World War II Review

How did women support the war effort during WWII?

• They only worked at home

• They worked industrial jobs (defense industries)

• They were only nurses

• They were only teachers

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US.7(F) volunteerism, opportunities for women

What was the Manhattan Project?

• A secret plan to corner Hitler

• A secret plan to build atomic bombs

• A plan to invade Europe through Normandy

• the plan Hitler used to bomb London

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US.7(C) atomic weapons

What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Nothing happened

• It led to the surrender of Russia and Germany

• It led to the surrender of Japan

• Pearl Harbor

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US.7(C) atomic weapons

What year does the U.S. enter WWII?

• 1929

• 1917

• 1941

• 1991

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US.7(A) reasons for US involvement/Pearl Harbor

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

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

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

• Japanese Americans had been relocated to internment camps

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

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7.A

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter WWII?

• The German use of Blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on US merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a US military base

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7.A

The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of -

• Internment camps for Japanese Americans

• The Office of War Mobilization

• Nuclear test sites in Nevada

• The Office of Price Administration

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7.D

What was the purpose of the Lend Lease Act?

• To sell materials/arms during WWII and still stay neutral

• To allow Allies to pay cash and send ships to get materials

• To lend military equipment to countries vital to the defense of U.S.

• To regulate production and allocation of materials and fuel

This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to -

• maintain the country's military and industrial production levels

• increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board

• outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor union

• increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project

Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by -

• designing radar technology for submarines

• flying bombing missions into enemy territory

• encoding military communications for secure transmission

• providing intelligence on enemy positions