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The United States Enters the War
1: Despite Japanese aggression what did Roosevelt not restrict?
2: Where did Japan import most of its oil from?
3: What decision did the Japanese leaders have to make?
4: What was the benefit of advancing southward for the Japanese?
5: How did the US respond to Japan sending their forces south? What did the US restrict?
6: What was Roosevelt’s plan to smooth the situation over with Japan?
Japan Plans a Surprise Attack
7: Why did the Japanese have to plan a surprise attack on the US?
8: What was the logic behind the attack on the US?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
9: How large was the Japanese fleet that sailed to attack Pearl Harbor
10: What was destroyed in the attack? How many were killed and how many were wounded?
11: What did the Japanese fail to destroy?
The Historian’s Apprentice
12: Imagine you are a member of Congress who has just heard President Roosevelt’s speech. Write a
message to the voters in your district giving your views on the attack and how the country should
respond. (At least four sentence)
13: How did Hitler feel about the attack on Pearl Harbor?
14: How did Churchill feel about the attack?
The United States at War: The Home Front
The Draft
15: One out of every ten Americans ended up in uniform during the war. How many men ended up
being drafted or enlisted during the war?
16: What types of jobs did the Women’s Army Corps service? What were they not allowed to do?
17: How many women served as nurses in the Army Nurse Corps?
18: How many African Americans served? How was their serve different than other soldiers?
19: Explain who the Tuskegee Airmen are.
20: What role did Native Americans play?
Wartime Production
21: What was America’s greatest contribution to the war?
22: Give examples of US production compared to the Axis.
23: Why was the US able to out produce the Axis?
The War Production Board
24: What was the job of the War Production Board?
25: Give two examples of how factories changed from peace time production to wartime production.
Rationing
26: Define ration
27: What items were rationed during WWII?
28: Explain how the ration system worked using the ration booklet.
29: Explain a “Victory Garden.”
The Labor Force
30: Who stepped in to fill jobs after the men went to war?
Paying for the War
31: How much did the war cost? Compare that to WWI.
32: How were tax laws changed during WWII? Explain why. Give examples to support your answer.
32: How else did the Government raise money?
Information and Propaganda
33: What was the job of the Office of War Information?
34: What areas of entertainment were influenced by the war effort?
The Forced Relocation of Japanese Americans
35: What did FDR order after the Pearl Harbor attack?
36: What was the growing fear on the west coast?
37: Explain Executive Order of 9066.
38: Explain how Japanese internment was racially motivated.
39: Explain Korematsu v. United States
Other Minorities
40: What was scheduled on July 4, 1941? Why was it called off?
41: Explain Executive Order 8802. 3 Parts
42: What is the Double V Campaign?
43: Despite all the movement for racially equality what still remained segregated during the war?
Hispanic Americans
44: Explain the Mexican Labor Supply Program. What was its propose? What areas did it fail?
45: Explain the Zoot Suit Riot
American Indians
46: How many American Indians served in WWII? What percent?
47: What were two reasons why American Indians joined the war?
Jewish Americans
48: How many Jewish Americans served in the armed forces?
49: Why didn’t the US allow more Jewish refugees to enter the country?
50: Explain the journey of the SS St. Louis