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The nickname given to or "mascot" of women factory workers during WW2
Rosie the Riveter
These are issued by the Federal government to help finance/pay for the war.
War bonds
V-E Day stands for...
Victory in Europe.
What was island hopping?
US strategy in the Pacific to attack and occupy some islands leaving others behind and isolated from Japanese supplies.
This was the goal of the Manhattan Project.
Develop atomic/nuclear weapons
Organizations such as the WAACs and WAVEs enabled women to...
Join the military in non-combat positions.
How did World War II impact the Great Depression?
It helped to finally end it
The last German offensive of the war.
Battle of the Bulge
What was the goal of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?
Destroy US aircraft carriers and oil supplies to delay US action in the war.
Kamikaze can be translated to... (from a video we watched in class)
Divine Wind
- Happened in Los Angeles
- Violence between US Navy sailors and male Hispanic civilians
- Highlighted racial tension and inequality during World War II
The Zoot Suit Riots
Why did the US practicing rationing during WW2?
To save up a surplus to send to our allies and troops overseas
In response to the Lend-Lease Act, Germany and the Axis allies decided to do what in 1940 and 1941?
Use submarines/U-Boats to attack American ships.
(The rattlesnakes of the Atlantic!)
Which battles or tactics led the US to support dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(300 points each for 3 answers)
Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kamikazes. Japanese soldiers and citizens seemed willing to die rather than surrender.
Groups supporting this ideology disappeared following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Isolationism
What was the main reason behind the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
What law was passed after France's surrender in 1940 and the Battle of Britain to increase support to Great Britain and the allies? This law allowed them to buy supplies on credit.
Lend-Lease Act
Why was Stalingrad so important?
Turning point battle in eastern Europe. Nazis/Axis will be forced to retreat back to Germany for the remainder of the war.
Why did US President Harry Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
To avoid an invasion of the Japanese home islands
To save American lives
To speed up the end of the war
To intimidate the USSR
The battle was a turning point in the Pacific because it destroyed most of Japan's aircraft carriers and halted their expansion.
Midway.
This man planned a march on Washington DC to protest discrimination in defense industry hiring.
A. Philip Randolph
These government offices were created to coordinate and supervise US manufacturing for war production.
3 possible answers. 500 points each.
Office of War Mobilization
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
This was the first WW2 battle/action in the European theater to involve US troops
Operation Torch (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria)
Which Japanese city was fire-bombed in an effort to get Japan to surrender? (It didn't work...)
Tokyo
When the US entered the war which area/theater did they want to focus their involvement first?
Europe first (it's closer) and then the Pacific.