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Never Such A War
Salt 5th Grade Ch. 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Because the Allied countries ran low on food and weapons (CAUSE) | America sent food and weapons to Europe (EFFECT) |
| Because the Americans were unprepared for a Japanese attack (CAUSE) | Eighteen battleships were sunk or destroyed at Pearl Harbor (EFFECT) |
| Because Americans needed to increase the number of men in the military service (CAUSE) | American men had to register for the draft (EFFECT) |
| Because the Allies needed a plan to defeat Nazi Germany (CAUSE) | Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Iran to make a plan (EFFECT) |
| Because Hitiler made a pact with the Soviet Union (CAUSE) | the Soviet Union was not prepared for a German attack (EFFECT) |
| Because the Allies planned to take France back from Germany (CAUSE) | General Eisenhower and his men carefully planned Operation Overload (EFFECT) |
| Because many Americans did not want to get involved in a European war (CAUSE) | the United States stayed out of the war (EFFECT) |
| Because an atomic bomb was dropped on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (CAUSE) | Japan finally surrendered (EFFECT) |
| Because the Germans were unprepared for the severe Russian winter (CAUSE) | Many German soldiers died (EFFECT) |
| Because Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to delare war on Japan (CAUSE) | Congress voted to go to war against all the Axis powers (EFFECT) |
| The United Nations had rarely been able to stop countries from making war on each other (True/False) | True |
| The day the Germans surrendered is known as | V-E Day |
| Was an American general who led the famous D-day invasion at Normandy, making a significant advance for the Allies | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Hitler and Mussolini joined forces to become the Axis powers (True/False) | True |
| Germans trapped almost four hundred thousand British and French soldiers in the northern French city of | Dunkirk |
| Was famous for his moving speeches that stirred his people to action | Winston Churchill |
| Hitler forced the Japanese Americans into concentration camps because they resembled the enemy (True/False) | False |
| Do you think the Japanese Americans should have been placed in camps during the war by the US? Why or why not? | Answers vary |
| "The Big Three" refers to Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin (True/False) | True |
| The biggest air and naval invasion in history was known as | Operation Overlord |
| More than a thousand men went down with the battleship USS Arizona when Japan attacked | Pearl Harbor |
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the Allied forces and later became the 33rd president of the United States (True/False) | False |
| Was forced to leave the Philippines but made the famous remark "I shall return." He did return to deliver the Philippines. | Douglas MacArthur |
| Germany's attack on Poland consisted of many fast and fierce attacks in a war tactic described as blitzkrieg or | "lightning war" |
| How was the Navajo language an important part in World War II? | Answers vary - check book on pgs. 220 for answers |
| Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb | Harry S. Truman |
| Pearl Harbor was bombed on what date | December 7, 1941 |
| Using words or pictures to portray news or individuals in a certain way | propaganda |
| This group of people fought in the Pacific, North Africa and in France during WWII | The Americans |
| What did King George ask his people to do | pray |
| What does NATO stand for | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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