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Who am I?
Foreign Relations
Gov't in the USA
Inventions
Mystery Round
100
Only president to serve 4 terms. Created The New Deal Programs. Said, "A day which will live in infamy".
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
100
U.S. Pacific Naval Base that was bombed by the Japanese on Dec. 7th, 1941. The attack propelled the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
Form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position. Used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda. Messages include news reports, government reports, historical revision, books, leaflets, movies, radio, television, and posters.
What is Propaganda?
100
First programmable and operational device used for basic compilation for mathematics. Used binary code, a series of zeros and ones to tell the machine to communicate the code into symbols, numbers, or letters.
What is a computer?
100
I was completed in South Dakota in October of 1941. A bust of presidents only after federal funding ran out.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
200
5 star general who lead the U.S. Army during WWII. Became the 34th President of the United States. Grew up in Abilene, KS.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Refers to America’s reluctance to be involved in European alliances or wars. U.S.'s best interests were best served by keeping the affairs of other countries at a distance
What is Isolationism?
200
Controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. A fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage. Allotted amount of sugar, meat, rubber, and gasoline during WWII.
What is Rationing?
200
These typically consist of an engine with a rotary (rotating) air compressor powered by a turbine. Aircraft use these types of engines for long-distance travel. These engines offer high speed and greater fuel efficiency than piston and propeller aeroengines over long distances.
What is the Jet Engine?
200
FDR's state of the union speech. Described the essential human freedoms.
What is the Four Freedoms Speech?
300
I am from Independence MO, I became acting president when FDR died. I am known for approval of dropping Atomic Bomb on Japan.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
300
Foreign policy practiced by U.K. and France prior to WWII. Making political concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict.
What is Appeasement?
300
Government investment in military-related factories and shipyards hastened a shift from agricultural to industrial employment. Over 2 million Americans moved for jobs in defense related industry.
What is Economic Development in South & West U.S.?
300
Object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain.
What is Radar?
300
Right to an adequate standard of living. The freedom to protect the future standard of living of the American worker and farmer. Most subjective of the Four Freedoms.
What is the Freedom from Want?
400
I am a fictitious character representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II. Depicted as tough, and self-reliant. “We Can Do It!”
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
400
American military officials captured secret messages from Japan. The U.S. did this to the secret messages and learned of a planned Japanese attack.
What is Deciphered?
400
Forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the United States. Most of the people relocated were U.S. citizens
What is an Internment Camp?
400
American production peaked during WWII. American factories producing one of these a day and one of these every 5 minutes.
What is the production of a ship and a plane?
400
During the war, the nation engaged in an unprecedented mobilization of this to fill industrial jobs vacated by men.
What is "Womanpower"?
500
I am a famous illustrator and painter. I created paintings linking the 4 freedoms with traditional American values. Illustrated for the Saturday Evening Post.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
500
Loaning, lending ships, tanks, food, and oil to U.K. and France was made possible through this Act of Congress.
What is Lease-Lend Act?
500
Goal of selling America. Used advertisements urging Americans to purchase war bonds, guard against revealing military secrets, and grow "victory gardens".
What is the War Advertising Council?
500
The name of the two bombs dropped on Japan during WWII.
What is Little Boy and Fat Man?
500
Considered the Fifth Freedom that was overlooked by the original Four Freedoms Speech.
What is Freedom of Enterprise?