The Attack on Pearl Harbor
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7,1941
What is the name of the first peacetime draft?
Compulsory Military Service
When was the Woman’s Army Corps established?
In 1942
Why did the Japanese want to destroy the US fleet at Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese wanted to rule the Pacific Ocean and the US fleet was in the way.
During the war, what protected the American farmers and factories from bombing or invasion?
The Axis Power
What did many historians believe to be the “greatest contribution to the allied effort ?
Wartime production
The surprise attack destroyed six ships and 180 aircraft, took the lives of how many Americans and wounded how many others?
Killed 2,403 Americans and wounded 1,178 others
Who built new ‘Liberty Ships’ to carry men and supplies?
Henry Kaiser
What did Executive Order 9066 do?
Permitted military commanders to designate “military areas” from which groups of people might be excluded
Why does the low flying Japanese squadron vanish from the radar’s screen?
Because of the Hawaii’s mountains
What did the Office of War Information do?
Created posters, controlled newsreels and produced its own radio programs to promote patriotism and boost the war effort.
What was “Victory Gardens?”
Where Americans grew their own fruits and vegetables so that more foods would be available for the troops
Impressed by Hitler’s stunning victories in Europe, the Japanese entered into a defensive alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1940. In June 1941, Hitler suddenly abandoned his pact with Stalin and did what?
He invaded the Soviet Union
When was the Office of War Mobilization created and what was its purpose?
It was created in 1943 to oversee the allocation of both materials and manpower
How many years after Korematsu v United States did congress decide to apologize and voted to pay compensation to the survivors of the relocated families
Almost 50 years later