WW2 Review

- African-American migration to the North

- The selling of war bonds

- Victory gardens

- Rationing of food and other goods

- Increased employment of women and minorities

What would be the best title for this list?

• Causes of WW2

• Effects of WW2 on methods of warfare

• Domestic effects of WW2

• Social impact of the Progressive Era

What decision was made by President Harry S. Truman to help bring an end to WW2?

• to liberate German concentration camps in Europe

• to drop atomic bombs on two Japanese cities

• to cross the English Channel to land troops on the French coast

• to negotiate a peace treaty with Germany and Japan

What was one reason Japan attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor?

• The US strategy of island hopping had disturbed Pacific trade routes.

• US trade sanctions had caused shortages of oil, gas, and rubber.

• The Japanese naval fleet had been defeated at the Battle of Midway

• Japanese Americans had been relocated in internment camps

Onset of WW2 -> Acceleration of the Manhattan Project

This cause and effect indicates that during WW2 the federal government

• provided technological training for soldiers on the battlefield

• instituted a disaster-preparedness program for civilian population

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

• nationalized industries considered essential to national security

What was the primary outcome of the event that happened on December 7, 1941?

• WW2 broke out in Europe

• President Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter with Winston Churchill

• The United States became involved in WW2

• Thr Allied Powers decided to form the United Nations

- Quarantine Speech

- Lend- Lease Program

- Atlantic meeting with Winston Churchill

- Embargo of Japan

These events indicate that FDR-

• supported the fight against totalitarian aggression

• wanted to maintain the policy of isolationism

• thought a compromise between the Axis and Allied Powers could be negotiated

• was forced by public opinion to eneter into the war

Which new weapons were developed during WW2?

• Poison gas and machine guns

• tanks and flame-throwers

• submarines and airplanes

• atomic bombs and missiles

Which military leader was the Supreme Commander in charge of the landings in Normandy, France?

• Omar Bradley

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John Pershing

• George Patton

What conclusion can be drawn from the increase in volunteerism, the widespread purchase of war bonds and the general obedience to wartime regulations during WW2?

• There was little popular support for the war

• Americans were inspired by a sense of patriotism

• Most Americans were afraid of their own government

• Americans believed the Allies would lose the war.

Which steps were taken to mobilize the United States for the war effort?

• conscription of men, production of war goods, rationing of essential materials, and sale of war bonds.

• increase in the production of consumer goods, a reduction of taxes, the importation of laborers from other countries

• ended shipments across the Atlantic, kept goods in the United States, and refused to supply the Allies

• permitted criticism of wartime policies, relied voluntary enlistments to raise troop levels, and depended on private donations to raise