Pacific Theatre
What brought the United States into WWII?
a. Hitler’s invasion of Poland
b. Pearl Harbor
c. The Atlantic Charter
d. The Lend-Lease Act
b. Pearl Harbor
Who were the Big Three?
a. Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo
b. Hitler, Roosevelt, Truman
c. Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
d. Churchill, Stalin, Mussolini
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
Americans began growing what for their own produce?
a. Freedom Gardens
b. Liberty Gardens
c. War Gardens
d. Victory Gardens
d. Victory Gardens
What does CORE stand for?
a. Corrections of Racial Equality
b. Congress of Racial Equity
c. Congress of Racial Equality
d. Corrections of Racial Equity
c. Congress of Racial Equality
What doctrine did Plessy v. Ferguson establish?
a. Same but equal
b. Separate but equal
c. Separate but different
d. Same but different
b. Separate but equal
What is the technical term for Japanese suicide bombers?
a. Suicide pilots
b. Naval pilots
c. Kamikaze pilots
d. Japanese pilots
c. Kamikaze pilots
Who did Truman mistrust after Potsdam?
a. Hitler
b. Churchill
c. Stalin
d. Mussolini
c. Stalin
The number of women in the workforce increased by what percentage during WWII?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%
c. 60%
What did Executive Order 9981 do?
a. desegregated the workforce
b. desegregated the military
c. desegregated public places
d. desegregated schools
b. desegregated the military
What did the court rule in Brown v. Board?
a. Separate but equal violates the 14th Amendment
b. Separate but equal violates the 13th Amendment
c. Separate but equal violates the 15th Amendment
d. Separate but equal violates the Bill of Rights
a. Separate but equal violates the 14th Amendment
What battle was the turning point battle in the Pacific?
a. Midway
b. Guadalcanal
c. Coral Sea
d. Okinawa
a. Midway
Between what two countries did Hitler proclaim a union?
a. Germany and France
b.Germany and Ethiopia
c. Germany and the Soviet Union
d. Germany and Austria
d. Germany and Austria
Why were Americans suspicious of Japanese Americans?
a. They were loyal to Japan
b. They held onto their culture
c. They did not believe in democracy
d. They were communist
b. They held onto their culture
What did Executive Order 8802 do?
a. desegregated the entire workforce
b. desegregated industrial jobs and government jobs
c. desegregated schools
d. desegregated the military
b. desegregated industrial jobs and government jobs
What court case aimed to pause the desegregation of schools, claiming that it was too dangerous?
a. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
b. Cooper v. Aaron
c. Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US
d. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Cooper v. Aaron
What new strategy was used in the Pacific fighting?
a. Island Hopping
b. Leap Frog
c. Island Taking
d. Naval Battles
a. Island Hopping
The lend-lease program allowed the United States to funnel weapons to England in exchange for what?
a. Military bases
b. Better weapons
c. Troops
d. Battleships
a. Military bases
What US Supreme Court case reaffirmed FDR’s decision to move Japanese Americans to internment camps?
a. Korematsu v. US
b. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS
c. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
d. Schechter Poultry Co. v. US
a. Korematsu v. US
What started the Columbia Race Riot?
a. taxes
b. sit-ins
c. freedom rides
d. the arrest of James Stephenson
d. the arrest of James Stephenson
After the Brown decision, schools went from segregation based on race to segregation based on what?
a. Gender
b. Location
c. IQ Level
d. Class
d. Class
What US general was Commander of the Pacific Southwest?
a. Douglas MacArthur
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Gerald Ford
a. Douglas MacArthur
What country did Mussolini invade in 1935 that caused America to pass the Neutrality Act as a response?
a. Ethiopia
b. Poland
c. Soviet Union
d. France
a. Ethiopia
What famous network produced war propaganda during WWII?
a. ABC
b.CNN
c. Warner Bros.
d. Marvel
c. Warner Bros.
Who threatened to march on Washington, D.C., and as a result, FDR signed Executive Order 8802?
a. Martin Luther King
b. Thurgood Marshall
c. A. Philip Randolph
d. James Stephenson
c. A. Philip Randolph
Cooper v. Aaron reaffirmed that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. What Constitutional article is this found in?
a. Article I
b. Article II
c. Article III
d. Article IV
d. Article IV