Transcript Jeopardy - Solon City Schools

WWII Jeopardy
Isolationist Intervention
The War
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Homefront
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Round 2
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Final Jeopardy
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Define isolationism.
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- Isolationism = Americans that were against the
war, wanted to remain out of the European war.
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Explain the Neutrality Acts. How did they
demonstrate U.S. isolationism?
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- US could not sell weapons to any country at
war. This shows isolationism in the aspect that
the US does not want to “take sides” in the war
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What was the Munich Conference/Agreement?
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- Signed by Germany with France/Great Britain
in which Hitler agreed not to invade any other
countries. Britain/France – known as
appeasement.
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Give 3 specific examples of German and Japanese
aggression. Explain the corresponding U.S.
isolationist reaction to that policy.
a. Japanese – expansion into Manchuria – why?
For economic and military reasons
b. Germans – invasion of the Rhineland, violation
of the treaty of Versailles
c. Germans – build their army, violation of the
treaty of the Versailles
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Why did American’s gradually move away from
isolationism to interventionism?
- After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Americans no
longer wanted to remain isolationist. They wanted
revenge for the surprise attack by the Japanese.
US declared war on Japan
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Define Interventionism
- = Americans that wanted to join the war –
wanted to help the British defeat the Nazis
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What was the Selective Service Act of 1941?
Because of this act; what will America have at the
end of 1941?
- A voluntary draft to enlist men into the armed
forces. At the end of 1941, America will have a
military draft that required men between the ages
of 18-35 to enlist
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What was Japan’s reaction to the economic
embargo placed on it by the United States?
Determination to continue their conquests
throughout Asia. Boycott the purchasing of US
goods.
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Explain the Lend-Lease Act. Why did the U.S. pass
this act? Why is this a policy of interventionism?
- The US could “lend” armaments to a country. US
passed to justify that they could give weapons to
any country that would protect America if they
were in danger.
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What event finally caused US Isolationists and
US interventionists agree to declare war? Give
the date.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor – December 7th 1941
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Explain America’s “island hopping” strategy used in
the Pacific. Why did Americans abandon this
strategy?
the US would conquer an island, skip to the next,
conquer. Goal was to gain land closer to Japan
one step at a time. Abandoned plan because of
time, cost, and casualties lost
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Why did Truman bomb Hiroshima?
- To bring an end to WWII by having Japan agree
to an unconditional surrender.
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What was the biggest challenge the U.S. military
faced during WWII?
- Building an army, developing military supplies –
converting from consumer production to military
production to create enough weapons, fighting a
two-front war
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Why was D-Day a crucial turning point in the
war?
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Allied forces gained control of the Normandy
Beach head. This began the liberation of Europe
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
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Hitler’s last attempt to fight the allies. Hitler
lost, Germany soon surrendered.
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Define Gross Domestic Product.
- GDP is the amount of goods and services
produced in a country in a given year. High GDP,
economy is good, low GDP, economy is in a
recession
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Define Federal Deficit.
- When the federal government spends more
money than it has
- US gets money through Government Bonds and
taxes
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What was the Double V Campaign? Name an
organization that was created to promote the
cause of the Double V Campaign.
- Victory at home and victory abroad – victory at
home = African Americans gain equality, fight for
civil rights. Victory Abroad = defeat the Nazis and
Allies victorious in WWII. CORE, MOWM, NAACP
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How were African Americans discriminated against
during WWII?
- At home – lower wages, faced discrimination in
the workplace, faced segregation in the armed
forces. In the war, most African Americans were
cooks. Troops segregated, until some integration
at the end of the war.
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Name the 4 War offices established to control and
manage the war effort. List a responsibility of
each board.
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WPB – War Production Board = convert industries from civilian
to military production – switch from making clothes, cars, toys,
to making uniforms, bombs, tanks, aircraft.
- OCD – Office of Civilian Defense – created to raise the
country’s morale.
- National War Labor Board (NWLB) – job was to control wages
and monitor inflation
- OPA used rationing to keep prices down – distribute limited
goods fairly
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What is rationing? Name 3 reasons why the U.S.
government rationed goods.
- Limiting consumerism during the war, why?
1. Need resources for war 2. Control Inflation 3.
Keep prices down
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Explain why Korematsu, a Japanese-American, lost
his case against the Supreme Court.
- Supreme Court ruled with military – government
could take whatever means necessary to protect
the country while at war.
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Why were African Americans and women able to
make economic gains during WWII?
- Both were able to get jobs – why? Men drafted in
war, more factories built to produce for the war.
Still received less pay, still faced discrimination
- Lost jobs when men returned from war.
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Explain how Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws resembled
the Jim Crow Laws of the United States.
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Both sets of laws were created to segregate
against Jewish citizens in Germany and African
Americans in the United States. Hitler created
the basis of his laws after the Jim Crow laws in
the US.
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Identify two lasting impacts on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki as a result of the United States
dropping the Atomic Bombs.
Instant amount of deaths + deaths following
from radiation sickness
 People discriminating against Japanese from
those two cities
 Environmental impact
 Moral argument – US the only nation to ever use
Atomic bomb on people
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Final Jeopardy
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Explain what two countries will emerge after
WWII as the “POWERHOUSES” of the world?
What will this lead to?
The United States and Russia
 The Cold War
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