Chapter 22:Fighting for the Four Freedoms: WWII, 1941-1945

Question 1

Winston Churchill

Answer 1

British Prime Minister during WWII

Question 2

Joseph Stalin

Answer 2

Soviet Premier during WWII

Question 3

Harry S. Truman

Answer 3

President of the United States after FDR’s death

Question 4

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 4

Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII

Question 5

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 5

American General who led Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII

Question 6

George Marshall

Answer 6

American general and Secretary of State during WWII

Question 7

Chester Nimitz

Answer 7

American admiral who led Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII

Question 8

Erwin Rommel

Answer 8

German general known as the “Desert Fox”

Question 9

Bernard Montgomery

Answer 9

British general who led Allied forces in North Africa during WWII

Question 10

Four Freedoms

Answer 10

The four fundamental freedoms outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a speech in 1941. They include freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

Question 11

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 11

A foreign policy initiative launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s aimed at improving relations between the United States and Latin American countries.

Question 12

Isolationism

Answer 12

A policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries, often associated with the United States in the years leading up to WWII.

Question 13

Neutrality Acts

Answer 13

A series of laws passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s aimed at keeping the United States out of WWII.

Question 14

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 14

A law passed by the United States Congress in 1941 that allowed the country to provide military aid to its allies during WWII.

Question 15

Axis powers

Answer 15

The alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII.

Question 16

D-Day

Answer 16

The invasion of Normandy by Allied forces on June 6, 1944, a turning point in WWII.

Question 17

Holocaust

Answer 17

The systematic persecution and murder of millions of Jews and other minority groups by Nazi Germany during WWII.

Question 18

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 18

A law passed by the United States Congress in 1944 that provided benefits to WWII veterans, including education and housing assistance.

Question 19

Bracero program

Answer 19

A program established in 1942 that allowed Mexican laborers to work temporarily in the United States.

Question 20

Zoot Suit Riots

Answer 20

A series of riots in 1943 in Los Angeles, California, involving clashes between American servicemen and Mexican American youths over the wearing of zoot suits.

Question 21

Japanese-American internment

Answer 21

The forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States during WWII.

Question 22

Korematsu v. United States

Answer 22

A 1944 Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of Japanese-American internment.

Question 23

Second Great Migration

Answer 23

The movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North and West during WWII in search of better jobs and opportunities.

Question 24

Double-V

Answer 24

A slogan coined by African Americans during WWII that called for victory over racism both at home and abroad.

Question 25

V-E Day

Answer 25

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, the day on which Germany formally surrendered to the Allied Powers.

Question 26

Manhattan Project

Answer 26

The top-secret program to develop the first atomic bomb during WWII.

Question 27

Potsdam conference

Answer 27

A meeting of the Allied Powers held in Potsdam, Germany in 1945 to discuss the post-war world.

Question 28

Yalta conference

Answer 28

A meeting of the Allied Powers held in Yalta, Crimea in 1945 to plan the post-war world.

Question 29

Bretton Woods conference

Answer 29

A meeting held in 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to establish a new system of international economic relations after WWII.

Question 30

United Nations

Answer 30

An international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation among nations.

Question 31

Atlantic Charter

Answer 31

A declaration issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941 that outlined their vision for a post-war world based on democracy and self-determination.