Start of the War
How was Germany treated losing after WWI?
Terribly; they had to pay billions of dollars to help pay for the war along with other consequences causing Germany to resent the rest of the world.
Rosie the riveter was....
a woman in wartime propaganda documentaries produced in Hollywood
What were the names of the two atomic bombs that were dropped in two major Japanese cities?
Fat Man & Little Boy
How did Ruth find out about Jesse Owens affair while he was away at college?
What did Admiral Chester Nimitz do?
Commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet
What event started WWII officialy?
When Germany invaded Poland
The Zoot Suit consisted of what attire?
Oversized jackets, baggy pants, a watch chain and hat all made from bootlegged wool
What were the names of the cities in Japan that were bombed?
Nagasaki & Hiroshima
What did Mr. Synder get Jesse Owens as a gift before the Olympics?
Shoes
Commanded ground troops in the Pacific
What did Germany and the Soviet union sign before war started?
The non-aggression pact; agreed to be allies and not attack one another
What was the WAC?
It stands for "Women's Army Corp". Women were able to actually be apart of the the Army even though they work in non-combatant jobs.
Who were the two individuals who told the U.S. about atomic weapons?
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard
Why did Jesse not want to run in the relay?
What did General George Patton do?
Led the 7th Army in Sicily and the 3rd Army in France and Germany
In what year did World War II start?
1939
Executive Order 9066 made the entire west coast a military zone. Besides evacuating Japanese Americans from their home and into internment camps, what else did this executive order implement?
It also made curfews for Japanese Americans.
Where was the first U.S. plutonium atomic bomb successfully tested?
Alamogordo, New Mexico
How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win?
4
What did Omar Bradley do?
Commanded American troops in North Africa, Sicily, and Normandy
Why was the Blitz "helpful" for the war effort?
Allowed the Royal Air Force time to rebuild and maintain its air supremacy compared to Germany
What did Executive Order 8802 do?
Banned discrimination in the U.S. defense industry
Who was the leader in the Manhattan Project, the creation of the atomic bomb?
Theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
What distance does Jesse jump in the broad jump at the Big Ten Tack and Field Conference in Michigan?
26 feet and 8 and a quarter inch
What did General Eisenhower do?
Oversaw Allied forces in North Africa and Sicily and, in 1943 and he was appointed the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe