This U.S. president asked Congress to declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked this U.S. naval base.
Pearl Harbor
This country is seen to be the country who got the United States involved in WWII.
Japan
A:
The weapon dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
Atomic Bomb
Americans planted these gardens to supplement food supplies during wartime.
Victory Gardens
This president made the final decision to use atomic bombs against Japan in 1945.
Harry S. Truman
This program secretly developed the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
This European country, led by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland in 1939.
Germany
I:
The policy many Americans supported before the United States entered WWII.
Isolationism
This system limited purchases of scarce goods such as gasoline, sugar, and rubber.
Rationing
The name of the Japanese fight pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor
Kamikazis
This speech by FDR described the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Day of Infamy
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed this wartime alliance.
Axis Powers
F: This bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945
Americans purchased these to lend money to the government to help pay for the war.
War Bonds
This woman became a symbol of women working in factories during WWII.
Rosie the Riveter
This term marks the Allied victory in Europe in May 1945.
VE Day
The second city in Japan to be bombed by the US in August of 1945
Nagasaki
E:
The order that led to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Executive Order 9066
This term describes America as it was preparing for war in all different ways.
Mobilization
These Native American servicemen used Indigenous languages to send difficult-to-decipher military messages.
Code Talkers
Japan announced its surrender in August 1945, and the formal surrender documents were signed on this date.
September 2, 1945
This North American country cooperated with the United States to supply temporary agricultural workers.
Mexico
N:
Since Congress favored staying out of the war, they passed this series of legislation saying that the US should not export arms and ammunition and should not supply money to any country at war.
Neutrality Acts
This program brought Mexican workers to the United States to help address wartime labor shortages.
Bracero Program