Unit 8 MUB - WWII

A. Philip Randolph was a well-known civil rights leader. During the 1940s, his work was focused
mainly on ______________.

• Ending racial discrimination of war industries.
• Fair employment practices for men and women.

Interment is defined as______

• The idolization of a single national identity
• The confinement of a specific group of people

During World War II Japanese-Americans were often denied their rights and their property.

• True 
• False

President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941, would “live in infamy” because on that day

• France was invaded by Germany.
• Japan invaded the Phillipines.
• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

The Lend-Lease program enabled President Franklin D. Roosevelt to

• lease American land to countries in need.
• extend aid to any country whose fate he felt was vital to U.S. defense.

The Battle of Berlin in 1945 was important because Hitler and the Third Reich collapsed.

• True 
• False

During World War II, the federal government used rationing to provide more resources for the military

• False
• True

President Harry S. Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II he wanted to avoid an American invasion of Japan.

• False
• True

The battle of Midway changed the course of the war in the Pacific for America. 

• True
• False

This picture symbolizes the millions of women who joined the workforce in heavy industry.

• True
• Flase