Ms. Ha CH. 17 Pearl Harbor & WWII

BINGO U.S. History

LETTER / QUESTION / ANSWER
What country attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor? / Japan
Was the U.S. at war when Pearl Harbor was attacked? / No
Why was the U.S. attacked at Pearl Harbor? / Japan could eliminate the navy and Pacific threat so they could get resources
What became the motto for Pearl Harbor? / “Remember Pearl Harbor”
Give the full date of the attack on Pearl Harbor / December 7, 1941
This word means evil reputation or disgraceful / Infamy
Name the ship that became a resting place for over 1,000 U.S. dead navy members / U.S.S. Arizona
How many people did the Selective Service Act draft? / 10 million soldiers
How many people volunteered for WWII? / 5 million soldiers
Why were so many U.S. soldiers needed to fight WWII? / Two-front war. Atlantic and Pacific
What was the WAAC? / Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
List 5 non-combat jobs women participated in /
  1. nurses
  2. ambulance drivers
  3. radio operators
  4. electricians
  5. pilots

These were changed into war producing plants / Car production plants
What were Liberty ships? / Cargo carriers
How many million women joined the war industry in the U.S.? / Six million
Who was A. Phillip Randolph? / Successful African-American Labor Leader
What was the purpose of the OPA? / Fight inflation
What does OPA stand for? / Office of Price Administration
This means to establish fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military / Ration or rationing
List 5 items that were being rationed in the U.S. / Meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, gas
During WWII, what two Allie leaders became such great friends / U.S. =F.D.R.
G.B. =Winston Churchill
What two methods were used to stop German U-Boat attacks? /
  1. Convoys
  2. Sonar
  3. Airplane views

Who lost the Battle of Stalingrad? / Germans
Stalingrad was located in the Soviet Union, why did one of the Axis Powers want it? /
  1. IndustrialCenter
  2. Oil fields

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What side did General Rommel, known as the “Desert Fox” fight for? / Axis Powers
What Operation went after General Rommel in Africa? / Operation Torch
An all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron were known as the / Tuskegee Airmen
What was the full date of D-Day? / June 6, 1944
What was the purpose of D-Day that enlisted over 3 million soldiers from G.B., Canada and the U.S. / Invade northern France in Normandy
D-Day was code-named: / Operation Overlord
This was the last offensive action taken by German army / Battle of the Bulge
What was the Final Solution? / Hitler’s plan to eliminate anyone he felt were inferiors
What year did the Final Solution begin? / 1942
What was V-E Day? / Victory in Europe
Give the full date V-E Day took place / May 8, 1945
Who became President after F.D.R. died suddenly in 1945? / VP: Harry S. Truman
True or False
Hitler was tried for war crimes and was hung / False: he committed suicide
What is “island hopping?” / Allies began winning island by island in the Pacific from the Japanese
Japanese suicide bombers / Kamikaze
Why was it so important that the Allies take over the island of Iwo Jima? / Use it as a base to which planes could load bombs and attack Japan
What battle convinced Harry S. Truman that atomic bombs would be necessary to end the war / Battle of Okinawa
What location marked a famous picture of U.S. soldiers raising the American Flag? / Iwo Jima
This was the name given to the creation of an atomic bomb / The Manhattan Project
What U.S. scientist was responsible for creating and managing of the atomic bomb? / J. Robert Openheimer
True or False
After the WWII ended, President Truman regretted the use of the atomic bomb. / False
True or False
Nagasaki was the location where the first atomic bomb was dropped / False: Hiroshima
The Nuremberg Trials consisted of: / Trying the Nazi leaders for war crimes
Today, the Japanese Constitution is called: / The MacArthur Constitution
Who was “Rosie the Riveter?” / Famous picture (icon) for women working in the war industries during WWII
What was the WPB? / War Production Board
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What did the WPB do? /
  1. Who would convert to war time production
  2. Collect rags, tin cans, paper, scrap iron, cooking fat

What did Doolittle’s Raid accomplish? / Bombing of Japan like Pearl Harbor, more for U.S. morale
Who was the commander of the American naval forces in the Pacific? / Admiral Chester Nimitz
WHAT BATTLE WAS THE TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC WAR? / Battle of Midway
The U.S. used these Native Americans to speak over the radio and the Japanese were NEVER able to break the code / Navajo Code Talkers
What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bombs called? / Enola Gay
The Japanese surrendered on this U.S.S. ship: / U.S.S. Missouri
What was the code name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima? / Little Boy
What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference? / To figure out how Germany would be treated and decide the fate of the postwar world
True or False
Many U.S. minorities took part in the war effort. / True