Mod 11 WW2 Test review

On Dec 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at _____, leading to the US entry into WW11

What was the German strategy in the Battle of the Atlantic?

What compromises did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agree to at the Yalta Conference? (choose two boxes)

there they sped eastward chasing Rommel’s Afrika Korps.Allies invaded ___ as part of OperationTorch/attacked Axis forces

How did General MacArthur change Japan following the war?

In the battle of the Atlantic what were a group of German submarines called?

Pres FDR/Congress began preparing the US for war by passing the _ which men between 21-35 to register for military draft

Why were the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway important?

Benito Mussolini installed and prescribed tow hat system of gov?

How did ordinary Americans help with the war effort and conserve resources?

During World War 2 who was the leader of Germany?

Why was isolationism so popular in the US in the 1920s-30s?

Which of the following was an effect of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

In order to keep the US out of future wars, Congress passed a series of _____ Acts in 1935, 1937, and 1939

How was Great Britain able to win the Battle of Britain?

What was the purpose of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)?

What was the Holocaust?

What did the Supreme Court rule in its 1944 Korematsu v. United States decision?

What was the name of the bomb that was tested in the Nevada desert?

US naval forces defeated Japan @ the Battle of ______ , halting Japan’s advance across Pacific/damaging its naval forces

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) provided ______ to veterans to help them return to civilian life.

How was the Atlantic Charter a step toward the US going to war?

Research for the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, was directed by ______

What was are some of the reasons the Allies won the war?

How was the United States able to produce so much war material in such a short period of time?

Following World War II General Douglas MacArthur reshaped _________ by introducing democracy and a free-market economy.

has been debate over if US was justified in using nuclear weapons on Japan inWW2. What was the reason Pres Truman gave?

what was the total number of individuals killed during the Holocaust by the Nazi's?

Why was the War Production Board (WPB) established during World War II?

What was the intended product of the Manhattan Project?

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces invaded _________ in the largest land-sea-air operation in history.

How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

why did the Axis powers think the Tripartite Pact would keep the US out of war?

What noncombat roles did U.S. women fill in the military during World War II? KEY WORD IS IN THE MILITARY! choose one

Why did Nazis target homosexuals/people who were mentally deficient, mentally ill, physically disabled, incurably ill?

This type of government exerts complete control over its citizens

Why was isolationism so popular in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s?

Who was the leader of USSR during WW2?

What was the Allied “island hopping” strategy in the Pacific?

What was the goal of Doolittle’s raid?

Why was the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (or GI Bill of Rights) passed?

What was the impact of the Doolittle Raids on Japan?

Whar was the significfance of the Lend-Lease Act

How did members of the Navajo nation contribute to the Allied war effort in the Pacific?

Why did Japan attack the US naval fleet at Pearl Harbor?

How did Congress attempt to maintain U.S. isolationism throughout the 1930s?

How was President Roosevelt able to involve the US in Asain conflicts in spite of the Neutrality Acts?

Where did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet in early 1945 to discuss the postwar world?

To protect Allied supply lines from German submarine attacks, cargo ships were organized into ____

What did Japan gain from its new territiories following its attack on Peal Harbor to further its goals?