Chapter 14

Question 1

challenges of D-Day landing

Answer 1

exposed to attack when first let off transport boats

Question 2

Rosie the Riveter in real life

Answer 2

women filling factory jobs b/c men joined military

Question 3

events leading up to U.S. entry into war (regarding Japan)

Answer 3

Japan attacks China; U.S. limits what it will sell Japan as punishment; open talks w/Japan to resolve problem; Japan attacks U.S. at Pearl Harbor

Question 4

Neutrality Acts’ effect of economy

Answer 4

profits from weapons manufacturing & exports fell b/c couldn’t sell to nations at war

Question 5

Munich Conference

Answer 5

give Germany Sudetenland as appeasement (give Hitler what he wants and maybe he’ll stop)

Question 6

why unemployment rate changed in 1942

Answer 6

millions of soldiers join military leaving factory jobs to be filled

Question 7

Nazis targeted____but targeted____the most

Answer 7

Nazis targeted several groups like Roma, Poles, Slavs, but targeted Jews the most

Question 8

put events in order

Answer 8

1-Germany invades Poland
2-Britain & France declare war on Germany
3-Hitler invades neighbors
4-Germany & Italy attack France
5-France surrenders

Question 9

“Peace for our time.”

Answer 9

quote from British Prime Minister believing Germany would stop if appeased

Question 10

purpose of victory gardens

Answer 10

grow own food so plenty of food for civilians & soldiers

Question 11

Good Neighbor Policy goal

Answer 11

stronger (friendly) relations w/Latin America in time of danger

Question 12

why Germans supported Hitler in early 1930s

Answer 12

he promised to fix all the problems after WWI/Depression and make Germany great again

Question 13

how Stalin maintained control of Soviet Union

Answer 13

absolutely no dissent; kill or imprison anyone who disagrees

Question 14

Potsdam Declaration

Answer 14

called on Japan to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction”; ignored by Japan

Question 15

Battle of Midway significance

Answer 15

came after Japanese advances; proved U.S. could win the the Pacific

Question 16

meaning of Shirer quote on 851

Answer 16

Germans loved strong military & spectacle

Question 17

Tuskegee Airmen contributions

Answer 17

successful contributions during war led to determination for civil rights after the war

Question 18

FDR’s message to Congress on 12/8/41

Answer 18

asking for a declaration of war against Japan

Question 19

locations where Germany expanded first

Answer 19

neighboring countries in Central Europe; Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia

Question 20

Short Answer 1
What was the “Double V’ campaign, and what evidence suggests that it was a success?

Answer 20

-effort to have victory against Germany but also victory over discrimination at home
-many African Americans served in military and held jobs to support war effort
-called for an end to racial discrimination in hiring
-great dedication to both causes
-helped build support for future civil rights movement

Question 21

Short Answer 2
How was Hitler able to justify his actions against Jews during the mid to late 1930s?

Answer 21

-already plenty of anti-Semitic feeling
-Jews often wealthy and well-educated, so an element of jealousy for those not as successful
-blamed Jews for struggles in Germany after WWI
-showed them as an “other” to make it seem ok to mistreat them
-preached racial purity & superiority of Aryan race, so Jews seen as “less than”
-started small but kept taking away rights, property, etc. gradually

Question 22

Short Answer 3
Why did the U.S. Congress apologize in 1988 to Japanese Americans for internment during WWII?

Answer 22

-interning Japanese Americans during WWII violated their constitutional rights as U.S. citizens
-held involuntarily in camps even though no proof of any wrongdoing; simply held because of their ancestry
-action was illegal & discriminatory
-locked up some but drafted others into military

Question 23

Short Answer 4
Contrast (show differences) between the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 and the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s.

Answer 23

-during 1930s U.S. supported neutrality
-could not sell war goods (sometimes any goods) to nations at war
-very isolationist feeling; we just want to stay out of it

-Lend-Lease Act allowed sales/leases to ALLIES whose stability we valued
-definitely not a neutral act b/c it helped Britain (our ally) but not Germany