Chapter 27

Question 1

the policy of giving in to threats and aggression in the hopes that the aggressor will be
satisfied and make no more demands

Answer 1

appeasement

Question 2

the nickname given to the leaders of the three major Allied nations: Winston Churchill, Franklin
Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin

Answer 2

Big Three

Question 3

those who, for religious or philosophical reasons, refuse to serve in the armed
forces

Answer 3

conscientious objectors

Question 4

June 6, 1944, the date of the invasion of Normandy, France, by British, Canadian, and American
forces, which opened a second front in Europe

Answer 4

D-day

Question 5

a campaign by African Americans to win victory over the enemy overseas and victory
over racism at home

Answer 5

Double V campaign

Question 6

the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Answer 6

Enola Gay

Question 7

the order given by President Roosevelt to relocate and detain people of Japanese
ancestry, including those who were American citizens

Answer 7

Executive Order 9066

Question 8

a political ideology that places a heightened focus on national unity, through dictatorial rule, and
militarism

Answer 8

Fascism

Question 9

the forced incarceration of the West Coast Japanese and Japanese American population into
ten relocation centers for the greater part of World War II

Answer 9

internment

Question 10

the code name given to the research project that developed the atomic bomb

Answer 10

Manhattan Project

Question 11

equipment and supplies used by the military

Answer 11

materiel

Question 12

a symbol of female workers in the defense industries

Answer 12

Rosie the Riveter

Question 13

a flamboyant outfit favored by young African American and Mexican American men

Answer 13

zoot suit