Why was the capture of Okinawa in 1944 especially crucial to Allied forces

Chapter 25: Homework

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Answer both the Short Answer and the Review Questions; the vocabulary has been provided for you to study. Submit your answers to the dropbox labeled Chapter 25 Homework. I will provide answers to you after your submission for you to use to study. You will be graded on your effort. By submitting the work, you are agreeing that this is your work and you have not worked with another student or copied their work. You may submit up to the deadline but NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Short Answer Questions (these will be the basis for the short answer on the test)

How did Roosevelt attempt to balance American isolationism with the increasingly ominous international scene of the late 1930s? (pp. 908–912)
How did the Roosevelt administration steer the mobilization of human and industrial resources necessary for a two-front war? (pp. 914–921)
Why did Truman elect to use the atomic bomb against Japan? (pp. 935, 939–942)

Homework Review (these questions will be the basis for the multiple choice questions)

Which nation, in an effort to increase its global power, invaded the northern Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931?
Why did Roosevelt fail to support the League of Nations’ attempts to keep the peace by condemning Japanese and German aggression?
What made it possible for dictators to gain and maintain power in Nicaragua and Cuba after implementation of the good neighbor policy?
What was the objective of the Neutrality Act of 1937?
How did the U.S. government respond to the Spanish Civil War?
Who offered Adolf Hitler terms of appeasement in hopes of getting the German dictator to leave Czechoslovakia alone?
What event sparked the beginning of World War II?
What was the significance of the Battle of Britain in 1940?
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
In the Tripartite Pact of 1940, what did Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to do?
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was part of the Japanese plan to do what?
What was the immediate consequence of the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
Why did President Roosevelt authorize the roundup and internment of all Americans of Japanese descent in 1942?
Which group was forced to train in segregated camps, live in segregated barracks, and serve in segregated units during World War II?
How did American labor unions respond to the production demands of World War II?
What happened in the naval battle at Coral Sea in May 1942?
What did the Battle of Midway signal to the American military?
What technological development ultimately led Hitler to withdraw the infamous U-boats from the North Atlantic?
What was the significance of the U.S and British landing in Sicily in July 1943?
How did women who remained at home contribute to the American war effort?
The Double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for ____________________________.
How did President Roosevelt respond to A. Philip Randolph’s plans to organize a march of 100,000 on Washington, D.C., in 1941?
Why did the United States fail to act on reports of Hitler’s genocidal atrocities?
The Allied assault against the German army on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is commonly known as ________________________.
As the Allies closed in on him in December 1944, Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack through Belgium known as _______________________________________.
Who succeeded President Roosevelt in the White House after his death on April 12, 1945?
How did American casualties in Europe in World War II compare to Soviet casualties?
What was demonstrated during the six-month battle to force the withdrawal of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal in February 1943?
Why was the capture of Okinawa in 1944 especially crucial to Allied forces?
Why did the United States drop a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki only three days after the attack on Hiroshima?