WWII – Fight to Contain Nazi Germany and Other Dictators

Question 1

Pearl Harbor –

Answer 1

Japanese retaliation for embargo, resulted in

U.S. entering WWII

Question 2

Justification for War

Answer 2

– Economic and political Interdependence

of nations, stop spread of totalitarian governments

Question 3

Victory Gardens

Answer 3

– Support war effort by increasing food supply

Question 4

Women

Answer 4

Took on new roles to support the war effort, joined

nurse cadets & worked in factories to keep up production

Question 5

Japanese-American Internment Camps –

Answer 5

violated liberties of

Japanese-American citizens provided by the 14th Amendment

Question 6

Navajo Code Talkers –

Answer 6

Transmitted secret military information

Question 7

Vernon Baker –

Answer 7

AA veteran of WWII, received Medal of Honor

Question 8

The Holocaust

Answer 8

– The Nazi attempt at the genocide of the

Jewish people, caused many Jews to migrate to America

Question 9

Atomic Bomb

Answer 9

– A new strategic weapon developed at Los
Alamos, New Mexico, Japan surrendered after bomb dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulted in arms race with Soviets