World War 2

Question 1

_________ was a labor leader who fought against the unfair treatment of African American workers

Answer 1

A. Phillip Randolf

Question 2

What what unusual about Dorie Miller manning a machine gun?

Answer 2

B. African Americans in the navy were during World War One were not allowed the right to participate in combat.

Question 3

The ________ were African American pilots who trained at Tuskegee army airfield in Alabama.

Answer 3

H

Question 4

What were the advantages promised workers in the Bracero program?

Answer 4

A mimimum wage, food, shelter, and clean living conditions

Question 5

What were the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943?

Answer 5

Clothing

Question 6

Want was the executive order 9066

Answer 6

It was an executive order from FDR and allowed the government to begin the process of internment or forced relocation.

Question 7

Internment means

Answer 7

Forced relocation and imprisonment

Question 8

What did Japanese people lose when they were interned?

Answer 8

Jobs, homes, belongings, and freedom

Question 9

What is the meaning of Neisi?

Answer 9

American citizens born in the United States to Japanese immigrant parents

Question 10

How did SONAR help the allied war effort?

Answer 10

S- sound
O->sound
N aviagation
A nd 
R anging

Question 11

What is the Convoy system?

Answer 11

Many ships traveling with together at once.

Question 12

General Erwin Rommel

Answer 12

He was German who was in charge of troops in Africa.

Question 13

Suez Canal

Answer 13

Located in Egypt, 101 miles, connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.

Question 14

Name two ways African Americans were treated unfairly when looking for a job

Answer 14

Only certain jobs and lower pay

Question 15

Battle of El Alamein

Answer 15

Allied troops defeated the German forces. (Afrika Korps)

Question 16

_____________ the leader of Italy, was executed by Italian freedom fighters.

Answer 16

Benito Mussolini

Question 17

In the battle of Stalingrad, how did many Germans soldiers die?

Answer 17

Didn’t have enough food and froze to death

Question 18

In 1943, the German commander disobeyed Hitler and surrendered to the soviets at the battle of ____________.

Answer 18

The battle of Stalingrad

Question 19

The American General in charge of the d- day in action was ____________.

Answer 19

Dwight D Eisenhower

Question 20

The “D” in d day means.

Answer 20

Designated

Question 21

___________, ________, and ________ troops invaded

Answer 21

American, Canadian troops, and British

Question 22

5 beaches of d day

Answer 22

1. Omaha
2. Utah
3. Gold
4. Juno
5. Sword

Question 23

Douglas macArthor

Answer 23

American General who fought in the Philippines.

Question 24

Bataan Death a match

Answer 24

When more than 600 Filipinos died

Question 25

Who was Chester Nimitz?

Answer 25

Admiral who led the pacific fleet.

Question 26

American and Japanese Aircraft carriers and fighter planes fought in the battle of the ___________.

Answer 26

Coral sea

Question 27

In the battle of Midway the Americans bombed the Japanese while they were refueling airplanes

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Island hopping

Answer 28

Where allied forces took only the most strategically important islands instead of Japanese held island.

Question 29

Battle of layte gulf

Answer 29

The largest naval battle in history

Question 30

What made Iwo Jima such a difficult island for the soldiers to take.

Answer 30

They hid in caves or dugouts

Question 31

What was a kamikaze mission

Answer 31

Purposely crashing enemy planes

Question 32

In what way did the Japanese contribute to their own staggering loss.

Answer 32

They told their soldiers "fight till the death"

Question 33

Battle of the bulge

Answer 33

Counter attack launched by Germans after d day invasion

Question 34

V-E day

Answer 34

Victory in Europe day May 8th, 1945

Question 35

Harry S Truman

Answer 35

President after FDR died, had to decide to drop atomic bomb.

Question 36

Holocaust

Answer 36

When Hitler tried to exterminate the whole race of Jews

Question 37

Genocide

Answer 37

Extermination of an entire whole group of people

Question 38

Manhattan project

Answer 38

Secret program scientists used to build the atomic bomb

Question 39

Atomic bomb

Answer 39

Weapon produces tremendous energy by splitting atoms