Question 1

A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military

Accepted Answer

draft

Question 2

Payments for war damage

Accepted Answer

reparations

Question 3

an artificial waterway

Accepted Answer

canal

Question 4

Cruel; harsh; heartless

Accepted Answer

brutal

Question 5

astonishing, overwhelming

Accepted Answer

staggering

Question 6

a small, fast warship

Accepted Answer

destroyer

Question 7

to treat cruelly or harshly because of political, religious, or other differences

Accepted Answer

persecute

Question 8

A limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use.

Accepted Answer

rationing

Question 9

Confinement during wartime.

Accepted Answer

Japanese internment camp

Question 10

United States labor agents recruited thousands of farm and railroad workers from Mexico.

Accepted Answer

bracero program

Question 11

A sudden outburst of uncontrolled emotion such as fear, excitement, etc.

Accepted Answer

hysteria

Question 12

Naval battle (June 1942) pitting the U.S. against Japan, also the turning point in the Pacific.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Midway

Question 13

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

Manhattan Project

Question 14

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945.

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima

Question 15

General in the U. S. Army who helped lead the allies to victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

Accepted Answer

General George Patton

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