Foreign Policy
Views of America
Battles of WWII
Europe & WWII
Good to Know
100
What was the America's stance on foreign affairs post-WWI?
They did not want to get involved with issues in Europe.
100
What did the United States do to protest the Japanese before the US entered the war?
Gave China support and weapons.
100
What was the cause of the United States entering WWII?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
100
Why were the Tuskegee Airmen significant?
They were partially responsible for the racial integration of the military.
100
What were the Navajo Code Talkers responsible for?
Transmitting secret radio and phone messages for the Allied Powers.
200
What were the Neutrality Acts?
They outlawed the sale of Weapons to countries at war.
200
What was the war strategy of the US as they moved through the Pacific?
Island Hopping
200
What date did Pearl Harbor take place?
December 7, 1941
200
What major Allied country had fallen to the Germans before D-Day?
France
200
Why was the 442nd Regiment significant?
It was an all-Nisei (Japanese American) Unit.
300
What was the main point of the Four Freedoms speech?
The United States may intervene in world affairs where the four freedoms are being threatened.
300
How did the United States feel about the war after Pearl Harbor?
They were unified in favor of going to war.
300
What was the turning point battle for the United States?
The Battle of Midway.
300
What American designed the D-Day invasion?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
What did the court case Korematsu v. United States deal with?
Japanese Internment.
400
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
The United States began to help the Allies by sending supplies to the British.
400
Why did Roosevelt decide to intern (confine) Japanese Americans?
He considered them a threat to national security.
400
Which battle in the Pacific devastated the Japanese military?
Iwo Jima
400
Why did Stalin want a second front to open in the west?
It would take pressure off the Soviet Union.
400
What is the term "confinement" most commonly associated with in WWII?
Internment
500
What was Japan doing before the United States entered the war that made the United States protest Japan?
Attacked parts of Asia, specifically China.
500
What was America's response to the Holocaust in the early years of WWII?
They did little to try and stop it.
500
This battle took place at Japan's last defensive outpost.
Okinawa
500
What beach had the heaviest fighting for the Americans on D-Day?
Omaha Beach
500
What was the last major European battle of WWII?
The Battle of the Bulge.
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