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| What was the primary strategy in Allied fighting in the Pacific? | Island hopping |
| Why were Allied naval victories at guadalcanal and Leyte Gulf critical? | Because Japan was unable to replace its losses of men or equipment. |
| Rosenthal's famous photo of marines raising a U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi was taken where? | Iwo Jima |
| Why were Casablance, Yalta, and Potsdam famous? | They were the sites of famous war conferences among Allied leaders(the Big Three). |
| Wht was the MAIN justification for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki? | It saved countless American lives. |
| Who was responsible for the fial decision to drop the atomic bomb? | President Harry S Truman |
| Who was responsible for the japanese decision to surrender? | Emperor Hirohito |
| In what way did American women have a different war experience than their mothers in WWI? | They enlisted in the army and Navy medical corps |
| After the war ended, what percentage of women stayed on in the workplace? | 40% |
| What are two characteristics of most Negroes in the armed forces in WW2? | They did manual jobs in segregated units. |
| What future baseball Hall of Famer was court-martialed for refusing to sit in the back of an Army bus? | Jackie Robinson |
| What was the result of Hitler's "final solution"? | 6 million Jews along with 6 million others died in concentration camps |
| What breakthrough enabled Admiral nimitz to ambush the japanese fleet and achieve victory at Midway? | Cracking the Japanese Purple code |
| What Native American group proved criticical as communications corpsmen in the Pacific island fighting? | The Navajo code talkers |
| Who was the American Army Commander in the Pacific who promised the captured troops in the Philippines - "I shall return"? | Douglas MacArthur |
| Later in the war, how did pilot training in Japan change to reflect poorer training and aircraft? | Development of kamikaze "divine wind" attacks |
| Where did the Japanese sign surrender papers ? | Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri |
| What locations were bombed atomically? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| What two superpowers remained after WW2? | USA and USSR |
| What synthetic fibers were created during WW2? | nylon, dacron, polyester |
| What medical advances were used in WW2? | Antibiotics (penicillin) and blood plasma |
| What mechanical achievements were developed in WW2? | Air conditioning and computers |
| How did Westerners feel about human progress after WW2? | Their faith was shaken due to the Holocaust and the Atom Bomb. |
| What scientist was chief of the Manhattan Project? | Robert Oppenheimer |
