WWII

Two main reasons The U.S. entered World War II, in December 1941, was because of Japans attack on Pearl Harbor and ___________.

• Loyalty to the Nazi party

• The dropping of US atomic bombs on Japan

• Growth of dictatorships in Europe & Japan

• US policy of Isolationism

What impact did WWII have on America’s economy?

• Ended the Great Depression

• Unemployment rates dropped

• Defense spending skyrocketed

• All of the above

______ were forced into internment camps (work camps) under Executive Order 9066.

• American Jews

• Japanese-Americans

• Polish-Americans

• Russian-Americans

Which of the following is NOT an example of how Americans showed there patriotism and military support during WWII?

• Driving alone

• Getting a job to help produce war materials

• Planting Victory Gardens

• Rationing

______ helped American forces in the Pacific send messages in a code the Japanese could not break.

• Cherokee Talk Codes

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Bataan Death Talkers

• Navajo Code Talkers

Douglas McArthur used what military strategy to help America defeat Japan in the Pacific?

• Island Hopping

• Trench Warfare

• Blitzkrieg

• Guerrilla Warfare

The _________ was put into development out of fears that the Germany might have an atomic bomb.

• Operation Einstein

• Manhattan Project

• Nuremberg Trials

• Final Solution

Closed factories opened to produce military supplies for WWII, creating millions of jobs; ______ of this wartime workforce were women.

• None

• Over 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/3

President Truman decided to use the atomic bombs on Japan because....

• Revenge for Pearl Harbor

• of the Bataan Death March

• Japan used an atomic bomb on China

• Millions of American deaths if we had to invade Japan

The "Flying Tigers" was the first American _____ Group; they helped China fight the Japanese. ***(write this down somewhere)

• Japanese

• Drafted

• Volunteer

• Party