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Riney
US History
Chap 19/20 Test Review: WWII 2014-15
A completed test review will be worth 5 extra credit pts on test + a 100 pt daily grade
Use Chap 19/20 Packet and Notes and Chap 19/20 in “American Republic” to complete this review.
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I.
Who to know:
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph Stalin
Rosie the Riveter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vernon Baker
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Omar Bradley
Jews
Allies
Chester Nimitz
Adolf Hitler
George Patton
Emperor Hirohito
Harry S. Truman
GI
Flying Tigers
Tuskegee Airmen
woman
George Marshall
Hideki Tojo
Navajo Code talkers
Axis
American Auto worker WAACs
1. __________________________ Supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe + commander of D-Day Invasion
2. __________________________ US President during most of WWII. Before the war, he was committed to helping
the British and other European democracies threatened by Hitler. He believed the US should be the “arsenal of
democracy.”
3. _________________________ President as a result of the death of FDR. Made the decision to drop atomic bombs
on Japan to save the lives of American soldiers and Japanese civilian lives by averting an all-out invasion of Japan
4. __________________________ Commander of the US Navy in the Pacific and a leader in the Island Hopping
Campaign
5. __________________________ Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII; US Ally WWII
6. __________________________ Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII: US Ally WWII
7. __________________________ Der Fuhrer, Leader of Nazi Germany during WWII
8. __________________________ The supreme authority in Japan. The fierce loyalty the Japanese had to him
delayed the Japanese surrender. They resisted unconditional surrender because they feared he would be removed
from power
9. __________________________ Britain, France, USA, USSR (The Big 4) + many others
10. __________________________ Germany, Italy, Japan
11. __________________________ US Army General in the Pacific who fulfilled his promise to “return” to the Philippines
12. __________________________ Although many fell into the undesirable category, Hitler’s blame for Germany’s
defeat in WWI fell primarily on this group and they suffered greatly during the Holocaust
13. __________________________ Any US soldier during WWII
14. __________________________ members of a US army unit created during WWII to enable women to serve in
noncombat positions
15. __________________________ I was recruited into the military to free up a man for combat. My military duties
included things like pilot training and mechanics at bases in the US
16. __________________________ symbol of female defense industry workers during WWII
17. __________________________ we were a volunteer group of US pilots officially known as the 1st American
Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force. We operated out of Burma before US entry into WWII and helped to
defend China against Japanese aggression.
18. __________________________ I received the Congressional Medal of Honor for my heroics in the ETO. I received
the award 52 years after the event and was the only black American WWII veteran to receive this honor while still
living
19. __________________________ I am the Japanese military Chief of Staff who ordered the Japanese attack on the
US at Pearl Harbor
20. __________________________ I am a member of the famous all-black fighter pilot group that served in the ETO. My
function was to escort and protect bomber planes from German fighters on their bombing missions.
21. __________________________ we were recruited into the Marine Corps to transmit telephone and radio messages
in the PTO. We translated messages into a coded version of our complex language. The Japanese never
deciphered our code, allowing us to securely transmit vital military info.
22. __________________________ I work for the industry that produced over 1/3 of all military equipment made during
WWII
23. __________________________ Charismatic US Army General who participated in invasion of N. Africa and Sicily.
Most famous for leading the US 3rd Army across Germany, liberating 81k miles of territory in quick time
24. __________________________ Led US forces in D Day invasions. His troops seized 1st bridgehead over Rhine
River into Germany
25. __________________________ US Army General who served as Chief of Staff during WWII; known as a great
organizer, he was responsible for the training and equipping US forces during WWII
26. __________________________ Fascist leader of Italy during WWII
II.
Significant military actions in WWII:
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Britain
Normandy Invasion
Strategic Bombing Campaign
Battle of Coral Sea
Manhattan Project
Bataan Death March
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Invasion of China
Island Hopping Campaign
Pearl Harbor
Invasion of Poland
V-J Day
V-E Day
27. __________________________ Sept 1, 1939, Official start of WWII
28. __________________________ Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Hawaii. Brought US into WWII
29. __________________________ Allies successful effort to protect shipping lanes between North America and Europe
30. __________________________ The goal of this air war was to destroy select military targets in an effort to destroy
Axis war-making capabilities
31. __________________________ Because Americans broke the Japanese Naval Code, we knew they were coming.
The Japanese loss in the battle marks a turning point in the Pacific – stopped the Japanese from advancing in the
Pacific and from any hope of taking Hawaii
32. __________________________This battle was important for Germany. They hoped to destroy the Soviet economy
by capturing the Volga River and cutting of the Soviets from their resource producing regions. Germany’s loss in the
battle was a turning point on Europe’s Eastern front. Germany’s advance into the USSR was halted
33. __________________________ Air war. Brit RAF pilots saved Britain from German invasion with the use of radar
34. __________________________ With the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese in 1942, 78,000 captured American
and Filipino soldiers endured terrible hardships as Prisoners of War (POWs) of the Japanese
35. __________________________ This strategy was supported by Admiral Nimitz. It involved taking select Pacific
islands in the effort to get close enough to Japan to begin bombing by air and for an eventual invasion. The strategy
was successful. With the taking of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, US forces began an air campaign and secured a place
from which an invasion could be launched if necessary
36. __________________________ Largest naval engagement in history. Wiped out much of Japanese Naval fleet.
Marked MacArthur’s return to the Philippines
37. __________________________ This was the secret American program to build the atomic bomb. After the US
dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, the Japanese surrendered and the war was over
38. __________________________ Dec. 1944. Last major German offensive - temporarily caused allied forces to retreat
39. __________________________ The Japanese invaded in 1931 and again in 1937. The hoped to secure the
Manchuria region from which they stood to gain valuable resources
40. __________________________ Decisive British victory over Germany in North Africa. Important as it kept the Suez
Canal under British control
41. __________________________ The American victory in this naval battle kept US supply lines to Australia open
42. __________________________ June 6, 1944, largest land-sea operation in history; opened second front in Europe,
began the liberation of Europe. Part of the success of this mission can be attributed to the Allies use of Deception.
The Germans were misled to believe that the actual invasion would take place at Pas de Calais, though the real target
was Normandy
43. __________________________ May 8, 1945. Victory Europe! The war in Europe is over!
44. __________________________ Sept 2, 1945. Victory Japan! The war in the Pacific is over!
III. Life on the Homefront
cost-plus system
e-bonds/liberty bonds
rationing
Bracero Program
Office of War Information
Executive Order 9066
Selective Service Act 1940
victory gardens
Koramatsu v. US
Double V Campaign
2nd Great Migration
Fair Employment Practices Commission
45. __________________________ After a challenge to Executive Order 9066, the Supreme Court ruled that relocating
Japanese-Americans to internment camps was constitutional because it represented a military urgency and wasn’t
based on race
46. __________________________ The majority of the cost of WWII covered by the sale of these
47. __________________________ This is the movement of many black Americans to industrial cities to take advantage
of higher-paying defense industry jobs
48. __________________________ Showing a spirit of volunteerism, Americans planted these to save much of our
commercially produced food for the war effort
49. __________________________ This gov’t agency was responsible for the war time propaganda that encouraged
Americans to support the war effort. They launched a very successful poster campaign to relay their messages.
50. __________________________ This was promoted by the Office of Price Administration in an effort to conserve
essential goods for military use
51. __________________________ FDR signed this into law. It required people of Japanese ancestry living in west
coast states to report to relocation/internment camps where they spent the duration of the war.
52. __________________________ The US government launched this to address a labor shortage in the Southwest
agricultural community. It allowed Mexicans to enter the US as migrant farm workers during the war
53. __________________________ This re-instituted the draft in the US. Though the US was officially neutral at the
time, the fall of France inspired the gov’t to prepare for possibility of US involvement in the conflict.
54. __________________________ This was created to ensure that American defense industries were not discriminating
in hiring due to race, ethnicity etc.
55. __________________________ The black community in the US largely supported US action in WWII but they for
more equality in the US after the war. The called for victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and victory over racism here
in the US
56. __________________________ This program was launched in the US to speed up war time production. It promised
larger profits to companies that worked fast and produced a lot
IV.
Miscellaneous but important WWII stuff:
Munich Conference
Kristallnacht
Final Solution
Nuremberg Laws
Nye Committee
Lend-Lease Act
Neutrality Act of 1939 Austrian Anschluss
United Nations
Neutrality Act of 1935
Nuremberg Trials
Destroyers for Bases
57. __________________________ In Germany, these took citizenship away from German Jews, forbid intermarriage
btwn Jews and other Germans, took away political rights and more.
58. __________________________ At the Wannsee Conference, Nazi leaders decided on this which led to many Jews
being sent to either concentration camps or extermination camps
59. __________________________ This agency was created after WWII in an effort to keep world peace and provide
humanitarian development
60. __________________________ The German annexation of Austria – violation of the Treaty of Versailles
61. __________________________ This prohibited the US from selling war material to any nation at war
62. __________________________ Allowed the US to sell war material to warring nations - but on a “cash and carry”
basis
63. __________________________ In an effort to help the British without getting the US into the war, FDR finds a way to
get around the “cash” provision of the Neutrality Act of 1939 – he “trades” 50 aging destroyers for a 99 yr lease on
British bases in Canada and the Caribbean
64. __________________________ Nazi and Japanese leaders held accountable for war crimes during this event –
some to prison, some executed
65. __________________________ Another way in which FDR helped our Allies without actually getting into the war:
“loaned” military equipment to the British on the grounds that they would return it or pay rent for it after the war. Since
it wasn’t really a “sale”, it didn’t violate the Neutrality Act of 1935
66. __________________________ Found that US arms manufacturers made huge profits during WWI. Led many
Americans to believe that the greed of arms manufacturers convinced Wilson to get us into WWI.
67. __________________________ Nov 1938: German Jewish businesses and synagogues vandalized or ransacked.
Thousands of Jews arrested and released if they agree to emigration (though forced to give up their possessions)
68. __________________________ Appeasement! Germany is allowed to occupy the Czech region of Sudentenland
(Germany speaking party of Czechoslovakia) – despite a mutual defense alliance with France and the Soviets, the
Czechs are told that if they resist, they will have to fight Germany on their own
V. Questions
A. Chap 19
69. List 2 causes of the rise of dictatorships after WWI.
70. In addition to Jews, who were the Nazi’s other “targets?”
71. List FDR’s “four freedoms.” What was his goal in this speech?
72. For what reasons did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
B. Chap 20
73. Why were liberty ships an important addition to the US Cargo fleet?
74. Why did the US use Napalm against the Japanese?
VI.
Vocabulary Crossword
Across
6. camp; a camp where prisoners were sent to be executed_________________
9. a constitution ____________________
12. a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs_______________
13. during WWII, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target____
14. ship; the basic cargo ship used by the US during WWII. These were welded and not
riveted so they were hard to sink _________________
16. an amphibious tractor used to move troops from ships to shore___________________
17. materials; materials needed for fighting a war____________________
21. accepting demands in order to avoid conflict____________________
23. a new industrial region in southern California and the Deep South developing during
WWII_______________
24. gardens; gardens planted by American citizens during war to raise vegetables for home
use, leaving more for the troops_____________________
25. name given to mass slaughter of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis in WWII___
Down
1. to deprive the right to vote_____________________
2. defense zone; national policy during WWII that declared the Western Hemisphere to be
neutral and that the US would patrol this region against German U-boats______________
3. the giving out of scare items on a limited basis_______________
4. a political system headed by a dictator that calls for aggressive nationalism and
supreme authority of the leader ____________________
5. any us soldier in WWII ______________________
7. a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism
and no tolerance of opposition____________________
8. a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection__________
9. a government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a
guaranteed percentage______________________
10. Japanese-American_____________________
11. sudden violent offensive attacks the Germans used during WWII; "lightning war"_______
15. a jellied gasoline used for bombs_____________
18. camp; a camp where prisoners are detained or confined usually to work______________
19. row of shrubs or trees surrounding a field, often on a dirt wall________________
20. a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and
Prosperity_______________
22. the outer boundary of something______________________
WWII Vocabulary Crossword