Vocabulary Set 1
The second leader for the United States during WWII.
Who was Harry Truman?
One of the causes of WWII (High Prices).
What was high inflation?
This was the first leader for the US during WWII.
Who was Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)?
This happened on Sept. 1, 1939 (start of WWII).
What was Blitzkrieg (Invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Union?
The turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
The symbol for women who worked during WWII.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
A political philosophy when a dictator has total control over a country.
What is Fascism?
Leader for Canada and Great Britain during WWII.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Germany bombed London.
What was the Battle of Great Britain?
The liberation that began for Western Europe on June 6, 1944.
What was D-Day?
Japanese suicide pilots
What were Kamikazes?
This leader led Germany during WWII.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
US loans out weapons in exchange for bases in the Bermuda and the Caribbean.
What is the Lend and Lease Act?
US drops first bomb on this city on August 6, 1945 to end the war in the Pacific.
What was Hiroshima?
THe hatred of people who were Jewish.
What was Anti-Semitism?
This leader led Japan during WWII.
Who was Hideki Tojo?
First step in US Involvement for WWII.
What is isolationism?
The event that took place on December 7, 1941.
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
US drops second bomb on this city on August 9, 1945 to end the war in the Pacific.
What was Nagasaki?
The deliberate extermination of European Jews and other civilization.
What was the Holocaust?
This person led Italy during WWII.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
The last step for US Involvement in WWII.
What is fULL involvement in WWII?
The turning point of the war in the Pacific.
What was the Battle of Midway?
This event was third out of the following:
Battle of Midway,Germany invaded Poland,Battle of Britain
What is the Battle of Midway?