AAD US - World War 2 Unit Test

1. What was the response to the European Jews after the war?

• They granted them priority for entering the US between 1945-1948
• They left them in the concentration camps

2. What were concentration camps?

• Camps where people learned new skills
• Camps where people were forced into hard labor and quite often were worked to death

3. How were the Jews freed from the concentration camps at the end of WW2?

• They had to dig tunnels to gain their freedom
• The US Army and other countries were able to capture the camps as the Germans left and they were then granted freedom

4. Where did the Japanese bomb the US Navy that nearly destroyed the entire fleet?

• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Key West, Florida

5. After the US joined WW2, how did that change the outcome of the war?

• The US was too late to join the war so the outcome did not change, the Germans and the Japanese worn the war.
• When the US entered the war it energized the Allies and they were able to eventually defeat the Germans and the Japanese

6. Why did women start getting jobs during WW2?

• They were bored and they needed money
• They went to work to replace men who went to fight in the war

7. What type of jobs did women in the military have during WW2?

• They were nurses and had secretarial jobs
• They were on the front lines fighting, just like the men

8. What type of jobs did African Americans have during WW2?

• The fought on the front lines with the white units
• They had jobs like mechanics and cooks

9. Were whites and blacks allowed to be in the same units during WW2?

• Yes
• No