Vocab. for February 23rd

Question 1

Selective training and service act

Answer 1

First peacetime draft (Meant men ages 21-35 were required to register in the military)

Question 2

WAC (Women’s Army Corps)

Answer 2

The first time women were officially serve in the military. They were NOT involved in fighting

Question 3

WAVES (Navy)

Answer 3

Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Services. In the Navy

Question 4

War Production Board

Answer 4

Guided automakers to shift from making cars to producing trucks and tanks to help the war effort.

Question 5

War Bond

Answer 5

A bond sold by the government to support the war.

Bond-Citizens loan money to the government or to a company.

Question 6

Revenue act of 1942

Answer 6

The first time Americans were required to pay income tax. Created to help the war effort

Question 7

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 7

The first African American Military pilots fighting in WW2

Question 8

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 8

An advertisement campaign character. Encouraged women to work outside of the home during war.

Question 9

Code talkers

Answer 9

Navajo Native Americans created special codes that Japan could not read to help in the war.

Question 10

Ration

Answer 10

People could only buy limited amount of resources per person or household during WW2

Question 11

Internment Camps

Answer 11

Japanese Americans were relocated to camps out of fear after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Question 12

D-Day

Answer 12

*Beginning of the end in WW2

Battle of Normandy: On the beaches of France, Germany had been defeated.

Question 13

Kami Kazes

Answer 13

Japan attempting to destroy America by suicide pilot planes.

Question 14

Manhattan Project

Answer 14

Albert Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might be making a powerful bomb. U.S. created a top secret operation to develop a powerful weapon.

Question 15

Potsdam declaration

Answer 15

U.S warned Japan that they would be destroyed if they didn’t surrender.

Question 16

Atomic bomb

Answer 16

Nuclear weapons made to use against Germany. Dropped on Japan instead, killing 10,000 people in Hiroshima

Question 17

VJ day

Answer 17

(Victory over Japan)

August 15th, 1945- Japan agreed to surrender

Question 18

Hiroshima

Answer 18

An industrial and military city in Japan. The main Atomic bomb target

Question 19

Naquosaki

Answer 19

Largest sea port in Japan. Bombed by U.S due to military supply system.

Question 20

Declaration of War

Answer 20

A formal act when one nation goes to war with another nation

Question 21

Adolf Hitler

Answer 21

Led by taking advantage of peoples anger and suffering by promising a better life.
Led Germany.

Question 22

Benito Mussolini

Answer 22

Led by appealing resentment of Italians who felt they had not won enough in the Treaty of Versailles
Led Italy

Question 23

Hideki Tojo (Prime minister)

Answer 23

Led others by his sharp decision making qualities which allowed him to rise in the military
Led Japan

Question 24

Josef Stalin

Answer 24

Gained his followers through force and killed anyone who refused to follow him.
Led Soviet Union

Question 25

What countries were part of the Allied Powers???

Answer 25

United States of America
Britain
France
Soviet Union

Question 26

What countries where part of the Axis Powers???

Answer 26

Germany
Italy
Japan

Question 27

When and how long did WW2 last???

Answer 27

6 years from 1939-1945

Question 28

How long was the U.S in WW2 for???

Answer 28

4 years

Question 29

Is Pearl Harbor a national park???

Answer 29

No, it’s a military base

Question 30

Where is Pearl Harbor located???

Answer 30

Hawaii

Question 31

The USS Memorial commemorates what???

Answer 31

Over the years, it has come to commemorate ALL the military personnel that died in the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 32

When was Pearl Harbor Attacked???

Answer 32

December 7th, 1942 at 7:55 AM.