Chapter 11 WWII

Question 1

appeasement

Answer 1

the policy of giving in to threats and aggression in the hopes that the aggressor will be satisfied and make no more demands

Question 2

Big Three

Answer 2

the nickname given to the leaders of the three major Allied nations: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin

Question 3

conscientious objectors

Answer 3

those who, for religious or philosophical reasons, refuse to serve in the armed forces

Question 4

D-day

Answer 4

June 6, 1944, the date of the invasion of Normandy, France, by British, Canadian, and American forces, which opened a second front in Europe

Question 5

Double V campaign

Answer 5

a campaign by African Americans to win victory over the enemy overseas and victory over racism at home

Question 6

Enola Gay

Answer 6

the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 7

Executive Order 9066

Answer 7

the order given by President Roosevelt to relocate and detain people of Japanese ancestry, including those who were American citizens

Question 8

Fascism

Answer 8

a political ideology that places a heightened focus on national unity, through dictatorial rule, and militarism

Question 9

internment

Answer 9

the forced incarceration of the West Coast Japanese and Japanese American population into ten relocation centers for the greater part of World War II

Question 10

Manhattan Project

Answer 10

the code name given to the research project that developed the atomic bomb

Question 11

materiel

Answer 11

equipment and supplies used by the military

Question 12

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 12

a symbol of female workers in the defense industries

Question 13

zoot suit

Answer 13

a flamboyant outfit favored by young African American and Mexican American men