Ch.23 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

#42 On which island in the Solomon Islands did the Americans stop the Japanese from building a strategic airfield?

Guadalcanal

#41 Name one things that the civilians of the US did to help the war effort?

rationed food, joined the Red Cross, planted victory gardens

#40 Which conference did Truman warn Japan to surrender or be destroyed?

Potsdam

#39 On which island was the most famous picture of WW2 taken? The one with the Marine Corps men hoisting the flag up; One of the costliest battles of the Pacific.

Iwo Jima

#38 What happened on December 7, 1941?

the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

#37 Who said, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date that will live infamy..."?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

#36 Who said to the Filipinos, "I shall return."

General Douglas MacArthur

#35 When Chamberlain gave the Sudentenland to Hitler, what policy was he practicing?

appeasment

#34 When Chamberlain and Hitler met at Munich what was the one piece of land Hitler said he would be satisfied with?

Sudetenland

#33 What group of military men was the only group standing between Hitler's tyranny and the free world?

The British Royal Air Force (RAF)

#32 What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb?

Harry S Truman

#31 What treaty did Hitler totally violate in coming to power?

Treaty of Versailles

#30 Give 2 reasons Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was not smart.

turned his strongest ally (Stalin) against him; bad timing, too close to the awful Russian winter; split his armies up; waged a war of ego against Stalingrad

#29 What was the attitude of most Americans at the beginning of WW2?

isolationist, wanting to stay out of it

#28 What major, month-long battle against Germany happened after D-Day?

The Battle of the Bulge

#27 What may have happened if the atomic bombs were not dropped in WW2?

Many more American and Japanese lives would have been lost, since Japan was known for refusing to surrender.

#26 Where was the first major activity for American troops against Germany?

North Africa

#25 What was basically the only country in Europe not taken by the Axis Powers during WW2?

Great Britain (Switzerland, too, I guess)

#24 What changed in American industries during WW2?

They switched from making goods for home to making war supplies.

#23 Which country was known for refusing to surrender and allowing many of their own, as well as the enemy's, soldiers to die?

Japan

#22 What side was the Soviet Union on at the beginning of WW2?

the Axis Powers (with Germany and Italy)

#21 What is the largest amphibious invasion in history known as?

D-Day

#20 Where did D-Day happen?

Normandy, France

#19 where the 1st atomic bomb was dropped

Hiroshima

#18 harbor where the US navy was severely damaged

Pearl Harbor

#17 (Japanese) pilots who committed suicide in dive bombing the enemy

kamikazes

#16 the term for indulging, or giving someone what they want hoping it will satisfy them, policy toward Hitler at first

appeasement

#15 general that commanded US troops in North Africa and the combined Allied forces on D-Day

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

#14 code name of the atomic bomb program

Manhattan Project

#13 dictator of Italy

Benito Mussolini

#12 the word for "lightning war", the Germans style of invasion early in the war

blitzkrieg

#11 What was the last meeting of the Allies in which FDR and Churchill appeased Stalin in Eastern Europe?

Yalta Conference

#10 What form of government did Mussolini command Italy with?

fascism

#9 What German political party did Hitler bring to power?

Nazi

#8 Which general led the way in "island hopping" in the Pacific towards Japan?

Chester Nimitz

#7 What event pulled America in to WW2?

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

#6 What country was invaded by Germany officially starting WW2?

Poland

#5 A major part of the war in the Pacific involved MacArthur trying to regain what islands?

the Philippines

#4 What Allies country was the only one still standing against Germany in the early part of 1941?

Great Britain (England)

#3 What method for dealing with Latin America was introduced by Hoover and followed by FDR?

the Good Neighbor Policy

#2 What was the date of D-Day? (month, day, and year)

June 6, 1944

#1 Before entering the War, FDR aided the Allies economically by passing what act?

Lend-Lease Act