Early War
What was the US policy towards Latin America called in which FDR withdrew troops from Nicaragua and Haiti and accepted the repeal of the Platt Amendment with Cuba?
What are the four freedoms that Roosevelt said every human should have the right to?
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Fear, and Freedom from Want
Which group of Americans made more money than they had ever made before by taking jobs in defense plants?
Women
What part of the world did the US first send their troops in order to get them used to battle?
North Africa
What was the program agreed to by the Mexico and the US that allowed contract laborers to cross into the US to take up jobs as domestic and agricultural workers.
What event in 1931 do some consider to be the beginning of WWII?
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Which military base did Japan attack on Dec 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What were Americans encouraged to buy in order to help fund the war?
War Bonds
What US general led troops through the invasion of Italy?
General George S. Patton
What was the violence in. which sailors and policemen attacked Mexican American youths wearing flamboyant clothing on the streets of Los Angeles
Zoot Suit Riots
What was the US, Britain, and France's initial policy toward Hitler called in which they agreed to his demands?
Appeasement
Which General vowed to return to the Philippines after losing control to the Japanese?
General Douglas MacArthur
Name at least one new technology that resulted from the war?
Radar, jet propulsion, early computers, nuclear bombs.
What was the largest amphibious assault in human history referred to as?
D-Day
What was the US military strategy called to advance towards Japan?
Island Hopping
Name the 3 largest members of the Axis alliance.
Japan, Italy, and Germany
Who was the Japanese Prime Minister and War Minister who wanted to ensure national glory and signed a pact with the Axis powers.
Hideki Tojo
What was the result of FDR signing executive order 9066?
Japanese and Japanese Americans were imprisoned in internment camps along the West Coast.
At the Yalta conference, what did Stalin reveal to FDR and Churchill about his plans with Eastern Europe after the war?
He was intent on establishing communism in eastern Europe.
What was the top secret name for the construction of the nuclear bomb led by J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The Manhattan Project
Congress had pushed for neutrality at the beginning of the war, but by 1940 they passed an act which allowed the sale of arms to Britain. What was that act called?
Cash and Carry Act
Name the leaders of the following countries during WWII:
USA, UK, USSR, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Hirohito, Chiang Kai-shek
Who refused sued the US government and argued that the Executive Order 9066 violated the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process?
Fred Korematsu
Months after winning a fourth term for President, FDR died. Who was his VP that replaced him?
Harry S. Truman
Which two cities were destroyed by the only atomic bombs ever used during conflict?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki