Unit 7: WWII

Question 1

isolationism:

Answer 1

policy of staying out of world affairs

Question 2

facism

Answer 2

a system of government ruled by a dictator who uses the military and racism to stay in power

Question 3

anti-Semitism

Answer 3

hatred of Jewish people

Question 4

Allied Powers:

Answer 4

originally Britain & France, later joined by the Soviet Union and the United States

Question 5

Invasion of Pearl Harbor

Answer 5

surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 in Hawaii, “the day that will live in infamy”

Question 6

D-Day:

Answer 6

June 6, 1944 largest naval invasion led by the Allies when they landed in France and took advantage of the war

Question 7

genocide

Answer 7

the extermination of an entire race of people

Question 8

Holocaust

Answer 8

Holocaust

Question 9

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Answer 9

32nd US President, Democrat from NY, President during WWII until he died during his fourth term

Question 10

Harry Truman

Answer 10

33rd US President, FDR’s Vice President becomes president when FDR dies, forced to decide to use nuclear warfare

Question 11

Benito Mussolini

Answer 11

fascist leader of Italy, becomes Hitler’s role model and ally

Question 12

Joseph Stalin

Answer 12

dictator of the Soviet Union, makes pact with Hitler during WWII but gets betrayed

Question 13

Adolf Hitler

Answer 13

leader and founder of the Nazi Party in Germany, becomes dictator of Germany, responsible for the Holocaust

Question 14

Francisco Franco

Answer 14

fascist leader of Spain

Question 15

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 15

cartoon symbol of American working woman used to encourage women working during WWII

Question 16

Japanese Internment Camps:

Answer 16

labor and housing camps in CO, WY and AZ were Americans of Japanese descent were forced to live after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 17

Selective Training and Service Act, 1941

Answer 17

first time peacetime draft, required all men from ages of 21-35 (later 18-45) to register to be soldiers

Question 18

Office of War Information:

Answer 18

American news agency in control of all the information given to the public about the war

Question 19

Fair Employment Practices Committee

Answer 19

American government agency that investigate to make sure all defense companies were not discriminating when hiring their workforce

Question 20

Zoot-Suit Riots

Answer 20

racist attacks on Mexican Americans throughout California by members of the US Navy

Question 21

Atomic BOMB

Answer 21

Type of bomb built during WORLD WAR II that was more powerful than any built before it.

Question 22

MANHATTAN PROJECT

Answer 22

Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.

Question 23

Battle of Midway

Answer 23

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in the pacific theater of World War II

Question 24

Lend-Lease

Answer 24

allows America to sell, lend, or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation considered “vital to the defense of the U.S.”

Question 25

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 25

First African American fighter pilots

Question 26

D-day

Answer 26

June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II

Question 27

V-E day

Answer 27

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day was also when the Germans surrendered, Victory in Europe Day on May 8th, 1945 celebrated the official defeat of the Nazis and end of WWII in Europe

Question 28

appeasement

Answer 28

attempting to avoid conflict by making concessions and agreeing to part of the demands (giving Hitler what he wanted so he would stop aggression)

Question 29

Atlantic Charter

Answer 29

secret agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941 outlining the two nations’ war aims for self-determination

Question 30

Dec. 7, 1941

Answer 30

What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

Question 31

Dec. 8, 1941

Answer 31

When did the US declare war on Japan?

Question 32

Enola Gay

Answer 32

the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945

Question 33

Executive order of 9066

Answer 33

Feb, 1942, signed by FDR and authorized the exclusion of more than 112,000 Japanese –> internment camps

Question 34

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 34

On what two cities were the atomic bombs dropped during WWII?

Question 35

island-hopping

Answer 35

an Allied tactic where only certain islands were targeted for attack in the Pacific - these islands had strategic significance