Chapter 25 Flashcards
In the case Korematsu v the United States, The Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was -
a) constitutional, but the government had to pay them for property losses
b) unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once
c) constitutional because it was based on military urgency
d) unconstitutional because it was based on race
c) constitutional because it was based on military urgency
The ship on which the Japanese surrendered was called the -
a) Missouri
b) Indianapolis
c) Hornet
d) Nimitz
a) Missouri
A key to the American success at Midway was -
a) the use of new sonar and radar technology
b) breaking the Japanese Navy’s secret code
c) the use of long-range B-25 bombers launched from aircraft carriers
d) American submarines
b) breaking the Japanese Navy’s secret code
In 1942 Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to evacuate to -
a) Japan
b) internment camps
c) concentration camps
d) the East Coast
b) internment camps
The Bataan Death march occurred in -
a) the Philippines
b) North Africa
c) Corregidor
d) the Soviet Union
a) the Philippines
The Battle of ____stopped the Japanese threat to Australia.
a) the Coral Sea
b) Leyte Gulf
c) The Java Sea
d) Midway
a) the Coral Sea
The ship which carried the atomic bomb to the Pacific was called the -
a) Missouri
b) Indianapolis
c) Hornet
d) Nimitz
b) Indianapolis
Over a third of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the -
a) steel industry
b) ship-building industry
c) automobile industry
d) aircraft industry
c) automobile industry
In the Pacific the United States used this new type of landing craft, nicknamed the “alligator” -
a) amphtrac
b) dynamite
c) DUKW
d) napalm
a) amphtrac
- **Migrant farmworkers became an important part of the Southwest’s agricultural system as a result of -
a) the planting of victory gardens
b) a relaxation of immigration quotas
c) the Bracero Program
d) the Great Migration
c) the Bracero Program
- **The cost-plus system sped up war production by -
a) imposing penalties on companies that did not meet their production quotas
b) providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot
c) allowing previously competing companies to work together
d) providing bonuses for superior workmanship in war production
b) providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot
Where did American military planners choose to invade in order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan -
a) Hiroshima
b) Nagasaki
c) Iwo Jima
d) Okinawa
d) Okinawa
The ship which carried the Doolittle Raiders was called the -
a) Missouri
b) Indianapolis
c) Hornet
d) Nimitz
c) Hornet
The United Nations charter was signed in 1945 in this city -
a) New York
b) San Francisco
c) Washington, DC
d) Los Angeles
b) San Francisco
- **Most Liberty ships were hard to sink because they were-
a) made of steel rather than iron
b) made with thick hulls
c) faster than other ships
d) welded rather than riveted
d) welded rather than riveted
The atomic bomb was delivered to the island of -
a) Okinawa
b) Tarawa
c) Iwo Jima
d) Tinian
d) Tinian
- ***The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called -
a) Double V
b) Tuskegee Airmen
c) Fight for Right
d) Two V
a) Double V
The Battle of ____was the largest naval battle in history-
a) the Coral Sea
b) Leyte Gulf
c) The Java Sea
d) Midway
b) Leyte Gulf
The Battle of ____was the turning point of the war in the Pacific -
a) the Coral Sea
b) Leyte Gulf
c) The Java Sea
d) Midway
d) Midway
*****The 99th Pursuit Squadron, an African American unit of fighter pilots who played an important role during the Battle of Anzio, became known as the ______
Tuskegee Airmen
*****The code name for the Allied invasion of France was ______
operation overlord
****The loss of many ships in the Atlantic convinced the U.S. Navy to set up a ______system, in which navy warships would escort groups of cargo ships.
convoy
*****“Rosie the Riveter” and the illustrations known as the “Four Freedoms” were works of the artist _______.
Rockwell
The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are ___, ____,_____, ____ and _____.
United States Britain France Russia Japan
****The moveable ports used in the Normandy invasion were called ________.
mulberries
After the way, many German officers were put on trial in ________, Germany.
Nuremberg
*****The German code machine was called _____
enigma
The American program to build an atomic bomb was code-named the ________
Manhattan Project
*****By putting the Germans on the defensive, the Soviet forces created a turning point in the war in Europe at the Battle of _______.
Stalingrad
The first atomic bomb, called ______ was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The plane that dropped the bomb was called _______, and was piloted by _______.
“little boy”
Enola Gay
Tibbits
**The five beaches invaded at Normandy were ____,_____,______, ______ and ______.
Omaha Utah Juno Gold Sword
along with Szilard, built the first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi
***was the highest ranking African American in the U.S. military
Benjamin Davis
**was head of the French Resistance who later became President of France
Charles de Gaulle
commanded the American forces in Africa and Europe
Omar Bradley
**commanded the British forces in Africa and Europe
Bernard Montgomery
**led the U.S. Third Army in the Battle of the Bulge
George Patton
upon evacuating the Philippines, said “I shall return”
Douglas MacArthur
was executed for war crimes
Tojo Hideki
commander of the United States Navy in the Pacific
Chester Nimitz
director of the WAC
Oveta Hobby
led the American team of engineers and scientists building the atomic bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
*****was Supreme Allied Commander on D-day
Dwight Eisenhower
**government agreed to pay a company whatever it cost to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage of the costs as profit
cost-plus contracts
**an African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio
Tuskegee Airmen
nickname for American soldiers because their clothing was labeled “Government Issue”
GIs
first regular army corps for women
Women’s Army Corps
**basic cargo ship used during the war
Liberty ship
The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of -
a) “government Issue” clothing
b) ships
c) military equipment
d) buildings to house soldiers
c) military equipment
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, two members of Congress introduced the -
a) War Production Board
b) Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
c) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
d) Selective Service and Training Act
d) Selective Service and Training Act
During World War II, the Army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from -
a) combat
b) basic training
c) the barracks
d) clerical positions
a) combat
What did Roosevelt establish in 1943 to settle arguments between different agencies concerning production of goods for the war -
a) War Production Board
b) Selective Service
c) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
d) Office of War Mobilization
d) Office of War Mobilization