WWII STAAR flashcard

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The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to —

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decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces

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What was the main effect of the event reported in the headline "Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki"?

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World War II ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies.

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Many of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline —

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died during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines

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What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?

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The outbreak of World War II

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What was a primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?

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To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage

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How did President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?

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It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union.

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Onset of World War II -----------> Acceleration of the Manhattan Project. This diagram indicates that during World War II the federal government —

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developed a new weapon designed to gain a strategic advantage over enemies

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How were the Navajo words in this table used during World War II?

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As a secret code for communicating battle plans between Allied units

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Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by —

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encoding military communications for secure transmission

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The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —

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internment camps for Japanese Americans