US Unit 6 Test Review

What group of people did the US recruit to be codetalkers during WWII?*

Act that allowed Hitler to issue laws without approval from the German Parliament

Suicide bombers; "divine wind"

Elaborate defensive barrier in France built to (unsuccessfully) protect against German attacks.

"Angel of Death"; performed experiments on Jews.

Hitler's bodyguards, ran the concentration camps.

Signed with the intention of preventing espionage, established Japanese internment camps in the US.

What SC case challenged the constitutionality of Japanese internment and upheld it as a "military necessity"?

"The Night of Broken Glass"; attack against Jewish people

When WWII broke out, Japan and the US declared they were...

What city did the US drop an atomic bomb on?*

WWII officially started when Germany invaded what country?

Wrote a letter to the US government warning them of Germany's potential creation of an atomic weapon.

Anti-Japanese racism started after WWII and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Policy that allowed Hitler's demands to be met in order to hopefully avoid war.

Joseph Stalin already knew about the US working to create atomic bombs before Truman told him.

What was the name of the secret city in TN built to help create the atomic bombs?

The Trinity Test was the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb.

Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII?

Nagasaki was the original target for the second atomic bomb.

International organization that aims to maintain peace and security, continuation of the League of Nations.

In 1933, Hitler was appointed the ___ of the ___.

"Lightning War"; German military tactic used to create shock and disorganization.

Close to the end of WWII, ___ is executed by firing squad and ___ commits suicide in his bunker.

Truman knew about the secret project to create an atomic bomb while he was VP.

Albert Einstein worked to help create the atomic bombs.

What two countries signed a nonaggression pact in Aug. 1939?

Who was the leader of the US during WWII?

First peacetime military alliance the US entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

Shifted US foreign policy from withdrawal to intervention.

Stated that people guilty of war crimes would be sent back to where the crime was committed to be put on trial.

Which of the following was NOT a principle of the Atlantic Charter?

AKA European Recovery Plan, gave aid to Western Europe to rebuild after the war

Leader of the Western Defense Command, suggested the detainment of Japanese-Americans.

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?

Nazi secret police given the freedom to arrest anyone they wanted.

Japanese surprise attack on an American naval base that drew the US into WWII.

Greatest invasion in history; coordinated landings along a 45-mile stretch of Normandy.

Naval battle that launched the US island-hopping offensive.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

Hatred of Jews.

Laws that took away Jewish peoples' rights as German citizens and determined Judaism by ancestry, not religion.

What was the code name for the US research project to develop atomic bombs?*

What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan?*

What was the name of the pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan in Sept. 1940?

President who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.

Landmark SC case that ultimately led to the closing of the internment camps.

Director of the Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico.

President who formed the project that created the atomic bombs.

Agency set up to administer the relocation of Japanese Americans.