Unit 7B (1929-1945) APUSH Fact Sheet

Korematsu vs United States: _____

Supreme Court allows putting Japanese into internment camps.

Hooverville’s _____

are the name used by temporary shacks in the Great Depression.

Americans _____ (did these during wartime in the homefront)

planted Victory Gardens, bought war bonds, rationed items, and shared rides (car-pooled).

D-Day _____

was the turning point of the war in Europe.

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor was precipitated(caused) by _____

the U.S. not selling scrap metal, oil, and not allowing the Japanese to use the Panama Canal.

Memories of World War I caused the U.S. to _____

pursue an isolationist policy before World War II.

Island Hopping _____

was the term used to describe America’s plan to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific.

The New Deal was _____

the name of FDR’s economic recovery plan during the Great Depression.

FDR gave Congress time to pass the Emergency Banking Act by _____

declaring a “Bank Holiday.”

Rosie the Riveter was _____

the representative of U.S. Women in the Workplace in World War II.

_____ (CORE) was started during World War II.

Congress of Racial Equality

The Tuskegee Airmen were _____

Black pilots who fought during World War II.

Doolittle’s Raid _____

demoralized the Japanese population and inspire the American population.

Potsdam is the War Conference _____

that is considered the beginning of the Cold War.

The Grapes of Wrath ______

was written during the Great Depression.

The Battle of Midway _____

was the turning point in the War in the Pacific against Japan.

The Zoot-Suit Riots _____

were conflicts between U.S. Servicemen and young Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles.

Executive Order 9066 _____

caused German-Americans, Italian-Americans, and Japanese-Americans to be placed in internment camps during World War II.

Coolidge’s failures were _____

not a cause of the Great Depression.

The Smoot-Hawley tariffs _____

were taxes on imports designed to protect American businesses.

FDR spoke about _____

Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom from Fear in a 1941 speech.

To shorten the war and save American and Japanese lives, _____

President Truman authorized the dropping of atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

_____ all contributed to the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s.

Extensive plowing, removing prairie grasses, World War I, and a severe drought

The United States made use of Navajo Indians in the Pacific Theater because _____

the Japanese would never be able to interpret their language and break their codes.