WW2

What happened on 7 December 1941?

• The Marshall Plan went into effect

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the US enters the war

• Mount St. Helen erupted

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

• The U.S. ordered an embargo on all iron and oil sales to Japan

• Because they wanted to

• Yo No Se Ms.

The attack on Pearl Harbor led the U.S. to?

• To drop the atomic bomb on Japan.

• The U.S. didn't do anything

• Declare war on Japan and enter WW2

How were war bonds used during WW2?

• Money was used to pay soldiers for their duty.

• Use to raise money to fund the war

How did WW2 impact African Americans and women?

• Employment opportunities were given to them.

• They were unemployed due to the depression.

• Women worked in the household while Africans worked in the fields.

True or False: Executive Order 9066 relocated Japanese-Americans to internment camps away from the Pacific coast.

• True

• False

Victory Gardens, war bonds, rationing, and propagranda were U.S. government efforts to...

• Make Americans believe the war was messing up their life.

• Encourage Americans to support the war efforts

What was the purpose for rationing by the Office of Price Administration?

• To ensure that children did not use too many products

• To ensure that enough products were available for civilian and military use

• To ensure that schools did not run out of supplies

What effect did the D-Day invasion have on WWII?

• Turned the war back in favor of Germany

• Established France as a superpower

• Diverted attention from the Pacific

• Victory for Allied Forces and led to Germany to get smaller in size.

Hitler's Final Solution focused on

• A plan to exterminate all Jews living in Nazi Germany's controlled areas

• A plan to liberate Jewish people

• A plan to create the Master Jewish race

• A plan to make undesirable groups useful members of the Third reich