Chapter 14 Short Answer

Question 1

(1 point) What was the Double V campaign wanting?

Answer 1

Victory over Hitler’s racism and victory over racism at home.

Question 2

*NEED TO COMPLETE!!! (2 points) Explain how Henry Ford and Henry Kaiser helped the war effort at home.

Answer 2

-Ford- led auto industry producing trucks, keeps, tanks, and bombers.
-Kaiser- ran shipyards to produce Liberty ships.

Question 3

*NEED TO COMPLETE!!! (2 points) What was the two-part plan to defeat Japan?

Answer 3

-Admiral Nimitz and the Pacific fleet would island-hop to get closer to Japan
-MacArthur’s troops would advance through the Solomon Islands, capture New Guinea, and retake the Philippines

Question 4

(3 points) What was decided at the Casablanca Conference?

Answer 4

-Step up the bombing of Germany
-Destroy the morale of German people
-Attack Sicily in Italy

Question 5

(3 points) Describe the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.

Answer 5

-On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima
-Around 100,000 people died instantly and thousands more died later from burns and radiation
-On August 9, 1945, “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki killing around 50,000 people