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SAHS US History
WW II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who invented penicillin | Alexander Fleming |
| Who invented the microwave | Percy Spencer |
| Why were Japanese Leaders put on trial after WW II | due to the harshness of their prisoner of war camps |
| Why were German leaders put on trial after the war | for crimes against humanity |
| Name the 2 Japanese cities that the atomic bomb was dropped on and why | Hiroshima (to get Japan to surrender) and Nagasaki (because they did not surrender after the first bomb) |
| What country was FDR from | United States |
| Winston Churchill | Great Britain |
| Joseph Stalin | USSR |
| Adolf Hitler | Germany |
| Benito Mussolini | Italy |
| Hideki Tojo | Japan |
| What was the Munich Pact and what impact did it have on WW II | agreement that Germany would not invade any other country, but he invaded Poland |
| Who were the Allied Powers | Great Britain, USA, France, and USSR |
| Who were the Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Describe D-Day and its impact on WW II | massive invasion by allied forces including the US on Normandy, turning the war in favor of the Allies. June 6 1944 |
| Describe Pearl Harbor and its impact on WW II | an unprovoked air assault from Japan on US base in Hawaii, many casualties and brought US into the war on December 7th 1941 |
| Who were the big three why didn't they get along? | Winston Churchill, FDR and Stalin, they did not get along because they had different agendas for post war world |
| Who was Rosie the Riveter | the face of US propaganda to encourage women to go work in the factories during the war |
| Who were the Tuskegee Airmen | an all black squadron of fighter pilots |
| Who were the Code Talkers | 300 Native Americans worked for the Marines developed a code that the Japanese never could break |
| What impact did WW II have on the Great Depression | brought the US out of depression by stimulating the economy, and got people back to work |
| What was the Manhattan Project | the development of the atomic |
| How many times was FDR elected president | 3 times |
| V-E Day | Germany surrenders |
| V-J Day | Japan surrenders |
| How was the British Royal Air force significant in the beginning or WW II | the Air force kept Germany from invading Great Britain |
| What was significant about where Hitler forced France to sign the armistice in the beginning of WW II | France was forced to sign the armistice in the same Train car that the Allies had forced Germany to sign the Armistice after WW I |
| Why did FDR want to get into WW II even before Pearl Harbor | He knew how dangerous aggressive nations could be to the US, if they were not stopped |
| List advancements in medicine | antibiotics, isolating blood plasma |
| List advancements in science | the Atomic bomb, Radar, Microwave, Computer technology, Pipe lines, synthetic rubber |
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