Executive Order 9066
What was the name of the Hawaiian location that was bombed in 1941.
Pearl Harbor
The Tuskegee Study was designed to research __________ in Black men.
I don't care about spelling
Syphilis
These soldiers in WWII earned this nickname because of their language skills helping the French Resistance.
"Cajun Frenchies"
Women in the WAC served in roles such as clerical, medical, and baking—none of which fell under the _________________ role which was prohibited.
combat
____________________ was a government-issued booklet containing stamps or coupons used during times of12th-century war shortages (primarily WWII) to control the consumption of essential goods.
ration book
________________ issued Executive Order 9066.
FDR
How many men were included in the syphilis study?
600
The Navajo code was famous for being _______________________ (never successfully cracked by enemy forces).
Unbreakable
______________ was a crucial WWII, shallow-draft LCVP vessel designed and manufactured by a man from New Orleans to land troops and vehicles directly onto, or close to, beaches. They were used in Operation Overlord (D-Day).
Higgins Boats
_______________ was the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe during WWII (1943–1945). He was responsible for Operation Overlord and the Western Front strategy.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Overcrowding and contaminated water in the camps led to widespread ________.
diseases
What was the name of the antibiotic, discovered earlier but widely used starting in 1947, was withheld from participants?
Penicillin
__________________ provided World War II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. It put higher education within the reach of millions of veterans of WWII and later military conflicts
GI Bill
______________ parachuted behind Utah Beach near Normandy and faced the German troops. They also liberated a concentration camp and made the German townspeople bury the dead bodies.
101st Airborne
During the Louisiana Maneuvers, New Orleans, Louisiana was important because it served as a primary____________ for transporting personnel and equipment overseas.
port
Roosevelt justified the internment camps by citing fears of potential _________________ by Japanese Americans.
espionage and or sabotage
The unethical Tuskegee Study severely damaged the relationship between the African American community and the ________________.
medical profession
____________________ was the name of the Louisiana training site where the 761st Tank Battalion was formed in 1942.
Camp Claiborne
What was the name of the top-secret World War II research program (1942–1945), led by Robert Oppenheimer that was designed to develop the world's first nuclear weapons.
The Manhattan Project
The purpose of the Tehran, Yalta, & Potsdam Conferences was to discuss plans for post-war Germany, diplomacy, and to discuss redrawing European _____________ after the war.
borders or countries
Executive Order 9066 resulted in the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans. These camps violated the ________________________ and demonstrated the dangers of mass hysteria.
US Constitution
What year was the syphilis study exposed, by Jean Heller, revealing the inhumane treatment of Black Americans?
1972
In September 1944, the 442nd helped drive German forces out of the northern part of which country?
Italy
_______________________ was the name of the massive U.S. Army training exercises that involved over 400,000 troops. It tested armored warfare, logistics, and tactics before WWII. These mock battles, in the swampy terrain, prepared leaders like Patton and Eisenhower for modern combat.
You must get the name correct.
Louisiana Maneuvers
President Truman decided to use atomic weapons on Japan because he wanted to swiftly end the war without a costly, long-term invasion of the Japanese mainland, thereby avoiding high American and Japanese _________________.
Casualties or deaths