Chapter 29 (Book-Part 2)

Front 1

True or False

The Atlantic Charter became the basis for the League of Nations.

Back 1

False

It was the basis for the United Nations.

Front 2

The most pressing need of the Japanese war machine was __________________.

Back 2

oil

Front 3

The Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) was the most convenient source, but invasion there would mean war with the ___________________________________ and _____________________________________.

Back 3

United States
Britain

Front 4

Japan set up military bases in southern Indochina. How did FDR respond?

Back 4

He froze all Japanese assets in the U.S.

Front 5

In October 1941 __________________________________ became the Premier of Japan.

Back 5

Hideki Tojo

Front 6

True or False

The United States knew the Japanese was planning an attack, but they didn't know the exact location.

Back 6

True

Front 7

When did Japan attack the United States? Where?

Back 7

December 7, 1941

Japan attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

Front 8

What was the results of the attack at Pearl Harbor? How many people died?

Back 8

Battleships, smaller ships, and planes were devastated. The U.S. received more damage at Pearl harbor than all throughout WWl.

Approximately 2,400 people died.

Front 9

Where else did Japan attack?

Back 9

Philippines
Guam
Midway
Hong Kong
Malaya

Front 10

When did the United States declare war on Japan?

Back 10

December 8, 1941

Front 11

The United States declared war on Japan, so Germany (Hitler) and Italy (Mussolini) declared war on the ______________________________________.

Back 11

United States

Front 12

True or False

The Pearl Harbor attack was one of the most successful attacks in history.

Back 12

True

Front 13

What did Roosevelt refer to as "a date which will live in infamy"?

Back 13

the Pearl Harbor attack

Front 14

Who are the Allies?

Back 14

United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union

Front 15

Axis Powers are. . .

Back 15

Japan
Italy
Germany

Front 16

What is the Selective Service System?

Back 16

A system that provided 16.5 million men (18-38 years old) to the armed forces.

Front 17

What does GI stand for?

Back 17

Government issued

Front 18

What are Congressional Medals of Honor?

Back 18

medals given to heroes of war

Front 19

Were women allowed in the armed forces?

Back 19

They were allowed as volunteers. They did not have military status or veterans' benefits.

Front 20

Were African Americans segregated in the armed forces? Were American-Japanese segregated as well?

Back 20

Yes
Yes

Front 21

Japanese of American descent =

Back 21

Nisei

Front 22

How were American citizens of Japanese decent living in the U.S. treated?

Back 22

The were rounded up and put in camps guarded by soldiers.

Front 23

True or False

The war caused unemployment rates to increase.

Back 23

False

The work force increased.

Front 24

True or False

Women replaced men at the war plants but did not get equal pay or have job security.

Back 24

True

Front 25

To prevent inflation from skyrocketing the way it had during WW1, Congress set up the OPA. What does OPA stand for?

Back 25

Office of Price Administration

Front 26

Rationing means. . .

Back 26

You had to have a stamp to buy meat, shoes, butter, sugar, coffee, and other items needed by the armed forces.

Front 27

True or False

The greatest scientific achievement was the atomic bomb.

Back 27

True

Front 28

George Marshall

Back 28

U.S. Army Chief of Staff

Front 29

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Back 29

commander of the European operations

Front 30

What was one of the first priorities of the war?

Back 30

defeat Hitler

Front 31

The battle at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union was the turning point of the war on the eastern front. Who was defeated?

Back 31

the Germans

Front 32

True or False

The invasion of France on D-day (June 6, 1944) carried the code name Operation Overlord.

Back 32

True

Front 33

True or False

D-day was the largest amphibious (land and sea) operation in history.

Back 33

True

Front 34

American troops put up a heroic defense of Bastogne, an important transportation center in Belgium. At one point, the Germans broke through the Allied lines creating a bulge. Then relief arrived. This became known as the __________________________________________.

Back 34

Battle of the Bulge

Front 35

On May 7, 1945 _____________________ surrendered.

Back 35

Germany

Front 36

As Supreme Allied Commander of forces in the Southwest Pacific, ______________________________________,
ordered the invasion of Japanese islands.

Back 36

MacArthur Douglas

Front 37

After the ____________________________________, the Japan never held unchallenged control over the Pacific.

Back 37

Battle of Midway

Front 38

What are Kamikazes?

Back 38

Japanese suicide pilots

Front 39

FDR died and ___________________________ took office.

Back 39

Harry Truman

Front 40

A group of scientists headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer had put together the first ______________________________.

Back 40

atomic bomb

Front 41

On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on ________________________________, an important military center.

Back 41

Hiroshima

Front 42

On August 9, 1945 a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of _______________________________________.

Back 42

Nagasaki

Front 43

True or False

On August 14, 1945 the Emperor of Japan, Hideki Tojo, surrendered unconditionally.

Back 43

True