AMH 2020 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Presidents form FDR to the Present - correct answer ✔✔1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Harry S. Truman
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. John F. Kennedy
6. Lyndon B. Johnson
7. Richard Nixon
8. Gerald Ford
9. Jimmy Carter
10. Ronald Reagan
11. George W. H. Bush
12. Bill Clinton
13. George W. Bush
14. Barrack Obama
Pearl Harbor - correct answer ✔✔December 7, 1941; Japanese attack on America; reason for US entry
into WWII
Doolittle Raid - correct answer ✔✔A mission designed as a direct retaliation to Pearl Harbor that
bombed the heart of Tokyo, changed Japanese strategies, expanded the boarder
Chester W. Nimitz - correct answer ✔✔Leader in WW2 Admiral of the US Pacific fleet became famous at
battle of midway
Battle of the Coral Sea - correct answer ✔✔World War II Pacific battle; United States and Japanese forces
fought to a standoff, U.S. lost the Luxington,
, Battle of Midway - correct answer ✔✔nothing island North West of Hawaii, U.S. Navy scout planes
stationed, look out post, Japan plans to attack Midway with carriers, Japan: lost 4 carriers, U.S.: lost 1
carrier, pilot;
U.S victory over Japanese off Midway Island that proved to be the turning point of the war
Battle of Guadalcanal - correct answer ✔✔first major offensive by Allies; land, air, and sea attacks; US
defeats Japan; Japanese captured, 80 miles by 25 miles, 2,000 Japanese defenders, August 7, 1942: 31
hours to take it, 1,900 men, 6,300 Americans killed to hold and take the island, 24,000 Japanese killed
Island Hopping - correct answer ✔✔not taking every island, only hitting strategic islands
Admiral William Halsey - correct answer ✔✔Navy and Marines follow Central Pacific line (Hawaii-Japan)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur - correct answer ✔✔commanded U.S. forces in the Pacific region and
attempted to defend the colony; recaptured Philippines
Iwo Jima - correct answer ✔✔defensive base for Japanese, 21,000 men, volcanic island, attack: 1) pound
Iwo Jima- 75 days, Feb 19, 1935 30,000 troops on Iwo Jima, 6,800 Marines and Navy medics killed, 2
congressional medals 21,000 Japanese deaths
Okinawa - correct answer ✔✔invasion of Japanese home islands launched from, were 135,000 dead
Japanese, 100,000 civilian deaths. 12,000 U.S. deaths
Kamiaze - correct answer ✔✔suicide attacks, kill as many Americans as they can
Harry S. Truman - correct answer ✔✔33rd President, WW1 veteran, never met Roosevelt
Manhattan Project - correct answer ✔✔Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce
the atomic bomb; built 3, tested one in Nevada, going to drop it on Japan, Army wanted to drop it on a
major Japanese city, Marines wanted to drop it on the invasion sight
Enola Gray - correct answer ✔✔Aug 6, 1929 dropped bomb on Hiroshima, 100,000 people killed out of
340,000
Presidents form FDR to the Present - correct answer ✔✔1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Harry S. Truman
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. John F. Kennedy
6. Lyndon B. Johnson
7. Richard Nixon
8. Gerald Ford
9. Jimmy Carter
10. Ronald Reagan
11. George W. H. Bush
12. Bill Clinton
13. George W. Bush
14. Barrack Obama
Pearl Harbor - correct answer ✔✔December 7, 1941; Japanese attack on America; reason for US entry
into WWII
Doolittle Raid - correct answer ✔✔A mission designed as a direct retaliation to Pearl Harbor that
bombed the heart of Tokyo, changed Japanese strategies, expanded the boarder
Chester W. Nimitz - correct answer ✔✔Leader in WW2 Admiral of the US Pacific fleet became famous at
battle of midway
Battle of the Coral Sea - correct answer ✔✔World War II Pacific battle; United States and Japanese forces
fought to a standoff, U.S. lost the Luxington,
, Battle of Midway - correct answer ✔✔nothing island North West of Hawaii, U.S. Navy scout planes
stationed, look out post, Japan plans to attack Midway with carriers, Japan: lost 4 carriers, U.S.: lost 1
carrier, pilot;
U.S victory over Japanese off Midway Island that proved to be the turning point of the war
Battle of Guadalcanal - correct answer ✔✔first major offensive by Allies; land, air, and sea attacks; US
defeats Japan; Japanese captured, 80 miles by 25 miles, 2,000 Japanese defenders, August 7, 1942: 31
hours to take it, 1,900 men, 6,300 Americans killed to hold and take the island, 24,000 Japanese killed
Island Hopping - correct answer ✔✔not taking every island, only hitting strategic islands
Admiral William Halsey - correct answer ✔✔Navy and Marines follow Central Pacific line (Hawaii-Japan)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur - correct answer ✔✔commanded U.S. forces in the Pacific region and
attempted to defend the colony; recaptured Philippines
Iwo Jima - correct answer ✔✔defensive base for Japanese, 21,000 men, volcanic island, attack: 1) pound
Iwo Jima- 75 days, Feb 19, 1935 30,000 troops on Iwo Jima, 6,800 Marines and Navy medics killed, 2
congressional medals 21,000 Japanese deaths
Okinawa - correct answer ✔✔invasion of Japanese home islands launched from, were 135,000 dead
Japanese, 100,000 civilian deaths. 12,000 U.S. deaths
Kamiaze - correct answer ✔✔suicide attacks, kill as many Americans as they can
Harry S. Truman - correct answer ✔✔33rd President, WW1 veteran, never met Roosevelt
Manhattan Project - correct answer ✔✔Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce
the atomic bomb; built 3, tested one in Nevada, going to drop it on Japan, Army wanted to drop it on a
major Japanese city, Marines wanted to drop it on the invasion sight
Enola Gray - correct answer ✔✔Aug 6, 1929 dropped bomb on Hiroshima, 100,000 people killed out of
340,000
