WWII
Vocabulary
Important dates
Minorities in War
Rulers & Powers
100
This man was the 33rd president of the United States, right after FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt). He wanted to end the war quickly and launched the bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
100
to set free.
What is liberate?
100
Allies including the USA, Great Britain, and Canada invaded Normandy, France which was occupied by the Germans. This was on June 6, 1944.
What was D-Day?
100
An internment camp. (Say what it is.)
Where did they hold Japanese people after the war?
100
The power that took over many countries like Czechoslovakia and Austria. They also believed in fascism. The countries in this power were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
What were the Axis Powers?
200
This was a important date during the war. Hitler broke his promise with _________ and invaded Poland.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
200
A camp Americans put Japanese people in thinking the would be loyal to their country.
What is an internment camp?
200
This was when the Germans surrender. It was on May 8, 1945.
What was V-E Day?
200
This is the enforced separation of whites and other minorities during that time.
What is segregation?
200
He was the dictator of Germany and was called the fuhrer. He was a cruel human being and was responsible for the whole World War.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
300
This was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary when her family was hiding from the Germans.
Who was Anne Frank?
300
A pilot who who commits suicide by crashing a plane into an enemies ships.
What is kamikaze?
300
This was when Japan bombed a naval base in Hawaii. Three US ships where sunk. This happened on December 7, 1941.
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
300
This was a society for women, who were minorities at the time, to help the army like fix airplane motors. It stands for Women's Army Corps.
What was WACS?
300
This power had us included and were against the Axis Powers. The other countries in this power were the Soviet Union, France, & Great Britain. (Also, Canada and Australia were in the power, too, but everybody forgets about them.)
What were the Allied Powers?
400
Daily Double :-) This was a research project that made the Fat Man and Little Boy, the first atomic bombs.
What was the Manhattan Project?
400
To be against Jews.
What is anti-semitism?
400
This was when Japan surrendered. This marked the end of the war. This event happened on September 2, 1945.
What was V-J Day?
400
This was one important job for women during the war. It involves an injured person and the woman drives the man somewhere so he can heal.
What is an ambulance driver?
400
This was the leader of Italy, at the time.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
500
This is like the League of Nations, but it succeeded. (By the way, Lake Success is where it was founded.)
What is the United Nations?
500
The mass shooting of a specific group of people.
What is genocide?
500
This was a devastating event that made one part of Japan a wasteland. This happened on August 6, 1945.
What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
500
Bonus: (You don't have to answer.) This was the famous woman on the "We Can Do It" poster. She quickly became a American icon.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
500
This man was the ruler of Japan and surrendered after the atomic bombs dropped.
Who was Michinomiya Hirohito?
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