ww2
Ernest king
Admiral in charge of naval operations in the pacific
"D-Day" refers to the
Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy
Chester nimitz
Allied leader of all naval forces Creator of the final solution
Men like Henry Ford. Charles Lindberg. And Father Coughlin were members of the
American First committee, an isolationist group
Who is considered the founder of fascism
Benito mussolini
11. In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court
Deemed Japanese internment unconstitutional
10. Rosie the Riveter
Described only single women workers
22. The purpose of the war production board was to
Direct industrial conversion to war production
War relocation camps
Housed over 100,000 japanese-americans during the war
December 7, 1941, is known as a "date that will live in infamy,
referring to: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Francisco Franco established gov. in ?
spain
George Marshall
statesman and soldier in ww2 and cold war
The Lend- Lease Act
Authorized military aid to those fighting Germany and Japan
George patton
Controversial but successful US army general in europe
33. The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was
Douglas MacArthur
Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.
End the war save American lives
General_______ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation
George Patton
38. Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"
German u boats and their crew
37. What happened during the battle of britain?
Germany bombed britain for two months
9. What was the "final solution"
Hitler's plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" peoples
19. One way in which the japanese attack on pearl harbor was not a total success was that the japanese
Ignored shore installations and oil tanks
The Nye Committee
Investigated the role of the bankers and munitions makers in America's entry into WW1
One major motive for japan's expansionist policy was
Its need for oil, rubber, and other key resources
Which of the following islands was site of a major battle in the Pacific?
Iwo Jima
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the___.
Last German offensive
Reinhard heydrich
Leader of allied forces in europe
Douglas macarthur
Leader of army in the pacific
Charles degaulle
Leader of free france
To ensure that Russia joined the war against Japan in 1945 Roosevelt
Made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands
The new strategy used in the pacific in 1943 was
Neutralizing the Japanese strongholds, leaving them to die on the vine
In the late summer of 1940, President Roosevelt agreed to send fifty overages destroyers to Britain in return for
Ninety-nine-year leases on a series of naval and air bases
After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, Roosevelt
No longer professed impartiality in the impending European struggle
18. The american first committee
Pushed for more aid to britain and france in order to defend America
The Neutrality Act of 1939
Renewed America's isolationist stance toward the war in Europe
Dwight eisenhower
Supreme leader of the allied forces
35. On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
Surprise and overwhelming force
36. Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
The munich pact
The office of price administration
Was designed to raise consumer prices
8. The Holocaust
Was the mass extermination of millions of jews of Jews and other in Nazi death camps
27. The development of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima
Was the responsibility of the Manhattan Project
FDR's four freedoms include all except
freedom of enterprise
All of the following were conquered by the Nazi war machine EXCEPT
norway
The Neutrality Act of 1935
the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations