World War II - US History Practice Flashcard 3

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What program is Roosevelt describing?

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The Lend-Lease Program

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Who was the leader of Germany in WWII?

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Adolf Hitler

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What caused the United States to enter WWII? Options: The attack on Pearl Harbor, The Holocaust, Atomic Bomb

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The attack on Pearl Harbor

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Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?

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Women

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During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they were seen as a security threat.

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were seen as a security threat

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Why was the D-Day invasion in June 6th, 1944 important to the outcome of World War II?

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It opened a new Allied front in Europe.

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What was the effect of the United States' use of atomic weapons in the war in the Pacific?

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It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.

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The American campaign to defeat the Japanese shown in the map above was known as

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island hopping

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Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior

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Japanese Internment

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Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort.

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Victory Gardens