Quiz on Unit 23 Flashcards

1
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Document of principles by Churchill and Roosevelt

A

Atlantic Charter

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2
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Island near Japan taken at cost of 7,000 American lives

A

Iwo Jima

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3
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French coastal city where the English evacuated troops

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Dunkirk

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4
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Attacked by Japanese on December 7, 1941

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Pearl Harbor

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5
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Line of French defensive forts along border with Germany

A

Maginot Line

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6
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American project to develop an atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

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7
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German breakthrough in Belgium, December 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

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8
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Where Japanese-Americans were interned during the war

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Relocation camps

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9
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First meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

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Tehran, Iran

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10
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U.S. offer to help nations resisting Axis aggression

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Lend-lease

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11
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February 1945 meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

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Yalta

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12
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Target of first atomic bomb

A

Hiroshima

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13
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Horrors discovered when Allies invaded Germany

A

Concentration camps

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14
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Naval battles that stopped Japanese advance in the Pacific

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Coral Sea, Midway Is.

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15
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MacArthur said, “I shall return” when leaving here

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Philippines

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16
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German air attack on Britain, RAF defense

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Battle of Britain

17
Q

Largest naval battle of World War II

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Leyte Gulf

18
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May 8, 1945, end of the war in Europe

A

V-E Day

19
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Allied invasion of northern France at Normandy

A

D-Day

20
Q

Invaded by the Allies soon after victory in North Africa

A

Italy