US_Ch9_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 9 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper:

1. Why was December 7, 1941 a day which would live in infamy? (A) Japanese flew planes into U.S. sites bringing the U.S. into war (B) turning point battle in the Pacific (C) Japan attacked Pearl Harbor (D) U.S. dropped the A-bomb on Japan ending the war (E) all (F) none

2. Why did Admiral Yamamoto fear all Japan did was awaken the sleeping giant? (A) U.S. had big battleships (B) he knew the industrial ability of the U.S. (C) U.S. would join the war (D) the U.S. has a lot of big people (E) all (F) none

3. Why were the Doolittle Raids effective? (A) crippled Japan’s industry (B) U.S. went to war (C) knocked out Japan’s radar (D) sent a message to Japan that U.S. would fight (E) all (F) none

4. Why was Andrew Jackson Higgins most vital to the U.S. winning the war according to Eisenhower? (A) expert in espionage (B) gave him the plans for D-Day (C) built boats to land on sandy beaches in Europe and Pacific (D) built Liberty Ships (E) all (F) none

5. Which site in PA was a target of the Nazis since it was essential in shipping war goods? (A) Johnstown mills (B) Pittsburgh mills (C) Butler due to jeeps (D) Horseshoe Curve (E) all (F) none

6. Women working in factories was symbolized by - the ---

7. What happened to Japanese-Americans due to Executive Order 9066? (A) put in relocation camps (B) hired as code talkers (C) had Double V Campaign (D) spied for Japan (E) all (F) none

8. Why was the Battle of the Atlantic a vital part of the war? (A) it was the turning point (B) U.S. industry could only be useful if the Allies could control the Transatlantic trade against U-boats (C) it had key Japanese bases (D) it wasn’t important (E) all (F) none

9. Why was El Alamein a turning point battle? (A) Allies got control of the Atlantic (B) Allies could invade Europe (C) Allies gained control of North Africa (D) it wasn’t (E) all (F) none

10. What began on June 6, 1944? (A) Allies plan to get an A-bomb (B) Victory in Europe (C) Germany surrendered (D) D-Day cross-channel invasions of Normandy (E) all (F) none

11. Who planned these invasions?

12. Where did the Allies agree on the Declaration on Liberated Europe and to form the postwar United Nations? (A) Tehran (B) Yalta (C) Arcadia (D) Potsdam (E) all (F) none

13. The Declaration on Liberated Europe agreed to form governments with democratic principles. How was this violated after the war? (A) Former Nazis tried to re-establish control (B) China tried to take Japan (C) Stalin set up communism in Eastern Europe (D) it wasn’t

14. Which battle was the turning point in the Pacific?

15. What was the Allied strategy developed by Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur of taking some Japanese controlled bases and bypassing others?

16. What cities did the U.S. drop the A-bombs? - and

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">17. Why was this a good decision?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">18. Why was Los Alamos, NM significant (A) U.S. worked on A-bomb on Manhattan Project (B) U.S. planned war strategy (C) where sleeping giant woke up (D) command post (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">19. How did Eugenics impact the Holocaust?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">20. Why was Oskar Schindler a patriot?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">21. Why was Dietrich Bonhoeffer a patriot?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">22. What took place at Nuremberg? (A) Nazi surrender (B) Japanese surrender (C) trials of Nazi war criminals (D) location of A-bomb lab (E) all (F) none

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