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3.  How did the cost- plus system speed up war production?

4.  Provided larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot.  Paid the cost for producing the war supplies, plus a percentage of profit.

5.  Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?

6.  They were assembled from prefabricated parts and welded rather than riveted.

7.  The purpose of Liberty and Victory bonds was to..?

8.  Lend the government money to pay for the war.

9.  During WW II, families had to get books of stamps each month as part of ?

10.  Rationing goods

11.  The Allies placed inflated rubber tanks, empty tents and dummy landing craft along the coast of Britain to convince the Germans that?

12.  The Allies planned to land their invasion forces at Calais rather than Normandy

13.  Why was Iwo Jima an important objective for the American military?

14.  U.S. planes could more effectively bomb Japan from there.

15.  The U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with what substance?

16.  Napalm

17.  What American industry was particularly efficient in producing 1/3 of all military supplies during WW II? The “Arsenal of Democracy”

18.  Detroit’s automobile industry

19.  The atrocities of the “Bataan Death March” occurred where?

20.  The Philippines

21.  In the case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was?

22.  Constitutional because it is based on military urgency and the possible threat of invasion.

23.  V-J Day is to Japan as ____ is to Germany?

24.  V-E Day

25.  Who were the “Code Talkers?”

26.  Navajo Native Americans serving in WWII.

27.  What were WAC’s, WAVES and WOW’s?

28.  Women serving/working during WWII.

29.  What happened as a result of Executive order 9066 (allowing the military to declare any part of the United States to be a military Zone)?

30.  Many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps.

31.  What was the “Double V” campaign?

32.  Victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and victory over racism at home.

33.  What were the two theatres of action in WWII?

34.  European and Pacific

35.  During the 1930’s, why were totalitarian governments/leaders able to gain power in Germany, Italy, and Japan? Describe the aftermath of WWI Treaty of Versailles Reparations Great Depression Lack of Resources in Japan Etc.

37.  In 1942, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to attack the edges of the German empire (North Africa) because they believed that?

38.  They were not ready or experienced enough to launch a full-scale invasion of Europe.

39.  At the Tehran Conference, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to take which action against Germany after they won the War?

40.  Divide Germany so it could not start another world war.

41.  What was the secret American program to build an atomic bomb called?

42.  The Manhattan Project

43.  What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?

44.  Punish Nazi leaders for crimes committed during the war.

45.  Who was Rosie the Riveter?

46.  The campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war.

47.  What was the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb named?

48.  The Enola Gay

49.  Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?

50.  Hiroshima

51.  When was V-J Day?

52.  August 15, 1945