5th - SS Chap 14 WW2 REVISED

Question 0

A period when a city had to be completely dark at night so that enemy planes could not locate it during an air raid.

Answer 0

Blackout

Question 1

Deliberate damage or destruction

Answer 1

Sabotage

Question 2

To limit the consumption of scarce resources or supplies

Answer 2

Ration

Question 3

A garden planted by civilians during World War II to produce fresh vegetables

Answer 3

Victory garden

Question 4

USOs; organization intended to provide a “home away from home” for those serving in the military

Answer 4

United Service Organization

Question 5

An employment system where workers take tests for government jobs and cannot be fired for their political views or party affiliations

Answer 5

Civil service system

Question 6

A law that allows workers to get and keep jobs without having to join a union

Answer 6

Right-to-work law

Question 7

Term used to describe the strained relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II; this “war” was mainly fought with words and diplomacy

Answer 7

Cold War

Question 8

Who was the German leader who tried to take over Europe?

Answer 8

Adolf Hitler

Question 9

What caused the start of World War II in Europe?

Answer 9

Hitler attacking Poland in 1939

Question 10

What were held in Louisiana to prepare for WWII?

Answer 10

Two major military training exercises or “mock wars” or maneuvers

Question 11

Who were the two American Generals to direct these maneuvers?

Answer 11

General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Patton

Question 12

By the end of the war, Louisiana was the site of what?

Answer 12

5 military training camps and 10 flying fields

Question 13

What happened on December 7, 1941?

Answer 13

The Japanese made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Question 14

How did the United States react to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 14

On December 8th, the United States declared war on Japan and entered into WWII.

Question 15

What happened a few days after the U. S. entered WWII?

Answer 15

Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

Question 16

What Louisiana pilot and war hero led the “Flying Tigers”?

Answer 16

General Claire Lee Chennault

Question 17

Who designed and produced a special craft which was used to carry infantry platoons and jeeps to shore? What was it called?

Answer 17

Andrew Jackson Higgins; the Higgins Boat

Question 18

What happened to the availability of civilians goods due to the country’s war needs?

Answer 18

They had to be rationed.

Question 19

What is D-Day?

Answer 19

It was a major turning point in WWII. It took place on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

Question 20

What was the D-Day military code name? Who headed this military operation?

Answer 20

Operation Overlord was headed by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Question 21

In what city did the government build the huge Louisiana Ordnance Plant, a shell-loading plant?

Answer 21

Minded, LA

Question 22

When did WWII end?

Answer 22

In 1945

Question 23

What was one thing that the end of the war brought back?

Answer 23

Mardi Gras

Question 24

What was one economic change after WWII?

Answer 24

Farm jobs disappeared - farm workers were replaced by farming machines.

Question 25

In 1954, what law was passed that allowed workers to get and keep jobs without having to join a union?

Answer 25

Right-to-work law

Question 26

Who appeared on the "Louisiana Hayride", a country music radio show in Shreveport in 1954?

Answer 26

Elvis Presley

Question 27

The relationship between the United States and Soviet Union grew strained after WWII. What was this hostility called?

Answer 27

The Cold War