Study Guide 2sb

Question 1

This was a policy requested by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
meaning any country that wanted something from the US that they produce, and you have the money we will sell it to you but you have to come over and get it yourself

Answer 1

Cash n Carry

Question 2

He was known as “The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy”. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

Answer 2

Carl Vinson

Question 3

This was a political term applied to voters in the Southern United States who voted solely for candidates who represented the Democratic Party.

Answer 3

Yellow dog democrats

Question 4

Occurred in 1940 this was the first time this had happened during peace-time. It was supposed to last a year but was voted to be extended.

Answer 4

first peace-time draft

Question 5

Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler’s speech of December 11, 1941, in which Hitler asked for a German declaration of war against the United States.

Answer 5

Frank Knox

Question 6

This mandated a 20% increase in strength of the United States Navy”.[1] It represented the United States’ response to the Japanese invasion of China and the German annexation of Austria

Answer 6

‘Vinson Acts’-$4 billion for defense

Question 7

a U.S. policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as “the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.”

Answer 7

Monroe Doctrine

Question 8

• They were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF), formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II
• first Americans involved in WW2

Answer 8

Eagle Squadrons

Question 9

It outlined a permanent plan for mutual defense overseas between the United States and Canada.

Answer 9

Ogdensburg Agreement

Question 10

They were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied Powers.

Answer 10

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Question 11

This was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.” By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, the Soviet Union and other countries, the act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle.

Answer 11

Lend-Lease enacted

Question 12

Draft Law extended-by one vote in the House

Answer 12

Selective service act of 1940

Question 13

The Germans were invading France and the British were forced to leave, retreat was a victory for allies.

Answer 13

Dunkerk

Question 14

Third united navy Nimitz class navel carrier

Answer 14

USS Carl Vinson

Question 15

Hitlers field marshal as the beginning of the war

Answer 15

Field marshal Hermann Goering

Question 16

Journalist who reported on the German bombings in London

Answer 16

Edward Murrow

Question 17

Secretary of War who oversaw the Manhattan project

Answer 17

Henry L. Stimson

Question 18

Admiral in US Navy protests against re-deployment of the pacific portion of the fleet

Answer 18

Admiral James Otto Richardson

Question 19

Agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt about post war Europe

Answer 19

Atlantic Charter

Question 20

Commander of Pearl Harbor was four star general demoted to 2 star after bombing

Answer 20

Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Question 21

Commander of the base during Pearl Harbor

Answer 21

Lt. General Walter C. Short

Question 22

Known as the father of the united nations. Roosevelts secretary of state

Answer 22

Cordell Hull

Question 23

Method of transferring things from ship to ship while underway

Answer 23

Replenishment by Sea

Question 24

Where american troops surrendered to the Japanese.

Commander executed 98 civilians.

Answer 24

Wake Island 23 Dec 1941

Question 25

Fought in the first WW

General that was defeated at the battle of Singapore

Answer 25

Lt-General Arthur E. Percival

Question 26

Commander of the pacific forces when the Japanese surrendered

Answer 26

General Douglas MacArthur

Question 27

Philippine and American battle over the US

Answer 27

Luzon 22 Dec 1942

Question 28

Pilitical party the was in Africa

Answer 28

SWAPO & Rest of Pacific

Question 29

Took command of Pearl Harbor after the attack. Was commander of Hiroshima and Okinawa

Answer 29

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Question 30

Tokyo Raid

Answer 30

Doolittle Raid

Question 31

US war plans

Answer 31

Rainbow 5 Plans

Question 32

Conference that discusses post war reorganization

Answer 32

Yalta

Question 33

Allied attack on this port where the Germans won

Answer 33

Dieppe

Question 34

First american soldier to be killed by the germams

Answer 34

Lt Edward Loustalot

Question 35

British american invasion of north Africa

Answer 35

Operation Torch

Question 36

Nazi’s occupied france

Answer 36

Vichy France

Question 37

French general who was captured during both WW’s and escaped both times.
He commanded French troops in north Africa

Answer 37

General Henri H. Giraud

Question 38

Field commander of the U.S. military. Led troops in north Africa.
He was loved by his men.

Answer 38

Lt. General George Patton

Question 39

His men hated him…pretty much bad at everything. Major commander at the battle at the torch. Replace by general George Patton

Answer 39

Lt. General Lloyd Fredendall

Question 40

French admiral and political figure. Served in pro German general regime. He was given a deal by the allies to command french forces in south Africa and was assassinated.

Answer 40

Admiral Jean Louis Darlan-Vichy

Question 41

First paratrooper

Answer 41

Brig. General William T. Ryder

Question 42

Successful British dis-information campaign

Answer 42

Operation Mincemeat

Question 43

The invasion of Sicily

Answer 43

Operation Husky

Question 44

British field marshal that led troops into northern Africa. He was known for being very hard to get along with.

Answer 44

Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery

Question 45

Chief of staff of the US Army

Held as the organizer of the war…look it up -_-

Answer 45

General George C. Marshall, Jr.

Question 46

Deception plan across Germany to deceive the Germans about the landing of D-Day

Answer 46

Operation Fortitude

Question 47

Smiling dude

General who was considered the most strategic general of the German forces. Led the Germans into the Italian peninsula.

Answer 47

Field Marshall Albert Kesselring