WWII

Question 1

Bastion:

Answer 1

a fortified stronghold, often including earthworks or stone works, that guards against enemy attack

Question 2

Bracero:

Answer 2

a Mexican farm laborer temporarily brought into the United States

Question 3

Genocide:

Answer 3

the systematic extermination or killing of an entire people

Question 4

Douglas MacArthur:

Answer 4

brilliant general, fought his way westward through tropical jungle hells and completed the conquest of New Guinea by August 1944

Question 5

Harry S. Truman:

Answer 5

senator of Missouri who had recently attained national visibility as the efficient chairman of a senate committee investigating wasteful war expenditures

Question 6

Albert Einstein:

Answer 6

persuaded Roosevelt with American and exiled scientists to push ahead with preparations for unlocking the secret of an atomic bomb

Question 7

Chester Nimitz:

Answer 7

brilliant general, skillfully coordinated the efforts of naval, air, and ground American attacks achieved brilliant success

Question 8

Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower:

Answer 8

gifted and easy-smiling American General and master of organization and conciliation

Question 9

U-boat:

Answer 9

a German submarine, named for the German Unterseeboot, or “under sea boat,” which proved deadly for allied ships in the war zone, heir attacks played an important role in drawing the United States into war