World War Two Test Flashcards

(52 cards)

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Resistance

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Movement in France that opposed German occupation during World War 2

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Allies

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U.S, Britain and France

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Nazism

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A form of fascism shaped by Adolf Hitlers fanatical ideas about German nationalism and facial superiority

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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because

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Of The inevitable war between the US and Japan and the stop of trading resources with Japan.

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Fascism

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Political philosophy that emphasizes the nation or ethnic group, and supreme authority of the leader

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Battle that resulted into massive losses to Germany and turning point of (East) Russia.

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Battle of Stalingrad

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What was the Secret Program that built the atomic bomb called

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Manhattan project

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Allies stopped the Japanese from advancing for the first time in the

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Battle Of Midway

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The name given to te German Airforce

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Luftwaffle

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The commander in charge of D-Day

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Purge

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Process of removing enemies and undesirable people from power

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Reason why the island of Iwo Jima was critical to the U.S

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U.S planes could release bombers from there

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The Japanese were never able to decipher the Navajo code in the Pacific because

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The Navajo code was not written

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20
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Agreement between Germany and Russia

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Nazi aggression Pact

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21
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American tribe that participated in the war

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Navajo

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23
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A major function of the office of War Information was

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To promote strong public support of war

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24
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Hitler signed non-aggression pact with whom?

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Joseph Stalin

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25
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Not an Allied Power

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Spain

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British leader who supported appeasement and promised “peace for our time”

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Neville Chamberlain

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The code name given to the invasion of Normandy/D-Day

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Operation Overlord

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Famous “Battle of Britain” fought by

29
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A victory garden is a…

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Way to help the Homefront

30
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Characterize the Doolittle war

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A minimal military success but a big morale booster

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Allied commander in Europe, who became president in the U.S
Dwight Eisenhower
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The Selective Service was known as?
The Draft
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What did Selective Service do?
Choose males that were 21-36 years old to participate in the war
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The Four Freedoms that FDR spoke of when creating the Selective Service
Freedom of speech & expression Every person to worship God in their own way Freedom from want & need Freedom from fear
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Number of Americans that served in the military during WW2
25,000
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How many women served in the military during WW2
350,000
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How did the Navajos help in the military?
Created/spoke in code that the enemy couldn't break
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Main duty of the War Production Board
Responsive to make war weapons
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When was War Production formed
1942
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Compare American Production to Axis Nation'a in 1944
American product. Was 2x as big than the axis nations
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Unemployment rate dropped to
1%
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Impact woman had on the war effort
6 million women helped make war weapons
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How much did federal spending increase during the war?
$95 billion
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Total money the government spent for the war
$321 billion
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Money the government raised selling war bonds
$186 billion
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The national dept during the war was
$215 billion
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The goods that were unavailable to purchase during the war
Nylon, metal and rubber
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Why were metal, rubber and nylon unavailable?
They were used to make parachutes, guns and tires for war effort
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The OPA stands for?
Office of Prise Administration
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Two main duties of the OPA
Control inflation in the U.S and rationing to conserve goods for war
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Three ways Americans contributed to the war in their daily lives
Conserved goods, planted victory gardens and recycled
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Battle of the Bulge was..
Germany's last attempt to defeat the allies
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Collaboration
Close operation
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Not a cause of WW2
Isolationism
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Totalitarian
A government that has total control over the nation and citizen's lives
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Blitzkreig
A warfare emphasizing rapid movements, used by German soldiers
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Appeasement
Policy that give a competitors demands in order to preserve piece
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Holocaust
Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all European Jews