WWII - Week 8

Question 1

allies

Answer 1

britain, soviet union, china, and the USA

Question 2

axis

Answer 2

germany, japan, italy

Question 3

japan invaded china in ____ with the goal of becoming a world power. germany did the same, and continued to violate the versailles treaty

Answer 3

1930

Question 4

the holocaust lasted from _____ to _____

Answer 4

1933 to 1942

Question 5

munich agreement 1938

Answer 5

britain and france agree to germany’s terms with the intention of appeasement. in 1939 germany would defend the spread of community and stalin signs a pact with germany for nonviolence, then germany immediately invades poland.

Question 6

isolationism (FDR’s third term)

Answer 6

diminishing USA presence in latin america and the caribbean, not my circus not my monkey

Question 7

neutrality acts (1935-1939)

Answer 7

prohibits trade to/with and travel to warring nations, ban of sale on arms.

Question 8

lend-lease act (1941)

Answer 8

arms to allied powers with a promise to pay back. as opposed to cash and carry, which is when nations needed to pay for weapons with cash immediately.

Question 9

america first committee 1940-1941

Answer 9

conservative businessmen. 500,000 members and 400 chapters in the USA, argued that intervention would from gov’t regulation and threaten free enterprise. succeeded in the midwest, mostly.

Question 10

free world association 1941

Answer 10

more diverse group that was pro-intervention in the war and wanted to stop facism while having allegiance to the allied powers.

Question 11

pearl harbor

Answer 11

dec 7, 1941. 1st foreign attack on USA soil since war of 1812, japan was running low on fuel after being cut off from the USA and wanted to gain control of the pacific, though the USA was a roadblock. 18 ships sank, 2400 americans are killed and 1000 are wounded. all but one member of congress voted for war.

Question 12

turning point battles in the pacific

Answer 12

midway 1942 in JUNE and coral sea in MAY 1942

Question 13

d-day/victory in europe/normandy (June 6, 1944)

Answer 13

usa, britain, canada, 200k troops. pushed the Nazis back and liberated paris. largest land/sea operation in history.

Question 14

war propaganda was split into 6 bits

Answer 14

nature of enemy, nature of allies, need to work, the americans, need to fight, need to sacrifice

Question 15

office of war information

Answer 15

federal agency in 1942 founded that created wartime messaging.

Question 16

the atlantic charter (1941)

Answer 16

FDR and Winston sign joint declaration that says you have a right to economic advancement, social security, to choose their own form of government

Question 17

three ways WWII transformed life in USA at home

Answer 17

1. mobilization and patriotism
2. increased urbanization (2nd great migration)
3. brought USA out of depression

Question 18

__ million women worked outside of the home after WWII

Answer 18

18

Question 19

WAC, WASPS, and WAVES

Answer 19

women’s army corps (1942-1978)
women’s air force service pilots (1943)
women’s navy (1942)

Question 20

double v for victory (1942)

Answer 20

pittsburgh courier, massive black-focused mobilization effort, protests to end segregation in the military

Question 21

tuskegee airmen (black pilots, 1940-1948)

Answer 21

only used in full capacity after 1944, trained in combat at the tuskegee institute

Question 22

march on washington movement (1941)

Answer 22

philip randolph. planned for july 1st, 1941, to protest against segregation in the military. was called off after executive order 8802

Question 23

executive order 8802

Answer 23

no discrimination in the government/military, created the fair employment practices committee

Question 24

executive order 9066

Answer 24

all japanese in the USA must relocation to internment camps (except for those in hawaii). violation of civil liberties.

Question 25

korematsu vs. USA (1944)

Answer 25

argued that 9066 was unconstitutional, but the supreme court said that it was.