"A day that will live in infamy." - President Roosevelt
What is December 7, 1941, Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
100
Language used to create a secret code that was used to send important messages during key battles in the war against Japan
What is The Navajo Lanuage
100
Famous scientist who warned President Roosevelt about the threat of a German atomic bomb
Who is Albert Einstein
100
created fear that the Japanese
would invade the West Coast of the
United States.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor
100
a person who is not enlisted in
the military.
What is a civilian.
200
In 1941, many of these soldiers
traveled to the Philippine Islands to help
defend that U.S. territory just months
before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who are 1800 New Mexico National Guardsman.
200
the reason that the code was nearly impossible to break
What is it was a code on a code
200
locations for the labs
that would develop an atomic bomb
What is Los Alamos, NM
200
March 2, 1942
What is all men, women, and children of Japanese
ancestry living on the West Coast were
given relocation orders.
200
The contributions women made during World War I
helped to convince many Americans to
support this amendment.
What is the 19th Amendment, which
gave women the right to vote.
300
In April 1942, the Japanese
captured at least 10,000 American and
60,000 Filipino troops and forced them
to march 65 miles to a prison camp
where they remained for three years.
What is the Bataan Death March
300
Branch of the military that the Navajo Code Talkers belonged to
What is the Marines
300
Physicist placed in charge of the Manhattan Project.
Who is Robert Oppenheimer
300
In these two NM towns, more than 4,500 men of Japanese
descent spent the war surrounded by
barbed wire and armed guards.
What is Santa Fe and Lordsburg
300
a temporary farm worker
from Mexico.
What is a Bracero
400
These two New Mexico men made important journalistic contributions during the war, and were regarded as important sources of Information about the war for people back home in the United States.
Who are Ernie Pyle and Bill Mauldin
400
Celebrated on August 14th every year
What is National Navajo Code talker day
400
Code name for the place the military and scientists tested the first atomic bomb.
What is Trinity Site
400
Amount offered by the government to every surviving Japanese American who had been relocated during
the war.
What is $20,000
400
symbolizes the strength of
women in helping America
during times of war.
Who is Rosie The Riveter
500
These two Major events brought an end to WWII in 1945
What is surrender of Germany, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
500
the last "original" code talker who died on June 4, 2014
Who is Chester Nez
500
Code name for bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were developed at Los Alamos.
What is Fat Man and Little Boy
500
These Americans were not sent to internment camps during the War, even though their Countries of origin were also a part of the Axis powers.
Who are German and Italian Americans
500
The oil industry was centered in two main parts of the state
Where is the southeast near Hobbs and
the northwest near Farmington.