.
17
What made crossing the Atlantic dangerous?
Axis ships
Axis aircraft
Ice Bergs
U-Boats
18
Why were the Japanese evacuated from the West Coast?
Prejudice, and fears inflamed by the attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese Americans wanted to migrate to the East.
terrorist attacks by immigrants living on the West Coast
fear for the safety of Japanese Americans on the West Coast
19
The image of the map depicts what military "operation"?
Operation North Africa
Operation Barbarossa
Operation D-Day
Operation Torch
20
Who were the Code Talkers?
Axis and Allied powers who talked in code.
German-Americans who served as translators for the Allies
Aides to Roosev. & Church. who relayed msgs btw the leaders
Navajo radio ops who secured communication in the Pacific
21
According to the poster, in what way is the bandanna like a military hat?
The bandanna will keep her hair out of the way.
Women need to take over for the men in factories.
Women are not cut out for the war.
Both symbolized patriotic duty during wartime.
22
What did the US name the project that developed the Atom Bomb?
Manhattan Project
Operation Torch
Yalta Conference
League of Nations
23
When was D-Day?
August 10, 1945
May 8, 1945
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
24
What military strategy did Hitler use most often?
a blitzkrieg
a U-boat attack
a sitzkrieg
dog fights
25
What were the Neutrality Acts designed to do?
support other nations in the Western Hemisphere.
allow American’s to assist belligerent nations.
allow nations to purchase weapons on credit.
support other neutral states around the world.
26
The ______ was a meeting of the Big 3 to discuss what post WWII would look like.
Manhattan Project
Potsdom conference
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
27
Jewish people were sent to a _________ because they weren't dying fast enough.
Internment Camp
Concentration Camp
Death Camp
Detention Camp
28
What did the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) believe in
using violent protests to end racism.
segregation
using nonviolent techniques to end racism.
integration.
29
Who became president of the US after Roosevelt died?
Nimitz
McArthur
Eisenhower
Truman
30
True / False: Kristallnacht means Night of broken glass
False
True

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