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America conquered this highly-populated archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean during the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines?
This United States Army General played a massive role in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two, receiving a Medal of Honor for his service in the Phillipine Campaign.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
TRUE or FALSE:
The Emporer of Japan was tried and sentenced to death after World War II.
FALSE. Hirohito remained the Emporer, just with all actual power taken away.
This caused Japan to surrender, marking the end of World War Two.
What were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
OR
What was the USSR's declaration of war on Japan, and their invasion of Manchuria?
The bombing of this American naval base in Hawaii led to the United States declaring war on Japan
What is Pearl Harbor?
This Emporer of Japan reigned from 1926 until his death in 1989.
Who was Hirohito?
This is the time it took from the passage of the act starting the Philippine independence transition period, until actual Philippine independence.
What is twelve years?
This famous cartoonist, and author of "The Cat in the Hat", made many political cartoons about Japanese people during World War II.
Who was Dr. Suess?
This territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean was taken by Japanese forces just two days after America joined World War Two.
What is Guam?
This filipino politician led phillipine forces against Spain during both the Phillipine Revolution, and the Spanish-American war, aswell as against the United States in the Phillipine-American War.
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
This made the Philippine economy extremely unstable following World War II.
What is inflation?
The U.S. prioritized this region over the Pacific theatre during World War Two, leading to the abandonment of the Philippines.
What is Western Europe?
This Alaskan island was conquered by Japan during the Aleutian Islands campaign, the only fighting in North America during World War II.
What is Kiska?
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What is Attu?
This future President of the United Nations General Assembly was enlisted to put a better spin on Japanese Propaganda directed towards Filipinos.
Who was Carlos Romulo?
This is approximately the number of people killed in the Pacific War.
What is 34 million?
This forcible movement of American and Filipino prisoners of war to Camp O'Donnell led to between 5,500 and 18,650 deaths.
What was the Bataan Death March
In a balloon bombing killing six people, this town became the only place in the contiguous United States with civilian deaths during World War Two.
What is Bly, Oregon?
This american jornalist wrote a limerick starting with the line "We’re the battling bastards of Bataan".
Who was Frank Hewlett?
The United States passed this act in 1936 to "provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands"
What was the Tydings-McDuffie Act?
This was a tactic to disseminate propoganda used by Japan to turn Filipinos against the U.S.
What is dropping leaflets?