1. SSUSH 19 [WWII] - page 1 of 5 Qs Who was A Philip Randolph & What was His Impact on the Domestic-Side of WWII? Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? Why did the US place Japanese- Americans in internment camps? A. Philip Randolph = A-A Union leader – Not happy about preferential treatment of whites for Defense Department jobs for the war – Organized a March on Washington – 1941 – Met with Eleanor Roosevelt about the March – FDR feared a Race Riot – Issued Executive Order: Prohibits discrimination in Government contracted jobs Japanese wanted domination of S.E. Asia – Attacked Manchuria, China, Korea, & Pacific Islands – US invokes embargo on Japan – Japan has no new supplies from US: Steel, Oil, Gasoline, Etc. – Japan plans to cripple US fleet in Pacific: Attack Naval Base Japanese-Americans – Thought to owe allegiance to Emperor of Japan – Emperor = god-like ruler of Japan – ALL Japanese and Japanese descended citizens placed in camps

2. SSUSH 19 [WWII] - page 2 of 5 Qs What were the Major Events of WWII? Major Events of WWII – US = Declared Neutrality – US Law forbids aid to Allies or Axis Powers – Lend-Lease Program = way to help Allies w/out breaking the Law – Battle of Midway = June 4-7, 1942 in the Pacific – Turning Point of the War w/ Japan – D-Day = June 6, 1944 – Allied Invasion of German-Held Normandy, France – Coordinated effort to Drive German Army from France – Successful = Turning Point in War w/ Germany – Fall of Berlin = April – May 1945 – One of the final Battles of the European Theatre – Hitler’s suicide signaled German Surrender – V-E Day

3. SSUSH 19 [WWII] - page 3 of 5 Qs What were the Major Events of WWII? War-Time Mobilization – War Production Board = regulate production & allocation of fuel and other supplies – Ship Yards = production of war ships (Savannah) – Conversion of Industries from Peace-Time production to War-Time production Rationing – Began 1942 – Sugar, Meat, Butter, Canned Vegetables, and Fruits = Required Coupon = Rationing Stamps – Victory Gardens – Black Marketing of Rationed Goods Role of Women – 216,000 served in Armed Forces – Women in factories  Rosie the Riveter

4. SSUSH 19 [WWII] - page 4 of 5 Qs What was the Manhattan Project? Manhattan Project – Code name for research Program to develop Atomic Bomb – Hitler began research on ‘master weapons’ – FDR was urged to do the same – Research of Einstein and Oppenheimer = used to create bomb Los Alamos, NM – Testing began in NM desert – Japan warned about Weapon – Enola Gay = plane used to drop the A-Bomb – Hiroshima = Japanese city / site of 1 st A-Bomb Drop – Nagasaki = Japanese city / site of 2 nd drop Japanese Unconditional Surrender Future Development – Development of such a devastating weapon led other countries to develop their own – Cold War Nuclear Arms Race

5. SSUSH 19 [WWII] - page 5 of 5 Qs What was the difference between the European and Pacific war Theatre? European Theatre – Fighting that took place in Europe against Hitler’s Germany – D-Day Invasion – Included Russia as Allied Power – V-E Day = End of European War Pacific Theatre – Fighting that took place in the Pacific against Hirohito’s Japan – Battle of Midway – Battle of Okinawa – Bataan Death March – A-Bomb drop on Hiroshima & Nagasaki – V-J Day = End of War w/ Japan