World War II Warm-up

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How did the war impact US consumers?

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Continued supply shortages after World War II.

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Why did the U.S. get involved in WWII?

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941

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Which of these was Not one of the US Special Forces in World War II: Flying Tigers, Tuskegee Airmen, SAS, Navajo Code Talkers?

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SAS- British-American overseas special forces

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What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

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to gain a strategic advantage over Japan and to end the war sooner.

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Which describes the D-Day (Operation Overlord) offensive? Options: December 9, 1941: An attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor, August 6, 1945: US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, April 30, 1945: Soviet force stake German capital Berlin and Hitler dies, June 6, 1944: Allied forces invade beaches of Normandy, France to open a second front

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June 6, 1944: Allied forces invade beaches of Normandy, France to open a second front

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Why did the US take pictures of the concentration camps?

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To ensure those responsible for the Holocaust would face justice for their crimes

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Which describes the Bataan Death March?

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April 9, 1942: Japan tortured and forced marched American Prisoners of War (POWs)

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Which describes Pearl Harbor?

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December 7, 1941: The attack of the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor

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Which describes Island Hopping?

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1942-1945: US strategy of taking one island at a time to build bases to put Japan in bombing range

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Which describes Battle of Midway?

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June 4-7, 1942: US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy ending its naval supremacy- turning point of Pacific theater