World War II

Question 1

Neutrality Acts

Answer 1

laws passed by the US in the late 30s designed to keep us out of WWII; 1935, 1936, 1937

Question 2

Axis Powers

Answer 2

Germany, Italy, and Japan’s alliance during WWII

Question 3

Allied Powers

Answer 3

United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union’s alliance during WWII

Question 4

Winston Churchill

Answer 4

Prime minister of England, vowed to fight Hitler to the death

Question 5

Blitzkrieg

Answer 5

Lightning war; heavy use of tanks and planes to quickly overwhelm your opponent

Question 6

Atlantic Charter

Answer 6

August of ‘41 (not being tested; before Pearl Harbor); agreement between FDR and Churchill on the goals of WWII:
To allow free trade around the world
Recreate a “United Nations”
End colonization

Question 7

December 7, 1941

Answer 7

date of Pearl Harbor

Question 8

Admiral Yamamoto

Answer 8

Japanese admiral that planned Pearl Harbor

Question 9

Internment

Answer 9

When the US imprisoned Japanese-Americans into camps three months after Pearl Habor (April 1st, 1942)

Question 10

Korematsu v. US

Answer 10

1943 Supreme Court case that said internment was legal because the West Coast was a “war zone”

Question 11

Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE)

Answer 11

Supreme commander of all allied forces in Europe

Question 12

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 12

Supreme commander of all allied forces in Pacific

Question 13

George S. Patton

Answer 13

American general, defeated the Nazis in North Africa, Italy, and France

Question 14

Bernard Montgomery (Monty)

Answer 14

Top British general in WWII