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World War 2 Vocab
US History STAAR EOC - World War 2 Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ________ was the only living African American to win the medal of honor in World War 2. | Vernon Baker |
| Harry Truman dropped the _____ on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war quickly and save lives. | atom bomb |
| The purpose of the Victory Gardens were to increase the ______ during a farm labor shortage. | food supply |
| The _______ was passed in response to the election of Franklin Roosevelt to a 4th term. | 22nd Amendment |
| The ______ were best known for creating a secret code for communicating battle plans between the allied units. | Navajo Code Talkers |
| The government issued ration books to ensure the fair distribution of ___ goods | scarce |
| The acceleration of the Manhattan Project was designed to develop a _______ that would gain advantage over enemies. | new technology |
| The _______ was a forced walk that occurred after the Japanese invaded the Philippines | Bataan Death March |
| One reason that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 was that the U.S. put a trade embargo on ____. | oil |
| In June 1944, the U.S. Allied Force was sent to invade the beaches at _____, France. | Normandy |
| Adolf Hilter and Joseph Stalin signed a _________ which stated neither of them would invade one another in World War 2. | Non-aggression Pact |
| Hilter rose to power because of the _______ which ended World War 1 and punished Germany. | Treaty of Versailles |
| The ____ were were volunteer fighter pilots whose primary job was to attack Japanese forces. | Flying Tigers |
| The _____ were African-American fighter pilots who acted as bombing escorts and led to the desegregation of the armed forces. | Tuskegee Airmen |
| Executive order 9066 involved the forced relocation of ____________________ to relocation centers/internment camps. | Japanese Americans |
| WHEN THE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE SENT TO RELOCATION CENTERS THEIR ____ & ____ AMENDMENTS WERE VIOLATED (SEARCH & SEIZURE AND EQUAL PROTECTION). | 4th & 14th |
| THE MASS GENOCIDE OF UPWARDS OF 6 MILLION JEWS DURING WORLD WAR 2, LED BY ADOLF HITLER, WAS CALLED THE ___________________. | Holocaust |
| THE _______________ WAS FORMED IN 1942 TO CREATE PRO-ALLIED AND ANTI-AXIS PROPAGANDA TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT. | Office of War Information |
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