The Basics
List the Axis Powers (3 countries)
Germany, Italy, Japan
Prior to sending men to fight in the war & officially declaring war how did FDR support the Allied efforts?
Cash & Carry
Lend Lease Acts
What was the name of the all African American regiment who flew bomber planes?
Tuskegee Airmen
Why were Japanese Americans interned during WWII?
After Pearl Harbor lots of anger, racism and fear that the Japanese Americans were traitors or spys
List the Allies (4 countries)
Britain, France, USSR, USA
What event triggered Americas declaration of War?
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Unit 442 included which group of Americans?
Japanese Americans
What was the name of the Executive Order that interned the Japanese Americans?
Executive Order 9066
What event started WWII?
The Nazis invasion of Poland - September 1939
What was one of Japan's motives for bombing Pearl Harbor?
The American Embargo on Oil was making them mad, America's involvement and influence on Islands in the Pacific was upsetting
What spoken-only language used over radios to transmit messages helped America win the war?
Navajo
Which famous 1930s Photographer captured Japanese internment of our local Yolo county community on film?
Dorothea Lange
What was America's Initial Stance on WWII?
Isolationists
Name a major Battle Americans played a key role in during WWII.
Midway, Coral Sea, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge
The Four Vagabonds were an all _______________ ________ group who wrote the Rosie the Riveter song. This demonstrated solidarity.
Male African American
What percentage of Japanese Americans interned were Nisei American Citizens
2/3
What was the name of the Isolationist Group led by Charles Lindbergh?
America First Committee
Why did America's involvement in the war turn the tides? Allies were now winning because...
The War of Attrition - American factories are creating more tanks, planes and ships and the Axis cannot complete with that! More men, fresh spirits, more supplies & money
List 2 ways that Women contributed to the war effort.
Spies, Couriers, pilots, farmers, factory workers, nurses, etc.
As Part of the Redress Japanese Americans were given __________
An apology and $20,000