module 9 hist

Roughly ____ of all German casualties in World War II came in the battle against the Soviet Union.

80%

Hitler and Mussolini helped to topple which government in Spain?

Communists

What was the top tax rate during World War II?

94%

This group of African American pilots in the Army Air Corps escorted bombers to their drop-off locations and participated in combat operations.

The Tuskegee Airmen

He led American forces in the Southwest Pacific theater.

General Douglas MacArthur

Approximately how many civilians were killed by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

180,000

The Democrats chose this person in the Election of 1944, rather than incumbent Vice President Henry A. Wallace, as Roosevelt’s running mate. 

Harry S. Truman

In his speech advocating the Lend-Lease Program, Roosevelt declared that the war was being fought for “Four Freedoms." Which answer is NOT one of the the "Four Freedoms."

right to bear arms

Why did Hitler stop the Blitz in June 1941?

He launched Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of the Soviet Union.

The composition of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council reflected the powerful nations and victors at the end of the war. They included the United States,  Great Britain, France, China and:

The Soviet Union

Which Allied nation was the first to reach Berlin?

Soviet Union

What was the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that collected intelligence and coordinated overseas espionage during World War II?

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

These women transported new planes from place to place within the United States and eventually they transported planes to England. 

The Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs)

What prompted President Roosevelt to pass Executive Order 8802?

The planned march on Washington led by A. Philip Randolph

Who was the American military leader appointed supreme Allied Commander over “Operation Overlord,” the campaign that instigated the second front and led to the attack on Normandy Beach that became known as D-Day?

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

This secret agency, which included scientists from many nations, developed the atomic bomb.

Manhattan Project

The turning point in the Pacific Theater came in June 1942  when the United States won a decisive victory at:

The Battle of Midway

Which of the following best characterized German military tactics

Speed and maneuverability

In this brutal battle, Allied forces eventually won after suffering 77,000 American casualties to the German defenders.

The Battle of the Bulge

Under the leadership of A. Philip Randolph, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) began this campaign of protest against this wartime discrimination.

“Double Victory”

Of the over 110,000 Japanese-descended Americans who were detained in internment camps, approximately how many were American citizens?

70,000

Hitler initiated  all of the following EXCEPT: 

stringent anti-Nordic policies.

This conference in February 1945 marked the increasing ascendance of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and the decline of Roosevelt.

Yalta Conference

The Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was established with the power to investigate and correct problems in what area:

instances of discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin in war-related work contracts.

Before turning to military expansionism, Japanese leaders were also considering which of the following strategies?

Pan-Asian anti-colonialism

After the Victory in Europe, the United States suffered a setback in the Pacific. What was that setback?

The surrender of American forces in the Philippines

Approximately how many women served in the military during WWII?

350,000

The British cracked this decryption machine deciphering several key German military messages. 

The Enigma Machine

While the Japanese had destroyed or damaged every battleship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an additional 18 ships, and over 300 airplanes at Pearl Harbor, it was not a total victory for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

the Japanese Destroyers were turned back by the American submarine fleet.