clios notes wwii

Question 1

the treaty that ended wwi and heavily punished germany

Answer 1

treaty of versailles

Question 2

an international organization created after wwi. the US didnt join

Answer 2

league of nations

Question 3

policy of remaining apart from affairs/interests of other groups

Answer 3

isolationism

Question 4

limited ally naval power in 1922

Answer 4

washington naval agreement

Question 5

dictator of italy in the 30s

Answer 5

benito mussilini

Question 6

dictator of germany during the 30s

Answer 6

adolf hitler

Question 7

japanese emperor during the 30s

Answer 7

hideki tojo

Question 8

east african county invaded by italy in 1935

Answer 8

ethiopia

Question 9

a region of china invaded by japan in 1931

Answer 9

manchuria

Question 10

fascists try to take over spain in 1936-8

Answer 10

spanish civil war

Question 11

series of acts passed by congress to limit travel, munitions selling, and making war loans

Answer 11

neutrality acts

Question 12

made by roosevelt in 1937 in an attempt to push for isolating japan

Answer 12

quarantine speech

Question 13

aviator who flew from nyc to paris and led the america first committee

Answer 13

charles lindbergh

Question 14

promoted isolationism, led by charles lindbergh

Answer 14

america first committee

Question 15

area of western germany that was rearmed in ‘35 (violating treaty of versailles)

Answer 15

rhineland

Question 16

part of czechoslovakia that was the “last piece” of land hitler wanted

Answer 16

sudetenland

Question 17

met with hitler to sign the munich pact. appeasement guy

Answer 17

neville chamberlain

Question 18

you get sudetenland, but nothing else! (appeasement)

Answer 18

munich pact

Question 19

giving into demand for a purpose

Answer 19

appeasement

Question 20

agreement from soviet union to not fight hitler

Answer 20

german-soviet nonagression pact

Question 21

US offered weapons but britain pays for and transports them

Answer 21

cash and carry

Question 22

britain gets to borrow US stuff

Answer 22

lend-lease

Question 23

harbor in hawaii that was invaded by japan

Answer 23

pearl harbor

Question 24

date of pearl harbor attack

Answer 24

dec 7, 1941

Question 25

what roosevelt said about 12/7/41

Answer 25

“a day that will live in infamy”

Question 26

winston churchill, fdr, josef stalin

Answer 26

big 3

Question 27

use heaviest forces in europe to begin with, not pacific

Answer 27

europe first

Question 28

bypass enemy-held islands to get to japan quicker

Answer 28

island hopping

Question 29

a surprise bomb attack on tokyo by 16 US bombers

Answer 29

doolittle raid

Question 30

turning point in pacific war where 4 japanese carriers and 300 planes were destroyed

Answer 30

battle of midway

Question 31

island where entrenched japanese fought to the death

Answer 31

iwo jima

Question 32

island that had many japanese and put US air forces near japan

Answer 32

okinawa

Question 33

japanese leaders ordered these attacks on US out of desperation

Answer 33

kamikaze

Question 34

japanese cities that got atomic bombs in aug ‘45

Answer 34

hiroshima and nagasaki

Question 35

plan to begin attacks at north africa

Answer 35

operation torch

Question 36

where america attacked, going from sicily to italy

Answer 36

soft underbelly

Question 37

what stalin called for, hopefully in the heart of german power

Answer 37

second front

Question 38

where america and britain invaded france on june 6, 1944

Answer 38

normandy

Question 39

the day the allies invaded normandy. june 6, 1944

Answer 39

d-day

Question 40

codename for battle of normandy

Answer 40

operation overlord

Question 41

supreme allied commander who led operation overlord

Answer 41

dwight eisenhower

Question 42

the last-ditch german effort to defeat the allies

Answer 42

battle of the bulge

Question 43

all-black air squadron

Answer 43

tuskegee airmen

Question 44

most decorated unit, all young japanese men

Answer 44

442nd regiment

Question 45

they encoded messages that the japanese never understood

Answer 45

navaho code talkers

Question 46

women part of navy

Answer 46

WAVEs

Question 47

women part of army

Answer 47

WACs

Question 48

president who led america through wwii and gd

Answer 48

fdr

Question 49

nickname for america when converting to wartime production

Answer 49

arsenal of democracy

Question 50

roosevelts 1942 speech

Answer 50

four freedoms

Question 51

roosevelt’s four freedoms

Answer 51

speech, want, worship, no fear

Question 52

implemented by roosevelt in ‘42 to put japanese in camps

Answer 52

executive order 9066

Question 53

he sued up to the supreme court, but lost

Answer 53

fred korematsu

Question 54

jewish refugee ship that america turned down

Answer 54

st louis

Question 55

symbol of women working in factories

Answer 55

rosie the riveter

Question 56

in LA, pitted mexican american youth against bigoted sailors

Answer 56

zoot suit riots

Question 57

created by african americans to end fascism abroad and racism at home

Answer 57

double V campaign

Question 58

labor organizer who threatened a march on DC that convinced FDR to eliminate defense industry discrimination

Answer 58

A. phillip randolph

Question 59

german inventions

Answer 59

jet aircraft and V1/V2 rockets

Question 60

american inventions

Answer 60

computer, radar, antibiotics, sonar, proximity fuse

Question 61

secret project developing atomic bombs

Answer 61

manhattan project

Question 62

sent a letter to fdr that started manhattan project

Answer 62

albert einstein

Question 63

desert in new mexico where atomic bomb was tested

Answer 63

alamogordo

Question 64

replaced fdr and dropped atomic bombs on japan

Answer 64

harry truman

Question 65

they recommended truman use the atomic bomb on japan

Answer 65

interim committee