USHC 7.1-7.4 Vocab

Question 1

Began w/ dropping of atomic bomb. Includes horrors of nuclear weapons & benefits nuclear energy

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Age

Question 2

Which date is commonly known as D-DAY

Accepted Answer

June 6, 1944

Question 3

POTUS who took over after FDR's death. Gave the order the drop the atomic bombs

Accepted Answer

Harry S Truman

Question 4

USA law in 1935 that prohibited selling weapons to warring nations

Accepted Answer

Neutrality Act

Question 5

Winston Churchill was the _____________ of ___________

Accepted Answer

Prime Minister; United Kingdom

Question 6

Slogan used by Af-Ams calling for social change- defeat Axis Powers abroad & Hitlerism at home

Accepted Answer

Double V

Question 7

Japanese attacked this SE Asia territory US gained from Spain in 1898. Fell to Japan days later

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 8

Redirected raw materials/resources from consumer goods to materials needed for war

Accepted Answer

War Productions Board

Question 9

Germany, Italy, Japan alliance in WWII

Accepted Answer

Axis Powers

Question 10

Symbol for women entering workforce to fill gaps left vacant by men serving overseas

Accepted Answer

Rosie the Riveter

Question 11

Encouraged citizens to buy bonds to raise money for the war effort

Accepted Answer

War Bonds Drive

Question 12

Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill decide in 1943 on the plan to launch an invasion of Western Europe

Accepted Answer

Tehran Conference

Question 13

Project to construct the atomic bomb

Accepted Answer

Manhattan Project

Question 14

US govt ordered Japanese Americans away from military facilities- 100,000 in internment camps

Accepted Answer

Japanese American Internment Camps

Question 15

Battle that ended in US victory. Turned the tide of the war in the Pacific

Accepted Answer

Battle of Midway

Question 16

Competition between US & USSR. Each side built more powerful weapons to gain military advantage

Accepted Answer

Nuclear Arms Race

Question 17

Native American Marines who served as radio operators in the Pacific

Accepted Answer

Code Talkers

Question 18

German air attacks against Great Britain that lasted from July to October 1940

Accepted Answer

Battle of Britain

Question 19

Camps established by Nazis where Jews/other groups executed or used for slave labor.

Accepted Answer

Concentration Camps

Question 20

Which date is known as VJ-Day?

Accepted Answer

August 14, 1945, September 2, 1945

Question 21

Which conference did the Big 3 discuss division of Germany into 4 zones after the war?

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

Question 22

Attempted genocide by the Nazis of Jews (and other ethnic groups) during WWII

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 23

Which of the following events resulted in the USA officially entering WWII?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 24

Communist dictator of Russia. One of Big Three Allies in WWII

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 25

US controlled how certain goods were allocated to ensure the war effort was adequately supplied

Accepted Answer

Rationing

Question 26

Army division for women who served in nearly every capacity except combat

Accepted Answer

Women's Air Corps/ WACs

Question 27

Which WWII leader is associated with the Third Reich?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 28

What date is known as VE-Day?

Accepted Answer

May 8, 1945

Question 29

Name for the Allied invasion of Europe

Accepted Answer

D-Day and Operation Overlord

Question 30

Radar, sonar, microwave tech, computers, agriculture, medicine, nuclear power.

Accepted Answer

Advances in Technology

Question 31

US strategy in the Pacific in which Americans attack/conquer island & move towards Japan

Accepted Answer

Island hopping

Question 32

All black squadron of fighter pilots who escorted bombers in WWII

Accepted Answer

Tuskegee Airmen

Question 33

Held in Germany from 1945-1946. Nazi leaders tried for war crimes

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Trials

Question 34

Japanese American unit that served in Europe- became most decorated unit in US history

Accepted Answer

442nd Regimental Combat Team

Question 35

Allow aggressor nation to keep conquered regions to prevent future aggression

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 36

Military leader then Prime Minister of Japan during WWII. Executed for war crimes

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo

Question 37

Fascist dictator who ruled Italy. Ally of Germany and Japan in WWII

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 38

Roosevelt + Churchill + Stalin = __________

Accepted Answer

Big Three

Question 39

The Munich Pact between Britain, France, and Hitler was this policy

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 40

Allowed POTUS to send aid to countries who defense was vital to our national security

Accepted Answer

Lend Lease Act

Question 41

Authorized the first peacetime draft in US history

Accepted Answer

Selective Service Act

Question 42

Hitler was a ___________ dictator similar to ________________ who was also

Accepted Answer

Fascist; Mussolini

Question 43

In 1945, Big 3 talk military strategy, post-war policy, divide Germany in 4 zones, establish UN

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

Question 44

The Women's Air Corp served in every capacity including combat

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

Which front of WWII ended first?

Accepted Answer

European

Question 46

December 7, 1941- Japanese attack US navy base in Hawaii

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 47

Which conference did the Big 3 discuss the creation of the UN as a peacekeeping organization?

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

Question 48

Japanese cities where the US dropped the atomic bombs

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 49

Nazi dictator who ruled Germany and led Europe into WWII

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 50

Private vegetable gardens grown by citizens so more food could be sent to troops

Accepted Answer

Victory Gardens

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