Chapter 23
The refusal of the United States to join the League of Natoins reflected a desire of the nation to
return to a policy of isolation
Posters were made in WWII to encourage American Women to do what?
Contribute to the war effort by working
Which action demonstrates the United States' effort to isolate itself from European conflicts after WWI?
refusing to join the league of nations
Which WWII movie is based on Germany's last major offensive in the European theater?
The Battle of the Bulge
Where was the second-ever atomic bomb used in wartime dropped
Nagasaki
Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the United States in the years between WWI and WWII?
isolation from European military conflicts
What were Victory Gardens used for?
raise more food for home consumption
What is true about the Japanese Americans interned during the war?
Many Japanese Americans lost their homes and businesses
What 2017 WWII movie told the story of Operation Overload, when civilian ships rescued Allied Soldiers stranded on a beach in France
Dunkirk
Who signed the declaration of independence with a large signature
The government actions, Banning loans to nations at war and prohibiting the sale of arms to nations at war, were similar in that each was intended to
keep the United States out of war
Wy did the US mainland suffer little physical damage in WWII?
Geographic isolation kept America Protected from most of the fighting.
In what way were the US Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) similar?
specific groups of people were targeted based on their race or ethnicity
What WWII movie is loosely based on the true story of British prisoners of war?
The Bridge on the River Kwai
In what year did Christopher Columbus discover the new world
1492
Which trend in U.S. foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
increase in support for the Allied powers
What was the action made by FDR that permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to intern camps away from Western coastal regions?
Executive order 9066
The neutrality laws passed in the 1930s were based on the assumption that the surest way to avoid war was for the US to
restrict loans to warring nations and limit trade with them
What WWII movie tells the story of American volunteer pilots fighting Japanese armed forces in China
Flying tigers
What is the color that Saint-Patricks day was originally associated with
Blue
What are two reasons for American Isolationism?
Americans were disenchanted with problems in the world and Americans were cut off by two oceans from Europe and Asia
What were three ways WWII affect the homefront in the US?
Gasoline was rationed
victory gardens were planted
more women found jobs in factories
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the
impact an event can have on the social and economic fabric of Americans
Which Russian city is being defended in the WWII movie "Enemy at the Gates"?
Stalingrad
How many US presidents have been elected for two terms
12