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Ww2 era study guide

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What was the american policy during the early years of ww1 ?
Remaining neutral while making war supplies available to britain
What prompted the United States to enter the war in 1941?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Axis powers were named for the "axis" between which two European capitals?
Rome and Berlin
In 1932, Manchuria was taken over by
the Japanese military
Where did the Japanese leaders believe they could cripple the American naval fleet?
At Pearl Harbor
Which country had gained control of most of Eastern Europe by 1940?
Germany
Nazism was an extreme form of
Facism
Hitler signed a Nonaggression Pact with
Soviet Union
What was the real motive behind the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
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In September 1940, Japan allied itself with
Axis Powers
During the 1930s, the U.S focused largely on
Domestic Affairs
Congress passed Neutrality Acts that were designed to
limit international involvement
Which militant Japanese general became prime minister in October of 1941?
Tojo Hideki
True or false - a group of isolationists form to block aid to Britain led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
FALSE
Shortly after Congress passed a war declaration on japan , which other two countries declared war on U.S ?
Italy and Germany
Why did FDR create the Office of war Mobilization ?
Wanted to coordinate issues related to war production
The United States began to emerge from the depression as a result of
Produced goods for allied forces
Financing the war with borrowed money was an example of
deficit spending
On the home front, popular culture was characterized by
patriotism and high morale
The Selective Training and Service Act required military service registration for all males between the ages of
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True or false- the gov.t reduced corporate profits to finance war
FALSE
What was the main war strategy that Roosevelt and Churchill first agreed upon?
Concentrate on winning war in Europe
What did the Allies decide to do with Germany after they surrendered ?
Divide in 4 parts and be governed by Britain, u.s, soviets, and France
After ww2, what organization was formed on the basis of the Atlantic Charter ?
The United Nations
What was the "final solution of the Jewish question," announced by the Nazis at the Wannsee Conference ?
Kill all Jews
What did Roosevelt finally create, in January 1944 to try to help the Jews?
War Refugee Board
Through their island-hopping strategy, the Allies put themselves in a position to
Bomb japan
The goal of the Manhattan project was to
Develop atomic bomb
Japan's surrender came less than a week after the destruction of
Nagasaki
The federal gov.t acted against employment discrimination by creating
Fair employment practices committee
Mexican American laborers lives in Spanish-speaking neighborhoods called
barrios
During ww1, many Japanese Americans were interned, or
Confined to camps in isolated areas
Because of war, large numbers of women began to work as
Steelworkers and welders
In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal fought ?
The pacific
What finally brought an end to World War II?
the dropping of atomic bombs by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
True or false-
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