Before US involvement in WWII
What event prompted FDR to ask Congress to help the Allies?
Germany invaded Poland
Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
Give 2 reasons.
Strategic Navel Base on US soil.
The US embargoed oil and steel.
What countries were Allies?
Great Britain
France
Later Russia
What does rationing mean?
preserving or using set amounts of something. No wasting. Making donations.
All to make sure soldiers have what they need.
This allowed the US to supply Great Britain with the intention of getting "getting it back".
Lend-Lease
The ultimate goal of Island hopping in the Pacific was to get to _________ and end the war.
Japan
What country was created because of the Holocaust?
Israel
Giving the government money to fund the war with the promise of getting paid in full plus some is a what?
War bond
Cash and Carry
What ended the war in the Pacific and WWII as a whole?
Dropping the atomic bombs.
Why is Normandy a turning point in the war?
Set up the Allies to push the Germans back to Germany.
Who was the famous female that was in most propaganda posters encouraging women to work in factories?
Rosie Riveter
The Treaty of Versailles after WWI set the stage for what event?
WWII
The treaty severally weakened German, Hitler uses German hatred for it to gain power.
What was the reason Truman gave for using the Atomic bombs?
End the war quickly and have less casualties.
Were Americans happy about harboring Jews in American?
No. They did not want to be involved at all in the war.
Describe the Internment camps.
Fenced in, guarded with weapons, strict, no money, can't leave, lost almost everything, for Japanese Americans.
What leads to the US's involvement in WWII? MUST BE A SPECIFIC DATE
Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
What was the reason given for putting Japanese Americans in Internment Camps?
National security
This war front helped the allies take the Mediterranean and Italy from Axis control and surround Germany from the South.
North African
What got America out of the Great Depression?
WWII