This is Jeopardy Test Review Lets Play Jeopardy

This is Jeopardy! Test Review Lets Play!

Jeopardy (Round 1) Isolationist US European Affairs War in the Pacific The Home Front Misc. 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Final Jeopardy How did President Truman justify dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

He said that by ending the war early, he would be saving many American lives.

Isolationist US (100) These Acts made it illegal for the US to sell arms to any country that is at war with another.

The Neutrality Acts of 1937 and 1939.

Isolationist US (200) This program lent supplies to countries fighting the axis powers.

The Lend-Lease Program.

Isolationist US (300) At first, why did the US only allow allied forces to purchase goods on a “cash and carry” basis?

They did not want to end up in another war.

Isolationist US (400) The United States provided Great Britain destroyers in exchange for what?

Bases in British territory.

Isolationist US (500) What is meant by the term “arsenal of democracy. ”

The United States is physically prepared to go to war.

European Affairs (100) These countries composed the Axis Powers.

Japan, Germany, and Italy.

European Affairs (200) This is the code name for the Invasion for Normandy by the Allied forces.

Operation Overlord or DDay.

European Affairs (300) This battle marked the last major German offensive.

The Battle of the Bulge.

European Affairs (400) Why was Stalin angry with Britain and the U. S. prior to 1944?

Failure of Allied forces to help defend Soviet territory.

European Affairs (500) After the campaign in North Africa, where did the Allies turn their attention next?

Sicily/ Italy.

The War in the Pacific (100) This event caused the immediate entry of the US into WWII.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

War in the Pacific (200) This is the tragedy when over 76, 000 Allied soldiers were forced to march 65 miles without food or water. Over 5, 000 Americans died.

The Bataan death march.

War in the Pacific (300) This battle marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific when American forces crippled the Japanese Navy.

The battle of Midway.

War in the Pacific (400) These Native Americans were used as “ code talkers” and help win the war in the Pacific.

The Navajo.

War in the Pacific (500) He is the Commander of U. S. Naval forces in the Pacific.

Admiral Chester Nimitz.

The Home front (100) What far reaching economic effect did WWII have on the United States?

It catapulted the U. S. out of the Great Depression.

The Home Front (200) Where did the U. S. experience the most industrial growth during WWII?

California and the South.

The Home Front (300) What was the purpose of the Fair Employment Practices Commission?

To ensure that there was no discrimination in hiring in defense plants during the war.

The Home Front (400) This government agency converted consumer factories into defense plants.

The War Production Board.

The Home Front (500) This Supreme Court Case held that the Internment of Japanese Americans was constitutional because it was a matter of National security.

Korematsu v. The United States.

Misc. (100) These African American fighter pilots played an important role in the fight for North Africa and Italy; making pivotal strides for segregation and racism.

The Tuskegee Airmen.

Misc. (200) What was the Manhattan Project?

The project designed to develop the atomic bomb.

Misc. (300) These were the trials held to prosecute the men accused of war crimes throughout WWII.

The Nuremburg Trials.

Daily Double

Misc. (400) Who were the “big three” at the Yalta Conference?

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.

Misc. (500) How old is Mr. Chance? This American General led American troops in North Africa, Italy, and to the liberation of Paris.

General George S. Patton.

I hope you study.