“JEOPARDY”

World War II

Egocentric Men

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Say What? There was

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Topic 1: 1 point

Succeeded FDR as president.

Who was Harry S. Truman

Topic 1: 2 points

Became dictator of his country after aid from Italy and Germany.

Who was Francisco Franco

Topic 1: 3 points

Lead scientist of the Manhattan Project.

Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer

Topic 1: 4 points

Supreme Allied Commander stationed in Europe most of the war.

Also believed that dropping the BOMB was not necessary to defeat Japan

Who was General Dwight D.

Eisenhower

Topic 1: 5 points

Sued the US Government over the legality of the internment of Japanese Americans.

Who was Korematsu

Topic 2: 1 point

Agreed to the Munich Pact or appeasement act which turned out to be a vital mistake.

Who was Great Britain and France

Topic 2: 2 points

Was silly enough to sign a non-aggression pact with Hitler only later to be invaded by Hitler

Who was Joseph Stalin and USSR

Topic 2: 3 points

Chose not to get involved in the war until they were hit directly.

Who was the United States of America

Topic 2: 4 points

Why was Hitler was not a very good historian.

He split his army and fought on two

fronts.

Topic 2: 5 points

Organization responsible for the oversight of the war efforts here at home.

What was the War Production Board

Topic 3: 1 point

The number of men who volunteered to go to war after the US entered the war.

What was 5 million

Topic 3: 2 points

The policy to support countries whose defense was vital to the US.

What was the Lend-Lease Act

Topic 3: 3 points

The organization set up to get women to volunteer in non-combat positions

What was the Women’s Auxiliary

Army Corps

Topic 3: 4 points

The executive decision to detain Japanese Americans and those who may act in espionage or sabotage against the United States

What was Executive Order 9066

Topic 3: 5 points

Systematic destruction or over 6 million Jewish people and 11 million total

What is the Holocaust

Topic 4: 1 point

The first meeting to discuss what to do with Germany at the end of the war…

What was the Yalta Conference

Topic 4: 2 points

Group of Americans who had very little to fight for and in which the war was more hypocritical than anything

Who were African Americans

Topic 4: 3 points

The American President responsible for dropping the atomic bomb

Who was Harry S. Truman

Topic 4: 4 points

What happened Dec. 7, 1941

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

Topic 4: 5 points

Members that attended the Yalta Conference in Feb. 1945

Who were, Stalin, Roosevelt and

Churchill

Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!