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200

This attack led to the United States entering the war

Pearl Harbor 

200
The leader of Germany during the war

Adolf Hitler

200

As a result of the war, this went down due to new jobs that were created to build war materials 

Unemployment

200

Factories in the United States switched to producing these materials instead of their normal products

War materials

200

Adolf Hitler blamed the problems of Germany on this group. 

Jewish People 

400

This was the invasion of Normandy 

D-Day 

400

This man was the president for most of World War 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400
Posters like Rosie the Riveter and cartoons like the ones we watched in class are examples of this, which was used to help convince people to support the war

Propaganda

400

US citizens of this ancestry were forced into internment camps due to the thought that they were spies

Japanese

400

This was a name for the strategy that was used in the Pacific against the Japanese, where we would pick and choose which islands to go to on our way to Japan 

Island hopping

600

This is why D-Day was important

It opened up two fronts of the war

600

This president dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

Harry Truman 

600

This strategy was used in order to save materials for the soldiers

Rationing

600

"A date which will live in...."

Infamy 

600

This was the project to develop an atomic bomb

Manhattan Project

800

These trials were held after the war to hold the Nazis responsible for their crimes

Nuremberg Trials 

800

This man sued the US government to be released from an internment camp

Fred Korematsu

800
The US sold weapons to allied countries under this plan

Lend-Lease, Cash and Carry 

800

True or False: The US had knowledge of the Holocaust and did everything they possibly could to stop it 

False
800

The treaty of Versailles blamed this country for WW1 and punished them harshly, helping lead to WW2

Germany 

1000
Why did the United States decide to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

To prevent deaths, to demonstrate the power of the bomb, to end the war quicker

1000

This group of native Americans created coded messages used against the Japanese

Navajo 

1000
Many people in the US believed that we should not want to be part of this war, wanting to stay 

Neutral 

1000

This number of Jewish people died in the Holocaust

6 million
1000

This ideology was used by Germany and Italy. It is where an absolute ruler is glorified by the people. 

Fascism

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