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Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
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What do we call the day when Japan surrendered?
VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day)
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Why were the Tuskegee Airman unique?
They were pilots who were African American
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Why was NATO created?
To stop the spread communism
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Who was the United States president at the end of WWII?
Harry S.Truman
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What do we call the day when Germany surrendered?
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
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The Holocaust was an important event in history. What happened during this event?
Jewish people were forced to live in concentration camps and 6 million of them were killed.
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Who instilled fear of communism in Americans?
Joseph McCarthy
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Who was the Emperor of Japan during WWII?
Hirohito
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In 1944, the allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. This day is known as.....
D-Day
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a battle took place at Iwo Jima. What did the U.S soldiers do after the battle ended?
Raised an American flag because almost every Japanese soldier was killed.
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What event was the closest the world came to a nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain who gave a speech about the "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
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Why did Franklin Roosevelt declare war on Japan?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
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How did the allies provide vital supplies to the people trapped in Berlin by the Soviet Union?
Berlin Airlift - Flew their planes over and dropped suupplies
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What events and organization did the United States get involved with to stop the spread of communism?
Vietnam War, Korean War, NATO
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Khrushchev
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Harry S. Truman wanted to save American lives. He decided to attack Japan. What did he decide to do? (need to know the cities as well)
Used an Atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Why did Germany and Japan invade Asian countries?
To gain more territory and become more powerful
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How did industries change in the U.S. to meet the needs of the armed forces?
The government hired businesses to make supplies, some companies changed from making consumer goods to military supplies, U.S made more military supplies than any other country.
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