Question

1. Identify Innovations or Inventions that became more widely used or understood during WW2. (No points for selecting more than 4)

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4 points
silk
Television Sets
Radar Technology
Vaccines
camera guided remote control bombers
antibiotics
food perservatives
Nuclear physics
2. Identify the Battles the US lost early in the war
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1 point
Hawaii and Hiroshima
Guam and Wake Island
Iwo Jima and Tarawa
Leyte Gulf and Okinawa
4. What was the Bataan Death March?
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1 point
What Americans called unloading Prisoners of War off ships from island battles into prisoner camps
The American escape from the Bataan Prisoner of War Camp in the Phillipines to safety 60 miles away
The forced 60 miles march of American and Filipino prisoners of war
The battle that tok place on the Bataan pennisula in the Phillipines.
5. Why was island-hopping a successful military strategy?
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1 point
Because bypassing smaller islands that did not help them meet their specifc goal, they did not waste resources and were able to get close to Japan
The Japanese used those islands as decoys and the US didn't fall for it so it saved lives
Because the US was able to destroy the ships by air leaving the Japanese stranded on those islands and cut the resistance to their advance down significantly
Because for them to get to Tokyo and they didn't need come close enough to some of Japan's more heavily fortified islands
6. Which of the following were ways the U.S. economy mobilized for World War II? Select the two correct answers.
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2 points
A. Government incentives inspired owners to convert their factories to wartime production.
A and E
B. Employees worked without pay to fill government contracts for weapons, artillery, and tanks.
C. Women and children volunteered to watch the skies for enemy airplanes.
B and C
D. Many Americans bought and sold rations to donate the money they made to the troops.
E. Many Americans purchased Victory Stamps and war bonds to help the cause.
All of the above
7. What event led to the House and Senate voting to declare war?
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1 point
Roosevelt placed an embargo on Japan.
Political divisions ended after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Americans suffered heavy losses at Pearl Harbor.
The U.S. rejected Japan’s demands of expansion.
8. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
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1 point
They wanted to gain control of the Hawaiian Islands.
They wanted to destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.
They wanted to provoke the United States into declaring war.
They wanted to demonstrate their support for Germany and Italy.
9. What was the United States’ response to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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1 point
The United States continued its policy of isolationism.
The United States continued its policy of lend-lease.
The United States declared war on the Axis countries.
The United States declared war on the Allied countries.
10. Match each item with their description.
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5 points
Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki The way the US approached moving through the Pacific Research and production of the Atomic Bomb The name of the 1st computer to complete complex calculations The name of the metal plates German doctors used to set broken bones The name of the plane that dropped radioactive bombs
ENIAC
Manhattan Project
Little Boy and Fat Man
Enola Gay
Island hopping
ENIAC
Manhattan Project
Little Boy and Fat Man
Enola Gay
Island hopping
11. What action by Japan did the United States firmly oppose?
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1 point
its expansion in Asia
its signing of the Neutrality Act of 1939
its embargo against the United States
12. What was the result of the Bataan Death March?
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1 point
More than 7,000 American and Filipino troops died.
Some 75,000 Allied soldiers surrendered to the Japanese.
MacArthur was forced to retreat to Corregidor Island.
Japan took Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong.
13. What goal did President Roosevelt hope to achieve when he enacted the embargo on naval and aviation supplies in 1940?
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1 point
to provoke Japan into war
to stop Japanese expansion
to avoid war with Japan
14. What made Japan see the United States as a threat to its authority in Asia?
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1 point
America's presence in Guam and the Philippines and its support of China
America's actions during World War I
America's possession of Pearl Harbor
America's opposition to the Tripartite Pact between Germany, Italy, and Japan

Answer 1

Radar Technology, Vaccines, Antibiotics, Camera Guided Remote Control Bombers

Guam and Wake Island

The forced 60 miles march of American and Filipino prisoners of war

Because bypassing smaller islands that did not help them meet their specific goal, they did not waste resources and were able to get close to Japan

A and E (Government incentives inspired owners to convert their factories to wartime production, and Many Americans purchased Victory Stamps and war bonds to help the cause)

Political divisions ended after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

They wanted to destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.

The United States declared war on the Axis countries.

Little Boy and Fat Man - Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Island hopping - The way the US approached moving through the Pacific, Manhattan Project - Research and production of the Atomic Bomb, ENIAC - The name of the 1st computer to complete complex calculations, Enola Gay - The name of the plane that dropped radioactive bombs.

Its expansion in Asia

More than 7,000 American and Filipino troops died.

To stop Japanese expansion

America's presence in Guam and the Philippines and its support of China

Explanation: have a good day

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