Ch.12 Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 100 200 300 400 500

Topic 1: 100 This agency was set up to make loans to companies so they could convert to war production

A: Topic 1: 100 RFC – Reconstruction Finance Corp

Topic 1: 200 This government contract agreed to pay companies the cost of the product and a percentage of the cost for profit. This contract was called?

A: Topic 1: 200 Cost Plus

Topic 1: 300 These ships were welded and not riveted making the hull stronger

A: Topic 1: 300 Liberty Ships

Topic 1: 400 This government agency set priorities for materials, controlled distribution of products, and set completion goals for companies.

A: Imperialism: 400 War Production Board

Imperialism: 500 Two congress members introduced the ________________ a plan for the first peace time draft in American History

A: Imperialism: 500 Selective Service and Training Act

Topic 2: 100 This group of African Americans were the first Navy’s flight crew, they were nicknamed ______________.

A: Topic 2: 100 Tuskegee Airman

Topic 2: 200 What is the WAAC?

A: Topic 2: 200 Womens Army Auxiliary Corp.

Topic 2: 300 Why were aircraft carriers so vital in the war in the Pacific?

A: Topic 2: 300 Reduced the distance planes had to travel and reduced the fuel they consumed

Topic 2: 400 Under this system, ships traveled in groups and were escorted by navy war ships. What is the name of the system?

A: Topic 2: 400 Convoy system

Topic 2: 500 This person was a popular character from a song by the Four Vagabonds

A: Topic 2: 500 Rosie the Riveter

Topic 3: 100 This person was an African American union leader who arranged for a march on Washington protesting for African Americans to secure jobs in the military

A: Topic 3: 100 A. Phillip Randolph

Topic 3: 200 This group wore baggy pants and long coats, had long hair, and people were upset with them because of the excess material used for their suite during war rationing.

A: Topic 3: 200 Zoot Suits

Topic 3: 300 Famous Japanese internment cam in California

A: Topic 3: 300 Manzanar

Topic 3: 400 Limiting the availability of products to make sure there was enough for the military was called

A: Topic 3: 400 Rationing

Topic 3: 500 Where roosevelt and churchill met to plan the bombing of germany

A: Topic 3: 500 Casablanca conference

Topic 4: 100 Code name for the planed invasion of france

A: Topic 4: 100 Operation overlord

Topic 4: 200 The date for the planed invasion became to be known as ___________

A: Topic 4: 200 D-Day

Topic 4: 300 What beach was the most difficult for the allies to overtake in operation overlord?

A: Topic 4: 300 Omaha Beach

Topic 4: 400 Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed their plane into american ships were called

A: Topic 4: 400 Kamikaze pilots

Topic 4: 500 The last desperate offensive staged by Hitler was called

A: Topic 4: 500 Battle of the bulge

Topic 5: 100 Dirt walls several feet thick, covered by shrubbery that allowed germans to take cover from enemy fire and allowed them to defend their position were called

A: Topic 5: 100 Hedgerows

Topic 5: 200 This country had the greatest civilian loss (Death)

A: Topic 5: 200 china

Topic 5: 300 This country had the greatest military loss (death)

A: Topic 5: 300 USSR

Topic 5: 400 The code name of the atomic bomb project

A: Topic 5: 400 Manhattan project

Topic 5: 500 Japan was willing to initially surrender with one condition. What was the condition

A: Topic 5: 500 The Japanese emperor had to stay in power