___1. Which Group of American Citizens Was Subjected to the Greatest Loss of Their

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WORLD WAR II

Chapter 20

___1. Which group of American citizens was subjected to the greatest loss of their Constitutional rights during WWII?

a) Hispanic Americans

b) Chinese Americans

c) Japanese Americans

d) German Americans

___2. What was one of the greatest obstacles to achieving racial integration in the armed forces?

a) a lack of support for the concerns of minority ethnic groups

b) the appointment of high ranking African-American commanders

c) federal courts refused to allow the integration of the armed forces

Pgs. 612 – 617

1. What is a “cost plus” contract? What was the advantage of the Cost Plus contracts?

2. Why was the automobile industry particularly crucial to the war effort? How much of the total war industry output did it make?

3. What were “Liberty Ships”? Why were they harder to sink?

4. How was the Selective Service draft of 1940 different from other military drafts in American history?

5. Why were American soldiers called “GI”’s?

6. What was the primary role of African American soldiers in the beginning of the war?

7. What was the Double V campaign?

8. Who was Benjamin O. Davis?

9. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? Where did they primarily serve?

10. What were the WAC’s? Why were women recruited?

11. Who was Oveta Culp Hobby?

Pgs. 618 – 623

Identify

AVG/Flying Tigers Battle of Midway

Navajo codetalkers

1. Why was the Bataan Death March remembered so bitterly in the U.S.?

2. What were two effects of the Doolittle Raid?

3. Why was the Battle of Midway called “one of the few really decisive victories in military history”?

4. What did Stalin want the U.S. and England to do in the war in Europe?

5. What was the purpose of the invasion of North Africa?

6. Who was in charge of the American invasion of North Africa?

7. What were some of the new technologies used to combat submarines?

8. Why was Stalingrad such a crucial battle?

___1. What effect did WWII have on American women who worked in defense industries during the war?

a) They were invited to join labor unions

b) Their jobs were taken by men returning from military service

c) Their wages were increased to match those of male workers

d) Their contributions were rewarded by the government

___2. Which statement best describes how the War affected the home front in the US?

a) Gasoline was rationed. Victory Gardens were planted and more women found jobs in factories

b) Many American homes were bombed, heavy industrial factories were closed and food production declined

c) Factory production declined, African Americans were denied serving in the armed forces and unemployment rose

d) Unemployment increased, businesses collapsed and many farms failed

625 – 630

Identify:

Victory Gardens Vernon Baker

Executive Order 9066

1. Who was “Rosie the Riveter”?

2. Who was A. Phillip Randolph?

3. What was the effect of the Bracero Program?

4. What was the Great Migration? What effect did it have on American cities?

5. What was decided by the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. US?

6. What is rationing? What was the purpose of the red points and blue points?

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___1. The D-Day invasion in June 1944 on the beaches of Normandy was important to the outcome of WWII because it…..

a) opened a new Allied front in Europe

b) avoided use of the atomic bomb against civilian targets

c) forced Italy to surrender

d) stopped Soviet advances in Europe

___2. Which World War II military leader achieved notoriety as a commander of the U.S. tanks that rapidly crossed into France and Germany in 1944 and 1945?

a) Chester Nimitz

b) Douglas MacArthur

c) George Patton

d) George Marshall

Identify:

General George Patton General Omar Bradley

General Dwight Eisenhower General Douglas McArthur

General George Marshall Harry Truman

1. What was the effect of the Allies strategic bombing campaign

2. What was the primary effect of the invasion of Sicily?

3. What was the purpose of putting inflatable tanks, empty tents and dummy landing craft on the English coast opposite the Pas de Calais?

4. Who was in overall command of Operation Overlord?

5. Who was in command of the forces landing at Normandy?

6. What was the toughest beach for the American forces?

7. What is island hopping? Why was strategy used?

8. Why did the American forces suffer such high casualties on Tarawa?

9. Why did the American war planners want to conquer the Mariana Islands?

10. What were Kamikaze attacks and where were they first used?

___1. What fundamental principle was expressed by the war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg following WWII?

a) national leaders are responsible for their wartime actions

b) national policies in wartime cannot be criticized after a war

c) individuals acting in their nation’s interest cannot be prosecuted for their actions

d) use of nuclear weapons can never be justified

___2. What was an immediate effect of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan?

a) the outbreak of World WarII in Asia

b) official entry of the US into the war against Japan

c) the surrender of Japan to the US

d) Soviet troops left Germany

Pgs. 640 – 648

Identify:

Battle of the Bulge Hiroshima

Nagasaki Enola Gay

1. What happened to Adolph Hitler?

2. Who was commander of the B-29 bombers that firebombed Tokyo?

3. Why did Admiral William Leahy oppose the use of the atomic bomb?

4. Where was the first bomb dropped?

5. What were the two reasons for the Nuremberg Trials?