Attack on
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
When did Japan attack the U.S Pacific fleet
December 7,1941
What do many historians believe that America's greatest contribution to the allied war effort was?
Wartime production
What does "WAC's" stand for?
Where did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
Oahu Hawaii
What is the name of the federal agency set up to ease the conversion from peacetime to wartime production?
War Production Board
What ages were considered to be drafted for war?
18-24
How many Americans died during Pearl Harbor?
2,403 Americans
Great Depression
What did the WAC's do during the war?
made bullets and mines, drove vehicles, and served as clerks.
What was the reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted to rule the Pacific Ocean
What group of people did wartime production allow to take jobs in heavy industry for the first time?
Women
By the war was over, how many men had voluntarily enlisted or been drafted?
15 million
What was the specific ship that was hit and sunk during Pearl Harbor?
USS Arizona
Name 3 essential goods that the War Production Board found necessary to ration
gasoline, rubber, steel, copper, aluminum, and canned, frozen, or processed foods
What was a critical role minorities played in the war?
Their language, "Navajo" was used to form secret codes that Japanese code-breakers could not decipher.