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The U.S. in WWIIMobilization European

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Mobilization: 200• Question:• Congress created this organization to fight

inflation by implementing price controls on most goods and raising income tax rates

• Answer• Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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Mobilization: 400• Question:• The U.S. government practiced this during

WWII by establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military

• Answer• rationing

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Mobilization: 600• Question:• He threatened a march on Washington on July

1, 1941 in protest discrimination in the military and in industry.

• Answer• A. Philip Randolph

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Mobilization: 800• Question:• As Army chief of staff, he pushed for the

Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in early 1942• Answer• George Marshall

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Mobilization: 1000• Question:• Many Japanese and Nisei were placed in these

in 1942 out of fear that they would spy on the United States for the Japanese

• Answer• Interment camps or relocation camps

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European Theater: 200

• Question:• After Pearl Harbor, Churchill met with FDR and

decided they would focus on defeating this dictator first

• Answer• Hitler

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European Theater: 400

• Question:• In order to control the seas for shipping, the

United States fought with Germany to win this battle by May 1943

• Answer• Battle of the Atlantic

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European Theater: 600

• Question• He served as the Supreme Allied Commander

of Europe and facilitated Operation Overlord, or what you know commonly as D-Day

• Answer• Dwight D. Eisenhower or Ike

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European Theater: 800

• Question:• Hitler initiated this Battle with the Russians

with the goals of obtaining oil and a rich industrial center on the Volga River

• Answer• Battle of Stalingrad

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European Theater: 1000

• Question:• The Allied Forces were surprised by the

Germans at this battle and were actually pushed back until reinforcements came.

• Answer• Battle of the Bulge

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Pacific Theater: 200

• Question:• This battle checked the Japanese

advancements and allowed the Americans to feel positive about the war in the pacific

• Answer• Coral Sea

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Pacific Theater: 400

• Question:• This tactic implemented by the U.S. military in

the Pacific, helped to secure islands held by the Japanese in order to invade mainland Japan

• Answer• Island hopping

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Pacific Theater: 600

• Question:• This Japanese bombers were known as the

divine wind in their attempts to saved Japan for U.S. invasion

• Answer• kamikaze

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Pacific Theater: 800

• Question:• He was in charge of building the actual atomic

bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico• Answer• J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Pacific Theater: 1000

• Question:• He was in charge of Japan after the war and

their constitution is named after him. • Answer• General Douglas MacArthur

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North African Theater: 200

• Question:• He wanted England and America to open a

second front to divert resources away from the Eastern Front of the war

• Answer• Joseph Stalin

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North African Theater:400

• Question:• He served as Hitler’s general in the North

African theater and later committed suicide.• Answer• General Erwin Rommel

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North African Theater: 600

• Question:• This Axis Power was known as “the soft

underbelly of the Axis”• Answer• Italy

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North African Theater: 800

• Question:• He was removed from power in Italy and later

reinstated by Hitler in a region in northern Italy.

• Answer• Benito Mussolini

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North African Theater: 1000

• Question:• This king of Italy relieved Mussolini of his

duties on July 25, 1943 only to see Mussolini take power in northern Italy

• Answer• Victor Emmanuel III

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Impact of WWII: 200

• Question:• Over 6 million entered the workforce for the

1st time, boasting percentages to 35%• Answer• Women

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Impact of WWII: 400

• Question:• Servicemen that returned from war were

given the right to go to college at the expense of the federal government with this new law

• Answer• GI Bill

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Impact of WWII: 600

• Question:• African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and

Mexican-Americans all served in these types of units.

• Answer• Segregated

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Impact of WWII: 800

• Question:• He created the Congress of Racial Equality• Answer• James Farmer

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Impact of WWII: 1000

• Question:• The movement of African-Americans between

1940 and 1950 is known as this• Answer• Great Migration

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• List 3 reasons the United States decided to use

the atomic bomb against the Japanese• Answer• …• Save American soldiers, retaliation for Pearl

Harbor, unconditional surrender, show military superiority to the Russians

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