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100
What was the result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. entered WWII and declared war on Germany and Japan.
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
100
What event caused the Japanese to surrender?
The dropping of the atomic bombs. Victory over Japan is referred to as V-J Day.
100
What is it called when a nation prepares for war?
Mobilization
100
What was the name of the movement in the 1920s that celebrated black culture, art, and literature?
The Harlem Rennaissance 
200

What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9, 1945?

Hiroshima (Aug 6)

Nagasaki (Aug 9)

200
What countries made up the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200

What did the allied powers do to get war supplies across the Pacific ocean?

Island Hopping
200
What is rationing?

What is wartime conservation?

Rationing - During the war, each American household was only allowed to use certain amounts of important things like meat, sugar, gas, etc.

Wartime conservation - Americans used resources wisely during the war; they carpooled, grew gardens, collected scrap metal, etc.


200
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th!
300

What battle was the turning point of the war (for the Allies) against Germany?

Battle of Normandy, also referred to as D-Day

300
What were some of the challenges getting war supplies and food from the U.S. to Allied power in Europe?
- voyage across Atlantic ocean


- avoiding/fighting German submarines and aircraft

- took a long time to get supplies from coast inland to front lines of battle

300

What were some challenges of getting supplies across the Pacific to Allied forces?

- VERY long distance

- difficult climate, food would spoil

- Japanese would attack islands where Allies refueled and resupplied

-also... Pacific Theater got old supplies. All the good stuff went to Europe!

300

How were Japanese Americans treated after Pearl Harbor? What happened to many of them?

Very poorly. Many were taken from their homes and put in internment camps.

300

What were the two main causes of WWI?

- Germans sank the Lusitania (that had Americans on it)

- Germans sent Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico, seeking them as allies and promising them the land they lost in the Mexican American War.

400

What was the code name of the project to create atomic bombs?


Bonus: Where was the main lab in the U.S. where the atomic bombs were developed?

The Manhattan Project
400

What was Operation Overlord?

The name of the operation that planned the D-Day invasion.
400

What U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?

President Harry Truman
400
Who planned a march on Washington in protest of discrimination in the defense industry?
A. Philip Randolph


400
List at least two causes of the Great Depression
Overproduction, Underconsumption, Stockmarket Crash of 1929
500
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in the first place?

They saw the U.S. Pacific fleet as a threat to their expansionist plan to conquer land in Asia.

500
What caused Germany to surrender?
When Soviet forces invaded Berlin. The Fall of Berlin is referred to as V-E Day.


Note: This was the bloodiest battle ever. Soviet Union lost 81,116 men invading the city... the Germans lost 458,080 trying to defend it!

500

What battle was the turning point of the war (for the Allies) against Japan?

Battle of Midway
500
What Act allowed the U.S. to help provide supplies to the Allied powers BEFORE the U.S. joined the war?

Lend-Lease Act

500
What is the difference between socialism and communism?

Socialism is the economic idea that more people should share in a nation’s production and wealth. 

Communism is a more radical version of this, where there is no private ownership at all.