World War 2 Schroeder

Question 1

What was the African-American fighter pilots who flew missions over Nazi-occupied Europe seen in the picture?

Accepted Answer

tuskegee airmen

Question 2

Which gov't agency created propaganda?

Accepted Answer

OFfice of War Information(OWI)

Question 3

The situation depicted in this photograph was most likely prompted by—

Accepted Answer

need for workers in industry while others were serving fighting over seas

Question 4

Describe post World War 1 Germany (yes W W 1) Think Treaty of Versailles effects, which led to the rise of nazism

Accepted Answer

Economic depression,high unemployment rate

Question 5

Hitler's "Final Solution" was his plan to do what?

Accepted Answer

Exterminate the Jews

Question 6

How did the homefront support the war effort?

Accepted Answer

Conscription-war bonds, war prods,rationing,Victory gardens

Question 7

Which new weapons were developed during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Atomic bombs and missiles

Question 8

This group of Native Americans were able to speak in an undecipherable code for the U.S.A

Accepted Answer

Navajo Code Talkers

Question 9

"A day that will live in infamy," corresponds with the attack on Pearl Harbor

Accepted Answer

Dec, 7, 1941

Question 10

Which set of fronts is correct- Fronts USA fought on in WW2

Accepted Answer

The Pacific, Germany, France, N. Africa

Question 11

"Storming the Beaches" of Normandy, France refers to what?

Accepted Answer

D- Day invasion

Question 12

What caused the Battan Death March of US and Filipino soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Japan defeated US and Filipino forces in the Philippines

Question 13

Which battle, in which we broke the Japanese code, in the Pacific was a turning point for the US against Japan?

Accepted Answer

Midway

Question 14

What caused the US to declare war on Japan?

Accepted Answer

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 15

Made the decision to drop the "A-bomb"

Accepted Answer

Truman

Question 16

The internment of Japanese Americans-Executive Order 9066

Accepted Answer

FDR order to keep Japanese-Americans in camps during war.

Question 17

Giving Hitler part of Czechoslovakia, was known as what?

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 18

What new opportunities did World War II create for women and ethnic minorities?

Accepted Answer

able to fill many jobs traditionally held by white men

Question 19

What was the primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?

Accepted Answer

To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage

Question 20

Why were most Americans willing to do their part to help in the war effort?

Accepted Answer

Strong sense of patriotism

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