Unit 7: World War II

Which one is an example of German aggression before WWII?

• invasion of Poland & Czechoslovakia

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• invasion of Manchuria

• invasion of Ethiopia

Why did the U.S. punish Japan with sanctions on oil & gas before WWII?

• Japan invaded Manchuria & China

• Japan attacked Wake Island

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• Japanese expansion into Australia

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

• U.S. froze Japanese assets & oil embargo

• response to U.S. attack on Japanese fleet at Midway

• retaliation for sending the Flying Tigers

• they were ordered by Hitler

How did the U.S. respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• declared war on Japan

• embargo of oil & gas

• Operation Overlord (D-Day)

• Lend-Lease Act

The Axis Powers all had what type of government?

• totalitarian dictatorship

• representative democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary democracy

Where did the Flying Tigers volunteer to fight?

• China
• Great Britain
• North Africa
• Italy

What were the Tuskegee Airmen known for?

• African American bomber escorts in Europe

• Asian American pilots that bombed Tokyo after Pearl Harbor

• American pilots who volunteered to fight in China

• American pilots that bombed the beaches on D-Day

Executive Order 9066 ordered the relocation of what group from the West Coast to internment camps

• Japanese & Japanese-Americans

• Irish-Americans

• Mexicans & Mexican-Americans

• Jewish-Americans

Select TWO ways World War II impacted the role of women in society.

• worked in war factories

• joined the military (Women's Army Corps)

• forced them into traditional roles at home

• it kept them from voting in elections

What top-secret military project developed a new weapon & tested it at Los Alamos, NM?

• Manhattan Project
• Fat Man Project
• Operation Gamma
• Operation Gold