"WWII Exam Study Guide"

1. Q. The Atom Bomb was designed by what project?
    A. Manhattan Project

2. Q. What three things did the U.S. do to fight war time inflation?
    A. Income tax, wage/price controls, and war bonds.

3. Q. Who led the allies troops to victory Bataan, leyte, iwo jima.
    A. General McArthur

4. Q. An example of racial tensions in L.A. during WWII led to what?
    A. Zoot-Suit Roots.

5. Q. The G.I Bill Of Rights made it possible for veterans to do what?
    A. Attend college for free.

6. Q. Who said "I shall return" when the japanese invaded the philliphines?
    A. General McArthur

7. Q. Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan because?
    A. Truman wanted to end the war and save American lives.

8. Q. Unemployment was lowest in what year?
    A. 1944.

9. Q. Roosevelt described German U- Boats?
    A. Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic.

10. Q. Which General liberated Paris, France from the?
      A. General Patton.

11. Q. The axis were?
      A. Germans, Italy and Japan.

12. Q. Which goverment agency was created to fight inflation?
      A. Office of price administration.

13. Q. The allies were?
      A. U.S, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

14. Q. Strong anti- Japanese- American feelings after Pearl Harbor led to what?
      A. Internment of Japanese Americans.

15. Q. The supreme commander of U.S forces in Europe was?
      A. General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

16. Q. What year did the unemployment rate peak?
      A. 1933.

17. Q. What happened to the paychecks of African Americans during the war?
      A. African Americans did really well economically.

18. Q. When the allies invaded Europe, it was called?
      A. D-Day.

19. Q. Before Pearl Harbor, what did Americans feel about the war?
      A. Isolationists, most Americans did not want to get involved?

20. Q. The Nisei were of what ethinicity?
      A. Japanese Americans.

21. Q. The last military offensive by the ***** was called?
      A.  The battle of the bulge.