Chapter 26 Part 2

What was the most popular musical group during World War II according to the passage?

Who is shown playing the piano in the 1939 photograph in the passage?

What new form of jazz did big bands play from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s?

Who was known as the 'King of Swing'?

In what year did the Supreme Court rule in Korematsu v. U.S. that the relocation was constitutionally permissible?

By the middle of 1943, America and its allies had succeeded in stopping the Axis advance in both Europe and the Pacific.

• True

• False

What event is depicted in the photograph on the page?

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Normandy Invasion

• The Pacific Offensive

• The Battle of Midway

Which island was captured by American forces in mid-June 1944 during the Pacific war?

True or False: The Battle of Okinawa was the largest naval engagement in history.

• True

• False

What was the name of the American B-29 that dropped an atomic weapon on Hiroshima?