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WWii Honors, ch 25
World War 2 Chapter 25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Famous scientist that signed a letter to FDR warning him about the dangers of a uranium bomb? | Albert Einstein |
| General forced by FDR to evacuate from the Philippines and pledged "I shall return" | Gen. Douglas MacArthur |
| Who was in charge of the Manhattan Project (Trinity Project) | Robert Oppenheimer |
| Who was the head of the Brotherhood of sleeping car porters who pressured FDR to provide jobs for African Americans? | A. Philip Randolph |
| Who was in charge of the overall invasion of France? | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Who was the commander of the US Navy in The Pacific? | Admiral Chester Nimitz |
| What was the name of the Operaation to invade Normandy (which began on D-Day)/ | Operation Overlord |
| What is the name of the system that provided larger profits for comapnies that worked fast and produced a lot? | cost plus |
| Why were liberty ships harder to sink than previous ships? | they were welded and not riveted |
| In WW2, women were recruited into the military to serve as cooks and nurses because? | they were not actually allowed to fight |
| The Japanese sought to destroy the Am. Fleet on this island in the Pcific, but were defeated when American codebreakers deciphered their plan | Battle of Midway |
| the Fair Employment Practices Commission was a part of executive order 8802. What did this commission enforce? | Nondiscrimination in hiring workers based on race |
| As a result of FDR's order allowing the military to declare any part of the US to be a military zone, what happened to many Japanese Americans? | They were moved to internment camps |
| What were blue points and red points used for? | rationing goods |
| During Operation Oberlord, the Allies placed fake tanks and ships in what French city? | Pas-de-Calais (or just Calais) |
| What 2 beaches did American forces storm on D-Day/ | Utah and Omaha |
| Why was it important for the US to gain control fo Iwo Jima and Okinawa? | US planes could bomb Japan from there |
| What is the name of the jellied gasoline that we dropped in the Pacific | Napalm |
| What is the significance of the Navajo Indians in WW2? | They were used as codetalkers |
| What was the name of the Raid in which the bombers had to eject or crash land because they had to prematurely take-of from the Hornet aircraft carrier? | Doolittle's Raid |
| What was the name of the riot in California that was against young Mexicans who were wearing too much material in their suits? | The Zoot Suit Riots |
| Who was Eva Braun? | Hitler's Wife |
| What was the turning point of the European THeatre? | Battle of the Bulge |
| Before the AMericans invaded Europe, where did they first invade/get practice? | North Africa |
| What President makes the decision to drop the bomb? | Harry S. Truman |
| In April of 1942, 78,000 allied troops became prisoners of war and had to walk 65 miles to a Japanese Prison camp. This was known as | the Bataan Death March |
| What was the turning point in the war in the Pacific? | Midway |
| What is the name of the system used when many ships travel together across the Atlantic? | The convoy system |
| On what two cities did we drop the A-bomb? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| WHat became of Hitler's body? | he was burned |
| What was the date of Pearl Harbor? | Dec 7, 1941 |
| What did the US sell civilians in order to make money during the war? | War Bonds |
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