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CH. 17 Pearl Harbor & WWII
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U.S. History
QUESTION
ANSWER
What country attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor?
Japan
Was the U.S. at war when Pearl Harbor was
attacked?
Why was the U.S. attacked at Pearl Harbor?
No
What became the motto for Pearl Harbor?
Japan could eliminate the navy
and Pacific threat so they could
get resources
“Remember Pearl Harbor”
Give the full date of the attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
This word means evil reputation or disgraceful
Infamy
Name the ship that became a resting place for
over 1,000 U.S. dead navy members
How many people did the Selective Service Act
draft?
How many people volunteered for WWII?
U.S.S. Arizona
Why were so many U.S. soldiers needed to fight
WWII?
What was the WAAC?
Two-front war. Atlantic and
Pacific
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
List 5 non-combat jobs women participated in
These were changed into war producing plants
1. nurses
2. ambulance drivers
3. radio operators
4. electricians
5. pilots
Car production plants
What were Liberty ships?
Cargo carriers
How many million women joined the war
industry in the U.S.?
Who was A. Phillip Randolph?
Six million
What was the purpose of the OPA?
What does OPA stand for?
This means to establish fixed allotments of
goods deemed essential for the military
List 5 items that were being rationed in the U.S.
During WWII, what two Allie leaders became
such great friends
What two methods were used to stop German UBoat attacks?
Who lost the Battle of Stalingrad?
Stalingrad was located in the Soviet Union, why
did one of the Axis Powers want it?
10 million soldiers
5 million soldiers
Successful African-American
Labor Leader
Fight inflation
Office of Price Administration
Ration or rationing
Meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, gas
U.S. =F.D.R.
G.B. =Winston Churchill
1. Convoys
2. Sonar
3. Airplane views
Germans
1. Industrial Center
2. Oil fields
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What side did General Rommel, known as the
“Desert Fox” fight for?
What Operation went after General Rommel in
Africa?
An all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron were known
as the
What was the full date of D-Day?
What was the purpose of D-Day that enlisted
over 3 million soldiers from G.B., Canada and
the U.S.
D-Day was code-named:
This was the last offensive action taken by
German army
What was the Final Solution?
What year did the Final Solution begin?
What was V-E Day?
Give the full date V-E Day took place
Who became President after F.D.R. died
suddenly in 1945?
True or False
Hitler was tried for war crimes and was hung
What is “island hopping?”
Japanese suicide bombers
Why was it so important that the Allies take over
the island of Iwo Jima?
What battle convinced Harry S. Truman that
atomic bombs would be necessary to end the war
What location marked a famous picture of U.S.
soldiers raising the American Flag?
This was the name given to the creation of an
atomic bomb
What U.S. scientist was responsible for creating
and managing of the atomic bomb?
True or False
After the WWII ended, President Truman
regretted the use of the atomic bomb.
True or False
Nagasaki was the location where the first atomic
bomb was dropped
The Nuremberg Trials consisted of:
Today, the Japanese Constitution is called:
Who was “Rosie the Riveter?”
What was the WPB?
Axis Powers
Operation Torch
Tuskegee Airmen
June 6, 1944
Invade northern France in
Normandy
Operation Overlord
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s plan to eliminate
anyone he felt were inferiors
1942
Victory in Europe
May 8, 1945
VP: Harry S. Truman
False: he committed suicide
Allies began winning island by
island in the Pacific from the
Japanese
Kamikaze
Use it as a base to which planes
could load bombs and attack
Japan
Battle of Okinawa
Iwo Jima
The Manhattan Project
J. Robert Openheimer
False
False: Hiroshima
Trying the Nazi leaders for war
crimes
The MacArthur Constitution
Famous picture (icon) for women
working in the war industries
during WWII
War Production Board
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What did the WPB do?
What did Doolittle’s Raid accomplish?
Who was the commander of the American naval
forces in the Pacific?
WHAT BATTLE WAS THE TURNING POINT
IN THE PACIFIC WAR?
The U.S. used these Native Americans to speak
over the radio and the Japanese were NEVER
able to break the code
What was the name of the plane that dropped the
atomic bombs called?
The Japanese surrendered on this U.S.S. ship:
What was the code name of the bomb dropped
on Hiroshima?
What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference?
True or False
Many U.S. minorities took part in the war effort.
1.
Who would convert to
war time production
2. Collect rags, tin cans,
paper, scrap iron,
cooking fat
Bombing of Japan like Pearl
Harbor, more for U.S. morale
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Battle of Midway
Navajo Code Talkers
Enola Gay
U.S. S. Missouri
Little Boy
To figure out how Germany
would be treated and decide the
fate of the postwar world
True