Unit 7: Checkpoint #5, 6, 7 (Japanese Internment, Atomic Bomb)

Why were Japanese Americans forced into internment camps?

• Their homes had been destroyed after Pearl Harbor

• American were suspicious they worked for the enemy

• To keep them safe

• To make sure they did not travel to Japan

What were the conditions in the internment camps (choose all that apply)

• Crowded

• Comfortable

• Prison like

• Unsanitary

Which court case ruled that the internment of Japanese American was a "military necessity"

• Plessy vs Ferguson

• Schenck vs United States

• Korematsu vs United States

• Miranda vs Arizona

What was the US strategy of "island hopping"?

• Selectively capture islands to gain strategic advantages in the Pacific ocean.

• A method of avoiding conflict by staying on the mainland.
• A plan to establish permanent military bases on every island.
• A strategy to conquer all islands in the Pacific without exception.

What was the codename for the secret project to create the Atomic Bomb?

• New York Project

• Hiroshima Project

• Manhattan Project

• Nagasaki Project

Who is considered the father of the atomic bomb?

• Harry Truman

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• FDR

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What are the names of the two cities the United States dropped the bombs?

• Hiroshima

• Tokyo

• Nanking

• Nagasaki

What were the overall effects of dropping the bombs? Choose 2

• Countries were hesitant to create these bombs

• The United States Emerges as a Superpower

• Changes the Nature of Warfare forever

• Japan then uses their atomic bomb against the US