APUSH Vocabulary Chapter 35 America in WW2
(1941-45) 90 points
Students: be sure to answer all of the following on a separate paper and in pen!! (no
typing) Hi-lite both individuals and historical significance. Shoot for a check ! Or
check plus.
Part 1 - Identify the following and state the historical significance each of the
following had.
1. Henry Stimson
2. A. Philip Randolf
3. Douglas MacArthur
4. Chester W. Nimitz
5. Dwight D. Eisenhower
6. Joseph Stalin
7. Benito Mussolini
8. Adolf Hitler
9. Chiang Kai-Shek
10. Harry S. Truman
11. Albert Einstein
12. Winston Churchill
13. Franklin D. Roosevelt
14. Admiral Yamamoto
15. Hiro Hito
16. Ira Hayes
Part 2 -Identify the following and state the historical significance for each term
1. WAACs
2. 'Rosie the Riveter”
3. braceros
4. Executive order #9066
5. Pearl Harbor
6. Four Freedoms
7. Tuskegee Airman
8. Navajo Code Talkers
9. leapfrogging
10. Operation Torch
11. Operation Barbarosa
12. Operation Overlord
13. Manhattan Project
14. “Fat man”
15. “Little boy”
16. VE-day
17. VJ-day
18. USS Missouri
19. USS Arizona
20. Yalta conference
Part 3 Key battles- List the historical significance for each of the following WW2
battles (also state which theater Atlantic or Pacific)
1. Battle of Midway
2. Battle of Coral Sea
3. Guadalcanal
4. Okinawa
5. Iwo Jima
6. D- day
7. Battle of the Bulge
8. Stalingrad
9. Tarawa
10. Philippines