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America and World War II
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American Vision Chapter 21 America in World War II
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This case declared it constitution to relocate citizens based on military urgency:
Miranda v Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v Wade
Korematsu v United States
2
The opening day of Operation Overlord is also known as?
Market Garden
Kasserine Pass
D-Day
Omaha
3
This general had to evacuate the Philippines once it became clear it would fall to Japan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
4
This battle in the Pacific was an American ambush of the Japanese navy and was a turning point:
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of the Pacific
Pearl Harbor II
Battle of Midway
5
When there weren't enough white men to hire factories turned to:
Mexicans
minorities
women
Disabled people
6
War effort to achieve victory over Hitler's racism and racism in the US is known as?
WASP
Double V
Civil Rights Movement
NAACP
7
FDR issued this to end discrimination of employment of federal workers:
Double V
Executive Order 8802
Bracero Program
Great Migration
8
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union in the late 1920s?
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
9
The last offensive of the Germans against the Allies on the Western Front was the:
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Kesserine Pass
Battle of Normandy
10
What agreement led to the German invasion of Poland?
Nazi-Italian Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Japanese-German Pact
France-Britain Pact
11
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest in naval history. In it the Japanese resorted to this:
torpedo attacks
strafing attacks
kamikaze attacks
targeted bombing
12
A political system in which the government has almost complete control over people's lives:
republic
totalitarianism
democracy
communism
13
Congress declared war on Japan in 1941 after the attack on
Britain
Pearl Harbor
France
Normandy
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Who was in overall command of the invasion of France.
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A. Philip Randolph
15
The name of the secret American program to build an atomic bomb is:
Einstein Bagles
The Oppenheimer Foundation
The Manhattan Project
Atomic Cafe
16
What is the code name for the Allied invasion of France?
Operation Overlord
Operation Overwatch
Operation Fortress Europe
Operation Eisenhower
17
This was used in WWI and in WWII to protect ships:
sonar
radar
convoy system
depth charges
18
Tactic used by the Americans to advance through the central Pacific also known as:
island hokey pokey
island jumping
island hopping
island skipping
19
Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict:
disarment
mobilization
bribery
appeasement
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Why did Japan attack Midway Island?
Cut American supply lines to Australia.
Gain a base to attack Hawaii.
Destroy the American fleet.
Gain control of resources on Midway.
21
Who became the president when FDR died
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
22
This image is world famous and was taken after the American victory on this ash covered island:
Coral Sea
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Leyte Gulf
23
An African American unit that played an important role during World War II
Black Panthers
Afrika Corps
Tuskegee Airmen
Army Air Corps
24
They provided a fast, secure and error-free line of communication by telephone and radio during WWII in the Pacific.
kamikaze attacks
101st airborne
tuskegee airmen
navajo code talkers
25
The United States dropped atomic weapons on Japan at which location(s)?
Atomic weapons have never been used.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagaskai
26
Who spoke these words: "People of the Philippines, I have returned."
General MacArthur
General Patton
General Motors
General Eisenhower
27
African Americans moved to find jobs in war factories. This is known as?
Snowbelt Migration
Great Mitigation
Urban Migration
Great Migration
28
Which country benefitted most from having a pre World War II relationship with the U.S.
Germany
Japan
Britain
France
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What battle was the turning point in Europe?
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Anzio
Battle of Stalingrad