Chapter 35

Question 0

Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened a massive “Negro March on Washington in 1941 to demand equality among blacks in war. His threat followed the establishment of (FEPC)

Answer 0

A. Philip Randolph

Question 1

Roosevelt’s secretary of war-“If you are going to war in a capitalist country, you have to let business make money out of the process, or business won’t work.

Answer 1

Henry Stimson

Question 2

The American General that was in the Philippines. He held off the Japanese until April 9, 1942 when he was ordered to flee to Australia. He held New Guinea until the Navy got there in August 1944.

Answer 2

Douglas MacArthur

Question 3

An admiral that fought the Battle of Midway, June 3-6 1942. He halted Japan’s thrust in the Pacific and kept Pearl Harbor protected.

Answer 3

Chester W. Nimitz

Question 4

The American general that launched a second front from North American in November 1942. Captured an Italian-Germany army in May 1943.

Answer 4

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 5

The Chinese generalissimo that was fighting Japan’s occupation

Answer 5

Jiang Jieshi (Chaing Kai-shek)

Question 6

The Republican nominee in 1944 that many thought was too young and liberal.

Answer 6

Thomas E. Dewey

Question 7

The man nominated to be Roosevelt’s Vice President. He was secretary of agriculture.

Answer 7

Harry S. Truman

Question 8

A German- Jew that convinced FDR to investigate the atomic bomb. America shot them at Hiroshima and Hirohito to defeat the Japanese.

Answer 8

Albert Einstein

Question 9

It stopped the production of non-essential goods and set priorities for transportation and materials. Helped US for full war effort

Answer 9

War Production Board (WPB)

Question 10

Stopped run away inflation in 1942 caused by limited consumer goods and plenty of jobs.

Answer 10

Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Question 11

Some of the 216,000 women enrolled in the armed forces for non-combat services.

Answer 11

WAACS

Question 12

A nickname for the women that went to work in industry;bombers and tanks.

Answer 12

“Rosie the Riveter”

Question 13

In an agreement in 1942, Mexicans were allowed to cross the boarder to help harvest fruits and wheats in California.

Answer 13

braceros

Question 14

An organization set up in 1941 to prevent discrimination in defense industries.

Answer 14

Fair Employment Practices Commission

Question 15

A conference between Churchill and FDR in January 1943. They agreed to speed up the war, attack and conquer Sicily and have “unconditional surrender”

Answer 15

Casablanca Conference

Question 16

A war that is fought from two sides, dividing the middle force to defend itself.

Answer 16

Second Front

Question 17

A meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in Teheran, Persia. A cooroperative attack on Germany

Answer 17

Teheran Conference

Question 18

The invasion of French Normandy on June 6, 1944 with 4,600 vessels.

Answer 18

D-Day

Question 19

Commander Brigadier, General AC McAuliffe was surrounded and Hitler demanded surrender

Answer 19

The Battle of the Bulge

Question 20

A conference in July 1945 of British officials, Stalin and Truman that told Japan, “Surrender or be destroyed

Answer 20

Potsdam Conference

Question 21

The Project that created the atomic bomb that used the knowledge and technology

Answer 21

Manhattan Project