Eoc cheat sheet #2

Question 1

Pearl Harbor

Answer 1

Japanese retaliation for a trade embargo; resulted in US entering WW2

Question 2

Justification for War

Answer 2

economic aid and political interdependence of nations; stop spread of totalitarian governments

Question 3

Victory gardens

Answer 3

support war effort by increasing food supply

Question 4

women

Answer 4

took on new roles to support war effort, joined nurse cadets and worked in factories to keep up production

Question 5

japanese American internment camps

Answer 5

violated liberties of Japanese American citizens provided in the 14th amendment

Question 6

Tuskegee airmen

Answer 6

black military pilots, overcame discrimination to serve, encouraged integration of armed forces

Question 7

Navajo code talkers

Answer 7

transmitted secret military information

Question 8

Vernon Baker

Answer 8

black veteran of WW2, received medal of honor

Question 9

holocaust

Answer 9

Nazi attempt at the genocide of Jewish ppl, caused jews to migrate to america

Question 10

atomic bomb

Answer 10

new strategic weapon developed at Los Alamos, new mexico, used to quickly end WW2, Japan surrendered after bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, resulted in arms race w/ soviets