WWII Part 2

Question 1

What was the Yalta Conference

Answer 1

The meeting of the big three

Question 2

Who was apart of the big three

Answer 2

Winston Churchill, FDR, Joseph Stalin

Question 3

What did the big three agree on in feb 1945

Answer 3

They met to decide the final attack on Germany. They decided to split Germany into 4 parts.

Question 4

What was the final major counter attack done by the Germans

Answer 4

the Battle of the Bulge

Question 5

What happened in the Battle of the Bulge

Answer 5

Hitler had used the Rail way to try and punch a hole in our defenses

Question 6

When was Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day )

Answer 6

May 8th, 1945

Question 7

Who surrounded Berlin

Answer 7

(USSR) Soviet Union

Question 8

When did FDR die

Answer 8

April 12, 1945 (he didn’t see the US win)

Question 9

What were the Philippines seen as

Answer 9

A strategic point for the Japanese (the took over in 1942)

Question 10

Where did some American soldiers and nurses hold out against the Japanese

Answer 10

Corregidor

Question 11

How many Americans / Filipinos surrendered in the Philippines

Answer 11

76,000

Question 12

What happened to the people that surrendered

Answer 12

Kept as prisoners and forced to walk 60 miles

Question 13

What happened during the death marches

Answer 13

Americans and other prisoners were beaten and tortured with no food, water, and rest.

Question 14

How many people died on the death marches

Answer 14

10,000 dies during the 6-12 day journey

Question 15

What did the death marches become known as

Answer 15

Bataan Death Marches

Question 16

What does Japan control

Answer 16

The Philippines, Indochina, Indonesia, Maylaya, and other islands

Question 17

Where did America stop the Japanese advancement on Australia

Answer 17

The battle of coral sea (May 1942)

Question 18

Who were all US army units in the pacific under controlled by

Answer 18

Douglas MacArthur

Question 19

Who were all the US navel units controlled by

Answer 19

Chester Nimitz

Question 20

What was Guadalcanal apart of

Answer 20

The Solomon Islands

Question 21

What happened when the US Marines landed on Guadalcanal in august

Answer 21

The Japanese retreated into the jungle and the marines were not ready for the harsh geography

Question 22

The marines became easy targets for Japanese…

Answer 22

Snipers

Question 23

What new strategy did the US use

Answer 23

Island hopping

Question 24

What is Island hopping

Answer 24

Strategy do selectively attacking specific enemy help islands and bypassing others

Question 25

What did island hopping do

Answer 25

Cut of the bypassed islands for supplies and reinforcements- made those islands useless

Question 26

What are Kamikazes

Answer 26

Suicide planes/ bombers (saw our first in the summer of 1944)

Question 27

Why was Japanese so dangerous

Answer 27

They felt threatened and would do anything to stop up. They would die for their country.

Question 28

Where was one of the bloodiest battles

Answer 28

Iwa Jima

Question 29

Why was Iwa Jima so difficult to traverse

Answer 29

The island has a honeycomb of caves and cliffs- the Japanese would hide in miles of tunnels

Question 30

What was the battle of Iwa Jima used to promote

Answer 30

War bonds

Question 31

When was the battle of Okinawa

Answer 31

April- June 1945

Question 32

What was the Battle Okinawa known for

Answer 32

It was the second largest invasion fleet

Question 33

How many kamikaze attacks did we get hit with at Okinawa

Answer 33

2,000

Question 34

What is a Banzai or Banzai charges

Answer 34

Attacks in which the soldiers tried to kill as many of the enemy as possible until they themselves were killed

Question 35

What was the estimate casualties of troops

Answer 35

50,000 US casualties

Question 36

What was the estimate for how many troops we would need to prepare for the invasion of Japan

Answer 36

1 million troops

Question 37

What was the estimated causalities for the invasion of Japan

Answer 37

Half a million

Question 38

Who did gave FDR and idea of the atomic bomb

Answer 38

Albert Einstein

Question 39

What did FDR start so we could make the atomic bomb

Answer 39

The Manhattan project (New Mexico)

Question 40

Who was the decision to drop the bomb left up too

Answer 40

president Harry S. Truman (VP)

Question 41

Why did Truman go ahead with it

Answer 41

He viewed it as a military weapon and it would make Japan surrender

Question 42

When was the first bomb dropped

Answer 42

August 6th 1945

Question 43

What plane dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

Answer 43

The Enola Gay

Question 44

3 days later, what plane dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki

Answer 44

bockstar

Question 45

When was victory in Japan day (V-J)

Answer 45

August 15, 1945

Question 46

Where was the formal surrender signed

Answer 46

USS Missouri

Question 47

When was the formal surrender signed

Answer 47

September 2, 1945

Question 48

What did the Executive Order 8802 do

Answer 48

Opened jobs and job training programs in defense plants to all Americans ( without discrimination of race )

Question 49

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 49

A group of African American pilots who learned to fly in Tuskegee

Question 50

What was the Tuskegee Experiment

Answer 50

They trained an entire combat unit of African Americans to see if they were as trainable as white menz

Question 51

What was the Bracero Program

Answer 51

Helped give many jobs to Mexican Americans

Question 52

What were Mexican farm laborers brought to work in the US called

Answer 52

Braceros

Question 53

What were Spanish speaking neighborhoods called

Answer 53

Barrios

Question 54

What were zoot suitors

Answer 54

Mexicans who wore long draped jackets, baggy pants, tight cuffs, and had slicked back “ducktail” haircuts

Question 55

Why did sailors beat the zoot suitors

Answer 55

Because they would take their “women”

Question 56

Where did most Japanese Americans live

Answer 56

The west coast

Question 57

Why were internment camps made

Answer 57

Because the government feared they were sending information to Japan and decided to remove all “aliens”

Question 58

What did the War Relocation Authority do (WRA)

Answer 58

Moved anyone with Japanese ancestry to be interned

Question 59

What happens to the Japanese people

Answer 59

They were confined in camps away from the coast

Question 60

The US was taken to court over the legality :

Answer 60

Korematsu V. United States

Question 61

The court ruled the US….

Answer 61

Had no wrong doing

Question 62

Where were most camps located

Answer 62

In the middle of no where (most Great Plains region)

Question 63

How many Japanese Americans fought for America

Answer 63

17,000

Question 64

Most Japanese Americans that would fight with America would be…

Answer 64

Nisei

Question 65

What is a Nisei

Answer 65

Japanese people born in the US (second generation)

Question 66

What team would most Japanese Americans fight with

Answer 66

442nd Regimental Combat Team

Question 67

At one point what percent of the working force were women

Answer 67

35%

Question 68

What did Rosie the riveter come from

Answer 68

A song in 1942

Question 69

What ended when the war ended

Answer 69

Women’s jobs