11 History Chapter 17 Review

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked

won by the United States after they broke the Japanese secret code

Most Americans accepted rationing as a way to help the war effort.

Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to begin planning for the postwar world.

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo.

Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to

The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by J. Robert Oppenheimer.

African Americans who worked in noncombat positions during the war were called WACs.

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when

Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was

purpose of Office of Price Administration was to make sure war industries received resources.

When forced to abandon the Philippines, _____ made the vow, "I shall return."

George Patton led the U.S. Third Army to free Paris from German occupation.

On D-Day, the Allies landed at

the slaughter of Jews in Europe

Who commanded the German Afrika Korps and was known as the Desert Fox?

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

marked the formal end of the war in Europe

the Office of War Information spread propaganda that encouraged people to help the war effort.

During the war, women in the WAACs served as

The government justified Japanese American prison camps arguing it was a "military necessity."

the intentional annihilation of an entire people

To protest discrimination, _____ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941.

Which was perhaps the bloodiest battle of the war in the Pacific?

The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was

Many felt the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans were violated when they were

The Allied invasion of _____ was given the code name D-Day.

In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the Soviet victory except

Germany’s final counterattack was

The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war.

islands on which U.S. Marines victoriously planted the American flag after a hard-fought battle

U.S. strategy of seizing only strategic Japanese-held lands