Mobilizing for War
Government agency in charge of setting priorities and production goals and it controlled distribution of raw materials and supplies for the U.S. military.
War Production Board
What name was given to the system where cargo ships traveled in groups and were escorted by navy warships?
Convoy system
What was the purpose of the Rosie the Riveter campaign?
It was meant to get women to work in factories during WWII.
What was the name of the amphibious tractor which was a boat with tank tracks?
Alligator or amphtrac
What name was given to the jellied gasoline used to burn down huge areas of Tokyo?
Napalm
Name of cargo ships used during WWII to deliver supplies back and forth across the oceans.
Liberty ships
What was the name of the march where almost 10,000 American and Filipino soldiers died on their way to a Japanese prisoner of war camp?
Bataan Death March
Daily Double: What was the name of the government program which hired Mexican farm workers?
The Bracero Program
What was the name of operation to invade France and open a second front in Europe, also known as D-Day?
Operation Overlord
What was the name of the top secret program to build the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
What military need led to the production of Liberty ships?
The German submarines were sinking cargo ships so the U.S. need to build ships quickly to replace the ships that were sunk.
What battle was seen as the turning point in the Pacific theater of WWII due to the Japanese losing four of its aircraft carriers?
The Battle of Midway
Putting money into the American economy to help mobilize the United States military helped the U.S. get out of what period in U.S. history?
The Great Depression
The Allies agreed to step up bombing of Germany and invade the "soft underbelly" of Europe meaning Italy at what conference?
Casablanca Conference
What international organization was created after WWII which consisted of a General Assembly and a Security Council?
United Nations
What was the name of the plan/act for the first peacetime draft in American History?
Selective Service and Training Act
Daily Double: What was the battle in the Soviet Union that put the German army on the defensive and was a turning point in the war in Eastern Europe?
Battle of Stalingrad
What were two things that were rationed by the U.S. government during WWII?
Food, gas, metal, meat, sugar, speed limit set at 35 mph
What did Roosevelt and Stalin agree to do to Germany after the war?
Split Germany into two parts.
What were the names of the two Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In what year did the United States produce the most tanks?
A. 1941
B. 1942
C. 1943
D. 1944
E. 1945
1943
What was the name of the maneuver invented by James Thach, which was successful in shooting down the much faster and better Japanese Zero airplane?
The Thach Weave
Which group of American citizens, 120,000 in total, were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in interment camps?
Japanese
What advantage did the Allies have against the Germans during Operation Overlord?
The element of surprise or the German did not know where the Allies were going to attack.
What country had the highest military and civilians deaths in World War II?
Soviet Union - over 20 million