Unit 9 Flashcards
Who ran a total totalitarian government in the Soviet union
Joseph Stalin
Who founded the fascist party in Italy
Benito Mussolini
Leader of the Nazi party in Germany
Adolf Hitler
Prime minister of Japan
Hideki Tojo
England’s prime minister after 1940
Winston Churchhill
Who is the general lead operation overlord
General Dwight D Eisenhower
Who is the vice president that becomes the 33rd president after President Roosevelt died
Harry S Truman
Who is the American scientist that helps on the project creating the atomic bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
Who is the president that ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped
Truman
Who is the general that occupied Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Who was the prime minister of Britain from 1937 to 1940
Neville Chamberlain
What is island hopping
Island by Island allies won territory back from the Japanese and moved closer to Japan
Describe the wartime economy
Very harsh, passing of the land lease act, having to ration, woman had to take over the men’s jobs
What were braceros
Migrant workers from Mexico use to fill labor shortage
What was the double V campaign
A civil rights movement that called for the victory against the axis powers and victory in the struggle for economy
What was the Manhattan project
A project to create a new powerful weapon, The atomic bomb
Who led the Manhattan project
General Leslie Groves and American scientist Robert openHeimer
A government that controls the cultural, economic, social, and political aspects of its citizens is known as a _________ state
A. Democratic
B. Socialist
C. Totalitarianism
D. Utopian
C. Totalitarianism
What was the land lease act
The United States would provide war supplies to Britain and worry about payment later
Who are the Allied powers
England France and the United States
Who are the axis powers
Germany Italy and Japan
What ethnic group did FDR put into internment camps with the executive order 9066
Japanese-Americans
The icon of American industrial workers during World War II was known by what name
Rosie the riveter
Who are the Tuskegee airmen
The all black 99 pursuit squadron that one two distinguish unit citation’s
What were code talkers
The language of the Navajo that was used to relay Messages and operations amongst the Pacific Fleet
What was the Yalta conference
The meeting of the big three deciding how to split Germany and re-organize the government of Poland
How was Germany split due to the Yalta conference
Into separate peacekeeping zones that were split up between members of the allies
How was the government of Poland re-organize due the yalta conference
It was allowed for free elections now
What was the results of the yalta conference
Soviet union agrees to enter the war against Japan and Germany surrenders on the VE day
What was VE Day and when
Victory in Europe; May 8, 1945
What was the VJ Day; when
Victory in Japan; September 2, 1945
What were the Nuremberg trials
War crimes trials of German and Japanese military officials
What did the Nürnberg trials represent
It showed that individuals can be held responsible for wartime atrocities
What were the main results of World War II
The Nurenberg trials, United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers, and the morality of nuclear warfare was questioned
What was the battle of Midway significance
Goal to attack Japanese carriers, It was seen as the turning point in the Pacific theater
What is the significance of the battle of Okinawa
Obtaining the last obstacle between the allies and Japan, shows the problems of a land evasion of Japan
What was D-day
Goal to liberate France, the largest amphibious assault in history involved was nearly 3,000,000 British, American, and Canadian troops
What was the plan for the invasion of D-day
Paratroopers dropped behind a enemy lines with brutal fighting on Omaha Beach
What was D-days codename
Operation overlord
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor
US was no longer selling supplies to Japan, we froze their assets in the US, and we had control of the Pacific
What day was Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
What was the result of the attack on Pearl Harbor
It was not a total success because they did not destroy our aircraft carriers
What brought the US out of debt, bad economy, and depression
The involvement in World War II
What was the Doolittle raid
And air raid by the US on Tokyo, the first airstrike on the Japanese home lands
Why did the US choose to drop the atomic bomb
Invading Japan would result in high casualties, animosity towards Japan for pearl harbor, The want for a quick end to the war to keep the Soviets from taking Japan
Describe the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima; why and what was the bomb called
Hiroshima was a military base with 25% of Japan’s army, there is no previous damage, the geography of the location would intensify the blast; the bomb, Little Boy, is dropped by the plane, Enola Gay
Describe the bombing of Nagasaki; why and what was bomb called
Originally meant for Kokura but there was cloud coverage; The bomb, fat man, dropped by the plane , boxcar
Describe Japan after the war
Japan was occupied by US forces under General MacArthur
What had to be rationed for the troops during the harsh economic times of the US
Meat, fuel, and metal
