Quiz 3

Question 1

The growth of southern California and cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region known as the ______________.

Answer 1

Sunbelt

Question 2

In 1942, FDR created the ______________________ to coordinate government housing programs.

Answer 2

National Housing Agency

Question 3

In Los Angeles, the fear of juvenile crime and racism against Mexican Americans became linked in the “_____________” raids.

Answer 3

zoot suit

Question 4

______________ had very baggy, pleated pants, and an overstuffed, knee-length jacket with wide lapels.

Answer 4

Zoot suits

Question 5

___________________ had no vest, no cuff, a short jacket, and narrow lapel.

Answer 5

Victory Suits

Question 6

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR signed an order allowing the_______________ to declare any part of the US a military zone.

Answer 6

War Department

Question 7

People of __________________ were evacuated to 10 internment camps further inland.

Answer 7

Japanese ancesrty

Question 8

In 1988, Ronald Reagan apologized to ______________________ on behalf of the US government and signed legislation granting $20,000 to surviving who had been interned.

Answer 8

Japaneses Americans.

Question 9

Worried about inflation, FDR created the ____________1___________________ and the ________2________ to regulate wages and certain prices.

Answer 9

1. Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS)
2. Office of Economics Stabilization (OES)

Question 10

The _________________ tried to prevent strikes.

Answer 10

War Labor Board (WLB)

Question 11

OPACS began ___________, or limiting the purchases of many products to make sure enough were available for military use.

Answer 11

rationing

Question 12

Meat, sugar, fats, oils, processed foods, coffee, shoes, and gasoline were ______________.

Answer 12

rationed

Question 13

The government encouraged ________________ by praising them in film reels, pamphlets, and official statements.

Answer 13

victory gardens

Question 14

The government would also organize scrap drives for ____1____,___2__,___3__, and ______4________.

Answer 14

1. rubber
2. tin
3. aluminum
4. steel

Question 15

In 1942, President Roosevelt created the ______________________.

Answer 15

Office of War Information (OWI)

Question 16

The _______________ role was to improve the public’s understanding of the war and to act as a liaison office with the various media.

Answer 16

OWI’s

Question 17

Admiral Chester Nimitz was the commander of the ____________________.

Answer 17

US Navy in the Pacific

Question 18

A few hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked American airfields in the _________________.

Answer 18

Philippines

Question 19

___________________ was the commander over the US forces in the Philippines.

Answer 19

General Douglas MacArthur

Question 20

78,000 men were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp known as the ________________.

Answer 20

Bataan Death March

Question 21

FDR wanted to bomb _________, but American planes could reach it only if an aircraft carrier brought them close enough.

Answer 21

Tokyo

Question 22

In early 1942, a military planner suggested replacing the carrie’s usual short- range bombers with long-range ____________ that could attack from further out.

Answer 22

B-25

Question 23

FDR would place ___________________ in command of the mission to bomb Tokyo.

Answer 23

Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle

Question 24

At the end of March,_____________ were loaded onto the Hornet.

Answer 24

16 B-25

Question 25

Officers of Japan’s military wanted to cut American supply lines to Australia by capturing the south coast of_____________.

Answer 25

New Guinea

Question 26

Admiral ________1_______, wanted to attack _________2__________– the last American base in the North Pacific west of Hawaii.

Answer 26

1. Yamamoto

2. Midway Island

Question 27

Admiral Nimitz sent two carriers, the _________1________ and the ________2____ to intercept the Japanese in the Coral Sea.

Answer 27

1. Yorktown

2. Lexington

Question 28

MacArthur’s troops would start their campaign in the south Pacific at _______________ in the _____________.

Answer 28

Guadalcanal

Solomon Island

Question 29

The ________________ was the largest naval battle in history.

Answer 29

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Question 30

It was the first time that the Japanese used ______________.

Answer 30

kamikaze attacks

Question 31

Kamikaze means ______________ in Japanese.

Answer 31

divine wind

Question 32

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the first battle where ships sunk each other without________________.

Answer 32

seeing one another

Question 33

In July 1942, FDR ordered the invasion of ____________ and _______________ two French territories indirectly under German control.

Answer 33

Morocco Algeria

Question 34

German general ____________, whose success earned him the nickname “Desert Fox” commanded the “Afrika Korps”

Answer 34

Erwin Rommel

Question 35

The ______________ is located in Egypt, and was a major supply route for Britain.

Answer 35

Suez Canal

Question 36

in November 1942, American troops commanded by ________________ invaded North Africa.

Answer 36

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 37

At the battle of ______________, the Americans were outmaneuvered and outfought.

Answer 37

Kasserine Pass

Question 38

Eisenhower fired the general who led the attack and put _______________ in command

Answer 38

General Patton

Question 39

To protect ships, citizens on the __________ went dark.

Answer 39

East coast

Question 40

The loss of so many ships convinced the ___________________ to set up a convoy system.

Answer 40

US Navy

Question 41

The _________________ system was a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection.

Answer 41

convoy

Question 42

American airplanes and warships began using ____1____, and ______2______ to locate and attack submarines.

Answer 42

1. radar

2. depth charges