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Learn how the cost-plus system and efficient production methods helped speed up war production in World War II. Explore significant objectives, such as Iwo Jima, Tokyo bombings, relocation of Japanese Americans, and more.
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Question 1 - 10 How did the cost- plus system speed up war production?
Answer 1 – 10 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.
Question 1 - 20 Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?
Answer 1 – 20 They were assembled from prefabricated parts and welded rather than riveted.
Question 1 - 30 The purpose of Liberty and Victory bonds was to..?
Answer 1 – 30 Lend the government money to pay for the war.
Question 1 - 40 During WW II, families had to get books of stamps each month as part of ?
Answer 1 – 40 Rationing goods
Question 1 - 50 The Allies placed inflated rubber tanks, empty tents and dummy landing craft along the coast of Britain to convince the Germans that?
Answer 1 – 50 The Allies planned to land their invasion forces at Calais rather than Normandy
Question 2 - 10 Why was Iwo Jima an important objective for the American military?
Answer 2 – 10 U.S. planes could more effectively bomb Japan from there.
Question 2 - 20 The U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with what substance?
Answer 2 – 20 Napalm
Question 2 - 30 What American industry was particularly efficient in producing 1/3 of all military supplies during WW II? The “Arsenal of Democracy”
Answer 2 – 30 Detroit’s automobile industry
Question 2 - 40 The atrocities of the “Bataan Death March” occurred where?
Answer 2 – 40 The Philippines
Question 2 - 50 In the case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was?
Answer 2 – 50 Constitutional because it is based on military urgency and the possible threat of invasion.
Question 3 - 10 V-J Day is to Japan as ____ is to Germany?
Answer 3 – 10 V-E Day
Question 3 - 20 Who were the “Code Talkers?”
Answer 3 – 20 Navajo Native Americans serving in WWII.
Question 3 - 30 What were WAC’s, WAVES and WOW’s?
Answer 3 – 30 Women serving/working during WWII.
Question 3 - 40 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)?
Answer 3 – 40 Many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps.
Question 3 - 50 What was the “Double V” campaign?
Answer 3 – 50 Victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and victory over racism at home.
Question 4 - 10 What were the two theatres of action in WWII?
Answer 4 – 10 European and Pacific
Question 4 - 20 • 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.
Question 4 - 30 In 1942, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to attack the edges of the German empire (North Africa) because they believed that?
Answer 4 – 30 They were not ready or experienced enough to launch a full-scale invasion of Europe.
Question 4 - 40 At the Tehran Conference, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to take which action against Germany after they won the War?
Answer 4 – 40 Divide Germany so it could not start another world war.
Question 4 - 50 What was the secret American program to build an atomic bomb called?
Answer 4 – 50 The Manhattan Project
Question 5 - 10 What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
Answer 5 – 10 Punish Nazi leaders for crimes committed during the war.
Question 5 - 20 Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Answer 5 – 20 The campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war.
Question 5 - 30 What was the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb named?
Answer 5 – 30 The Enola Gay
Question 5 - 40 Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
Answer 5 – 40 Hiroshima
