Quiz 29 - Chapter 13 Review Flashcards

1
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The most decorated infantry unit in all of the US Army was the 442nd Regimental Combat Team made of of who?

A

Japanese-American patriots

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2
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The event that ended WWII

A

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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3
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Although this country was an allied power, it was attacked by Japan and taken over for Communism after WWII

A

China

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4
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The name given to the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944

A

D-Day

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5
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The structure that was built by the Communists in 1961 to separate East Berlin from West Berlin and then torn down in 1989

A

Berlin Wall

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6
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The system of government that takes away freedoms and private property

A

Communism

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7
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The act of war which brought the US into WWII

A

the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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8
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People were allowed private property, but not important freedoms under what government

A

Fascism

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9
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What took place between 1939 - 1945

A

WWII

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10
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The system of government that teaches the leader is all-powerful, all people are not equal in worth, and the leader could do no wrong

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National Socialism

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11
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the Axis Powers

A

Germany, Italy, Japan

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12
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“The Big Four”

A

China, Soviet Union, Great Britain, US

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13
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Leader of China during WWII

A

Chiang Kai-shek

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14
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President of the US during WWII

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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15
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

A

Sir Winston Churchill

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16
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Military leader of Japan who became more powerful than the emperor

A

Tojo

17
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Chinese Communist tyrant

A

Mao Tse-tung

18
Q

leader of the Fighting Red Tails

A

Benjamin O. Davis

19
Q

led the D-Day invasion and later became President of the US

A

Dwight D. Eisenhower

20
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US general who became military leader in Japan after WWII

A

Douglas MacArthur