Finals: WWII

Question 1

How did WWII relate to the Great Depression?

Answer 1

Military buildup for WWII brought an end to the Great Depression

Question 2

How did the U.S. mobilize for war?

Answer 2

• began a draft (Selective Service)
• U.S. economy shifted toward war production
• U.S. started employing women in factories and in the armed forces

Question 3

During the war,African Americans…

Answer 3

1. Contributed to the war effort either at home or as soldier abroad
2. Faced segregation in the armed forces

Question 4

Axis Powers vs. Ally Powers

Answer 4

Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied: France, Britain, U.S.

Question 5

Isolationism

Answer 5

policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs

Question 6

Neutrality Act

Answer 6

The first two acts outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war. The third act was passed in response to the fighting in Spain. This act extended the ban on arms sales and loans to nations engaged in civil wars

Question 7

How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause WWII?

Answer 7

1. The treaty was harsh on Germany
2. Germany lost land
3. Germany lost military
4. Democracy didn’t work-caused starvation, unemployment, etc.

Question 8

What caused WWII?

Answer 8

Treaty of Versailles
Extreme Nationalism 
Japanese/German expansion
U.S. Neutrality-no participation in League of Nations (weak)
Munich Agreement violated-appeasement
Treaty "useless"
America/Japanese tension (embargo)

Question 9

Cash & Carry

Answer 9

Allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to nations at war but only if these nations paid cash and transported themselves

Question 10

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 10

Allowed U.S. to lend or lease weapons to any country “vital to defense”

Question 11

Pear Harbor

Answer 11

December 7 1941: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
December 8 1941: congress voted with only one member disagreeing that a state of war existed between the U.S. And Japan
December 11 1941: Germany and Italy declared war I the U.S.

Question 12

Japanese Internment

Answer 12

Thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced into containment

Question 13

Braceros

Answer 13

Mexican laborer so allowed to enter U.S. for a limited period of time to work for WWII

Question 14

D-Day

Answer 14

Allies launched an invasion of European mainland. Many people died

Question 15

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 15

Germany tried to break through Ally lines. Germans lost soldiers and supplies

Question 16

Atomic bombs

Answer 16

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

U.S. dropped atomic bombs in order to end the war