The Impact of the Second World War on the USA, 1941–1945

Question 1

When did the USA go to war?

Answer 1

9th December 1941

Question 2

Where was America rated in terms of its army?

Answer 2

20th in the league table in 1941

Question 3

What did entering the war force America to do?

Answer 3

Call up and train millions of army and to build a huge navy to on Japan and replace what it lost in the Battle of the Atlantic

Question 4

What did Stalin say about America’s contribution to the war effort?

Answer 4

“The Americans gave money; the Soviet Union gave blood”

Question 5

What did America start of by doing?

Answer 5

The defensive

Question 6

At what point did America go on the offensive?

Answer 6

1943

Question 7

What was one reason for the close Anglo-American relationship during the war?

Answer 7

The close personal link between Roosevelt and Churchill

Question 8

In 1942, what were shipping losses?

Answer 8

8 million tonnes per month

Question 9

When did the D-Day landings take place?

Answer 9

June 1944

Question 10

What was the estimated cost of a final invasion of Japan?

Answer 10

Months of war and 1.4 million American lives

Question 11

How many soldiers were mobilised by the U.S. Army?

Answer 11

5 million

Question 12

When was the Pearl Harbour attack?

Answer 12

7th December 1941

Question 13

What were the economic effects of World War Two on the USA?

Answer 13

War production led to huge growth in prosperity

Question 14

What were the political effects of World War Two on the USA?

Answer 14

The government took more control of people’s lives

Question 15

When was the Smith Act created?

Answer 15

1940

Question 16

What did the 1940 Smith Act do?

Answer 16

Made it illegal to threaten to overthrow the government of the USA

Question 17

What act introduced conscription?

Answer 17

The selective service act of 1940

Question 18

What did the Office of War mobilisation do?

Answer 18

Controlled the supply of goods and prices

Question 19

What did the National War Labor Board do?

Answer 19

Set wages

Question 20

When did the USA begin research into nuclear weapons?

Answer 20

1939

Question 21

When did Japan begin bombing raids on the USA?

Answer 21

1942

Question 22

What was the effect of war on the New Deal?

Answer 22

It was made irrelevant

Question 23

How many tanks were produced between 1941-1945 by the USA?

Answer 23

86,000

Question 24

How much did farm income increase by during World War Two?

Answer 24

250%

Question 25

What had happened to unemployment by 1942?

Answer 25

It had ceased

Question 26

How many women were employed by the end of war?

Answer 26

60%

Question 27

How many more African Americans were working for the federal government from 1939 to 1944?

Answer 27

150000