War with Japan

Question 1

Japan sought to establish what they called the:

Answer 1

Greater East Asia Co. Prosperity Sphere.

Question 2

Who is the Emperor of WWll:

Answer 2

Emperor Hirohito

Question 3

For the military the highest honor they could gain in battle was to:

Answer 3

Die for their emperor

Question 4

Surrender was considered a:

Answer 4

Disgrace

Question 5

Pearl Harbor:

Answer 5

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor

Question 6

76,000 American and Filipino troops surrender:

Answer 6

The Bataan Death March

Question 7

Is ordered by FDR to leave for Australia:
- Were he issues his famous ________________ declaration.

Answer 7

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. “I shall return”

Question 8

Commander and chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWll:

Answer 8

Chester W. Nimitz

Question 9

Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture Port Moresby:

Answer 9

Battle of Coral Sea

Question 10

Supreme allied commander in the Pacific Theatre in WWll:

Answer 10

Douglas MacArthur

Question 11

Led the air raid on Tokyo:

Answer 11

Jimmy Doolittle

Question 12

Americans at home followed the war:

Answer 12

Newsreels

Question 13

Were placed in the windows of Americans who lost loved ones during the war (on final):

Answer 13

Gold stars

Question 14

Turning point for Pacific:

Answer 14

Battle of Midway

Question 15

1st land victory for America in the Pacific:

Answer 15

Battle of Guadalcanal

Question 16

Most famous image of WWll, classic flag raising on Mt. Suribachi:

Answer 16

Battle of Iwo Jima

Question 17

1st assault on the Japanese home islands:

Answer 17

Battle of Okinawa

Question 18

Kamikazes (_____________)

Answer 18

Divine wind

Question 19

Code name for the atomic bomb:

Answer 19

The Manhattan Project

Question 20

1st nuclear explosion was on U.S. soil July 16, 1945:

Answer 20

Trinity

Question 21

On August 15, 1945 Japan surrenders:

Answer 21

VJ- Day

Question 22

Will be the military governor of occupied Japan:

Answer 22

General Douglas MacArthur

Question 23

The Internment of Japanese Americans:

Answer 23

Japanese Americans were targeted as potentially disloyal. They were views as potential spies for the Japanese Government.

Question 24

Which offered the benefit of free college education to returning veterans.

Answer 24

The G.I Bill of Rights