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AMERICA: THE STORY OF US
WORLD WAR II
DIRECTIONS: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW AS YOU WATCH THE VIDEO
1.
Who were the three (3) “Axis Powers?”
2.
What is the Japanese Zero?
3.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
4.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
5.
What technology was ignored prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
6.
When did the first bomb hit Pearl Harbor?
7.
2,403 Americans were _________________during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
8.
What was considered “a day that will live in infamy?”
9.
What happened 27 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
10. Who did the U.S attack three (3) days after Pearl Harbor?
11. Which “American icon” was born during World War II?
12. How many men can sit in the “GP?”
13. Identify four (4) advantages of the “GP” for American soldiers.
14. What symbolized “the power of American manufacturing?”
15. How did the United States plan to “overwhelm the enemy?”
16. What was the “best kept secret” of World War II? Why?
17. Who won the war for the United States?
18. Why were tracer shells so valuable?
19. How much money does World War II cost the United States government?
20. What is the name of the bomber plane created by the United States for World War II?
21. How long will it take for you to die without oxygen?
22. Why does the United States decide to bomb Germany during the day?
23. What was an obvious weakness of the B-17 bomber?
24. What is shrapnel?
25. How were so many “ordinary” citizens killed during World War II?
26. How many Americans were drafted by 1943?
27. Who came up with the idea for “Operation Overload?”
28. “Operation Overload” was also known as _______________.
29. Why does the United States turn “blood into plasma?”
30. Why did soldiers shave their heads?
31. Why did soldiers tape dog tags together?
32. What is the purpose of the “barrage balloon” that William Dabney drags across the beach?
33. Why did 70,000 men invade France?
34. _____________________________was the most famous of the five (5) invaded beaches.
35. What became the mission of all United States soldiers once they stormed the beach?
36. _______________________was the weapon that ended the war and changed the world.
37. Why is Robert Oppenheimer famous?
38. When do the Japanese surrender?
39. How does America become a “superpower?”