WWII Review
Before entering WII, how did the US respond to aggression in Asia?
Embargo on oil and steel shipments to Japan
What language was almost like a secret code to the enemy?
Navajo Language
What established rules governing treatment of prisoners of war?
Geneva Convention
Which trials held German officers responsible for war crimes?
Nuremberg Trials
How did the US government deal with the press (media) during World War II?
Limited the media’s ability to report about the war
How did the US government ensure that the military had essential materials like gas and food?
Consumer Rationing
What action did the Supreme Court say was constitutional because of military necessity?
Internment of Japanese-Americans
What was the main reason African- Americans migrated to cities in the early 1940s?
Job opportunities in war plants
How did women play a major role on the domestic front during WWII?
Taking jobs in the defense industry
Which two nations secretly agreed to take over Poland?
Germany and the Soviet Union
Put these events in order: D-Day Blitzkrieg Pearl Harbor Nuremberg Trials
Blitzkrieg Pearl Harbor D-Day Nuremberg Trials
Which battle does this map show?
D-Day
What was the significance of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa ?
Because the fighting was so brutal, the US decided to use atomic bombs rather than risk invading mainland Japan.
What did the Nazis call the plan to exterminate all Jews?
The Final Solution
What date did Franklin Delano Roosevelt call “a date that will live in infamy?”
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
How did the US respond to the Battle of Britain?
The Lend-Lease Act
What kind of roles were African- American soldiers limited to at first?
Non-combat roles in segregated units