Lead Up to War
What countries were invaded by Italy (1935) and Japan (1937)
Ethiopia and China
After WWI, what was the popular American policy of staying out of world events?
Isolationism
In 1940, Japan officially joined Germany and Italy to form this alliance.
Axis Powers
This group stepped up to fill jobs at home left open by men going to war, and also worked in factories to build war supplies. They also worked as nurses, pilots, weather forecasters, etc.
Women
The Big Three decided to focus on Northern Africa first because they needed what?
More time to organize supplies, troops, etc.
What country did Germany annex first?
Austria
What 1930s laws banned the sale of weapons or lending of money to warring nations?
The Neutrality Acts
What military strategy, meaning "lightning war," did Germany use to overwhelm Poland in 1939?
Blitzkrieg
The war cost about $321 billion dollars. What were the two primary ways they funded it?
War Bonds, Taxes (Revenue Act of 1942)
U.S. supply ships traveling across the Atlantic to Europe were attacked by __________? Their solution was to produce more ___________ to protect the supply ships.
Submarines/U-boats, Warships
What policy led to the UK and France giving part of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Appeasement
In 1937 the U.S. banned all trade to Japan. This stopped the selling of oil, steel, and iron to Japan - things they needed to wage war.
Embargo Against Japan
In September 1939, after Germany invaded Poland from the west, which nation invaded Poland from the east to claim their portion of the country?
Soviet Union
This major medical breakthrough prevented infections on the battlefield
penicillin
Who successfully commanded the Allied forces in Northern Africa and was successful in getting the German and Italian forces to surrender and leave Africa?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the purpose of the pact signed between Germany and the Soviet Union?
Neither would attack the other, allowing their border to stay safe
Passed in March 1941, what act allowed the president to lend or lease war materials to any nation whose defense was deemed vital to U.S. security?
The Lend-Lease Act
In June 1940, which major Allied nation fell to the Germans, resulting in the creation of a puppet government?
France
This scientist lead the Manhattan Project
When Eisenhower first entered Italy, where did he first fight the Axis forces?
Sicily
Germany invaded Poland causing UK and France to declare war
What group had more than 800,000 members in 1940 and believed only way to keep U.S. safe was to stay out of war entirely
American First Committee
When did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen?
December 1941
What were two ways regular citizens volunteered during the war?
Recycling drives, Victory Gardens, working with the Office of Civilian Defense (trained citizens for air raids, worked as aircraft spotters, nurses aids, etc.)
Approximately how long after the capture of Rome did it take before all the German troops in Italy surrendered?