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