ww2

Question 1

nye committee

Answer 1

The committee investigated the financial and banking interests which underlaid United States’ involvement in World War I, and was a significant factor in public and political support for American neutrality in the early stages of World War II.

Question 2

neutrality act of 1935

Answer 2

The 1935 act[3] imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. It also declared that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk. The act was set to expire after six months.

Question 3

internationalism

Answer 3

political principle which advocates a greater political or economic cooperation among nations and peoples, and whose ideological roots can be traced to both socialism and liberalism.

Question 4

remilitarization of the rhineland

Answer 4

German military forces entered the Rhineland.

Question 5

munich crisis

Answer 5

a settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia

Question 6

sudetenland

Answer 6

refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia

Question 7

nonaggression pact

Answer 7

On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.

Question 8

america first committee

Answer 8

anti war organization

Question 9

lend lease act

Answer 9

in which Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to ‘any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.’”

Question 10

atlantic charter

Answer 10

a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.

Question 11

cost plus

Answer 11

a contract where a contractor is paid for all of its allowed expenses to a set limit plus additional payment to allow for a profit.[1] Cost-reimbursement contracts contrast with fixed-price contract, in which the contractor is paid a negotiated amount regardless of incurred expenses.

Question 12

liberty ships

Answer 12

ship designed for “Emergency” construction by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. Liberty ships were nicknamed “ugly ducklings” by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Question 13

war production board

Answer 13

agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II

Question 14

tuskege armen

Answer 14

popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II

Question 15

battle of midway

Answer 15

An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.

Question 16

battle of coral sea

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This four-day World War II skirmish in May 1942 marked the first air-sea battle in history., allied victory

Question 17

north africa campaign

Answer 17

The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had colonial interests in Africa dating from the late 19th century

Question 18

battle of the atlantic

Answer 18

longest continuous military campaign[5][6] in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany,

Question 19

convoy system

Answer 19

which can be defined as a group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection, has a much longer history than sometimes suggested.

Question 20

battle of stalingrad

Answer 20

was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
soviet victory
deadliest

Question 21

a philip randolph

Answer 21

a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties.

Question 22

fair employment practices commission

Answer 22

banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work

Question 23

bracero program

Answer 23

The Bracero Program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States that allowed millions of Mexican men to come to the United States to work on, short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts.

Question 24

zoot suit riots

Answer 24

The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, during a period when many migrants arrived for the defense effort and newly assigned servicemen flooded the city.

Question 25

korematsu vs united states

Answer 25

was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.

Question 26

office of price administration

Answer 26

The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II.

Question 27

casablanca conference

Answer 27

a meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morocco that took place from January 14–24, 1943.

Question 28

tehran conference

Answer 28

was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was held in the Soviet Union’s embassy in Tehran, Iran.

Question 29

code talkers

Answer 29

are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime.

Question 30

axis powers

Answer 30

germany, italy, japan

Question 31

allied powers

Answer 31

ussr, Britain, united states

Question 32

battle of the bulge

Answer 32

major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard.
allied victory

Question 33

iwo jima

Answer 33

a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

Question 34

okinowa

Answer 34

largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of the island of Okinawa itself
allied victory

Question 35

the manhattan project

Answer 35

a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.