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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Key Battles

$100 Answer from Key Battles
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$200 Question from Key Battles
What battle represented the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

$200 Answer from Key Battles
“Nagumo kept the news from Japan as long as he dared; when the Japanese Commander was finally told that his gamble had failed, he sank into a chair stunned and speechless.”

$300 Question from Key Battles
Where was Hitler turned back in his
Russian campaign against
Stalin?

$300 Answer from Key Battles
Stalingrad - 1943

$400 Question from Key Battles
What was the Allies codename for the amphibious invasion of France?

$400 Answer from Key Battles
Codename Operation Overlord or
D-Day, June 6 th 1944

$500 Question from Key Battles
What major city revolted against the Nazis catching them off guard for a time?

$500 Answer from Key Battles
Warsaw Ghetto 1943

$100 Question from Causes of
WWII
Name at least three ways the
Treaty of Versailles contributed to the rise of Hitler?

$100 Answer from Causes of WWII
1. The War Guilt Clause
2. Billions in War Reparartions
3. No League of Nations Membership
4. Stripping Germany of prior lands
5. Etc.

$200 Question from Causes of
WWII
What was the name of the policy followed by
Neville Chamberlain in his dealings with Hitler?

$200 Answer from Causes of WWII
Remilitarization of Germany
Re-occupying the Ruhr Valley
Annexing Austria
Annexing the Sudetenland
Seizing Czechoslovakia

$300 Question from Causes of
WWII
Germany and Russia signed what agreement in 1939 and why?

$300 Answer from Causes of WWII
The Non-Aggression Pact allowed Germany to prepare to fight
France and Great Britain without facing Russia on a second front.
It also served as an agreement to divide
Poland between the USSR and Germany.

$400 Question from Causes of
WWII
Name the three Axis powers and at least
1 territory annexed by each before WWII?

$400 Answer from Causes of WWII
1) Germany- Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia.
2) Japan- Manchuria, China, French-Indochina
3) Italy- Albania, Ethiopia

$500 Question from Causes of
WWII
How did the League of Nations respond to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and how did that response affect German expansion?

$500 Answer from Causes of WWII
The League did nothing to punish the Japanese, and its probable that Hitler expected the same if he began to violate similar international agreements.

$100 Question from the American
Homefront?
What laws limited the ability of the USA to sell weapons to foreign Belligerents?

$100 Answer from the American
Homefront
The Neutrality Acts of 1935-37

$200 Question from the American
Homefront
Who was the female icon that symbolized the new role that women played in US Factories?

$200 Answer from the American
Homefront
Traditional Song
Contemporary Song

$300 Question from the American
Homefront
What was the Manhattan Project?

$300 Answer from the American
Homefront
A top secret group of scientists that developed the Atomic Bomb for the USA.

$400 Question from the American
Homefront
What was the significance of
Korematsu v. United States ?

$400 Answer from the American
Homefront
In times of war, Japanese could be relocated to internment camps due to military emergency.
“What a sweet neighbor.”

$500 Question from the American
Homefront
What disturbances in 1943 spread to over 50 US cities and who was involved?

$500 Answer from the American
Homefront
1943 Race Riots spread to over 50 US Cities as African Americans protested discrimination.

When did WWII end and what name was given to the date?

September, 1945, V-J Day

What 2 events forced Japan to surrender, and how many soldiers lives were thought to have been saved as a result?

The dropping of Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced an early surrender and avoided up to
1 million American deaths.

What happened to the Axis war leaders and soldiers who committed crimes during the war?

They were tried at the
Nuremburg
War Tribunal. Many were executed or imprisoned for horrendous deeds.

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What is the name of Hitler’s extermination attempt at “Final
Solution” and how many Jews were killed?

The Holocaust left 6 Million Jews dead.

1) What was the name of the aid plan that sought to rebuild Europe after the War?
2) Did it work?

1) The Marshall Plan
2) It helped prevent the nations of
Europe from going Communist.

$100 Question from World War II
Trivia
What event triggered the start of WWII and in what year did it occur?

$100 Answer from World War II
Trivia
The Invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939

$200 Question from World War II
Trivia
1)What was rationing?
2) Why was it important?
3) Name 5 items that would have been rationed.

$200 Answer from World War II
Trivia
1) Rationing is the careful conservation of resources.
2) It allowed the US to send more supplies to the war effort
3) Strategic items like gas, tires, sugar, coal, etc

$300 Question from World War II
Trivia
What President replaced FDR when he died in 1945?

$300 Answer from World War II
Trivia
President Truman saw the
USA through the end of WWII.

$400 Question from World War II
Trivia
What were the Japanese pilots that committed suicide by crashing their planes into
US ships called ?

$400 Answer from World War II
Trivia

$500 Question from World War II
Trivia
What Conference between Stalin,
FDR and Churchill led to an agreement to divide up Europe after the War was over?

$500 Answer from World War II
Trivia
The Yalta Conference was the last meeting between the Allied leaders and led to a division of Europe WWII was over.

Name the turning point battle for each of the following theatres of war:
1) Pacific
2) Eastern Front (Russian Front)
3) Western Front

Pacific-Midway- 1943
Eastern Front (Russian Front)-Stalingrad 1943
Western Front- D-Day-1944