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What is a victory garden?
Garden grown during ww2 for food
Who attended the Yalta Conference?
Stalin, FDR, Churchill
Describe the GI Bill.
Funding for veterans. Provided loans for tuition, home, business, and personal use.
How much did America produce during the war?
Production doubled or America produced 2/3rds of all Allied material.
Who sang the World We Knew?
Frank Sinatra
What happened to Fred Korematsu?
Convicted. Conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court.
What was agreed upon at Yalta? Name two
Break Germany into four zones
Destroy German Military industry
Help against the Japanese in the Pacific.
Allowing free election in captured territories
Who runs the day to day workings of the UN?
The Secretariat
Who warned the US on atomic matters?
Leo Zsilard
What is Godzilla’s real name?
Gojira
What did the OCD do?
Organize Civil Defense
United Nations originally the UNO
What did the Sixteenth Amendment do?
List 3 goods rationed during the war
Up to Wag’s discretion
Who led an infamous charge at Gettysburg?
Pickett
What executive order had American citizens put into camps?
9066
What is the UN Security Council?
Council made up of 5 permanent members and 6 temporary members who act as the head of the UN.
What project made the atom bomb? Who was the project lead?
Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer
Who set up a series of satellite states in Eastern Europe?
Stalin
What famous violinist was nicknamed the Devil’s violinist?
Paganini
What was OPA’s purpose?
Rationing of America’s resources
What is Coach Wag’s favorite color?
Royal purple
Define total war.
All the population was involved in the war effort.
What is penicillin? Be specific
Antibiotic
What is blue and not very heavy?
Light blue