Transcript Jeopardy 1

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 How
did the cost- plus system speed up
war production?
 Provided
larger profits for companies
that worked fast and produced a lot.
 Paid the cost for producing the war
supplies, plus a percentage of profit.
 Why
could Liberty ships be produced
quickly?
 They
were assembled from prefabricated
parts and welded rather than riveted.
 The
purpose of Liberty and Victory
bonds was to..?
 Lend
the government money to pay for
the war.
 During WW
II, families had to get books
of stamps each month as part of ?
 Rationing
goods
 The
Allies placed inflated rubber tanks,
empty tents and dummy landing craft
along the coast of Britain to convince the
Germans that?
 The
Allies planned to land their invasion
forces at Calais rather than Normandy
 Why
was Iwo Jima an important objective
for the American military?
 U.S. planes
could more effectively bomb
Japan from there.
 The
U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by
dropping bombs filled with what
substance?
 Napalm
 What
American industry was particularly
efficient in producing 1/3 of all military
supplies during WW II? The “Arsenal of
Democracy”
 Detroit’s
automobile industry
 The
atrocities of the “Bataan Death
March” occurred where?
 The
Philippines
 In
the case Korematsu v. United States, the
Supreme Court ruled that relocation of
Japanese Americans was?
 Constitutional
because it is based on
military urgency and the possible threat
of invasion.
 V-J
Day is to Japan as ____ is to Germany?
 V-E
Day
 Who
were the “Code Talkers?”
 Navajo
Native Americans
serving in WWII.
 What
were WAC’s, WAVES and WOW’s?
 Women
serving/working during WWII.
 What
happened as a result of Executive
order 9066 (allowing the military to
declare any part of the United States to
be a military Zone)?
 Many
Japanese Americans were moved
to internment camps.
 What
was the “Double V” campaign?
 Victory
over Hitler’s racism abroad and
victory over racism at home.
 What
were the two theatres of action in
WWII?
 European
and Pacific
 During
the 1930’s, why were totalitarian
governments/leaders able to gain power
in Germany, Italy, and Japan?
• Describe the aftermath of WWI
• Treaty of Versailles Reparations
• Great Depression
• Lack of Resources in Japan
• Etc.
 In
1942, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed
to attack the edges of the German empire
(North Africa) because they believed
that?
 They
were not ready or experienced
enough to launch a full-scale invasion of
Europe.
 At
the Tehran Conference, Roosevelt and
Stalin agreed to take which action
against Germany after they won the War?
 Divide
Germany so it could not start
another world war.
 What
was the secret American program
to build an atomic bomb called?
 The
Manhattan Project
 What
was the purpose of
the Nuremberg Trials?
 Punish
Nazi leaders for crimes
committed during the war.
 Who
was Rosie the Riveter?
 The
campaign to hire women to work in
factories during the war.
 What
was the plane that dropped the first
atomic bomb named?
 The
Enola Gay
 Where
was the first atomic bomb
dropped?
 Hiroshima
 When
was V-J Day?
 August
15, 1945