U.S. Neutrality
This allowed for the sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the U.S.
Lend-Lease Act
These were detention centers where more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were relocated during World War II by order of the President
Interment Camps
These were Native Americans who used their own language to make a code for the U.S. military that the Japanese could not decipher
Navajo Code Talkers
Name BOTH cities in which the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on
1. Hiroshima
2. Nagasaki
This was a new industrial region in southern California and the Deep South, developing during World War II
Sunbelt
This law passed by Congress allowed a nation at war to purchase goods and arms in U.S. as long as they paid cash and carried merchandise on their own ships
Cash and Carry Policy
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
12/7/1941
This was the turning point in the Pacific between the U.S. and Japan
Battle of Midway
He became President when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb
Harry Truman
This was the immediate retaliatory attack by American bombers after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Doolittle Raid
These are materials needed for fighting a war
Strategic Materials
This was a government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed percentage
Cost-Plus Contract
This was an African American squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe during World War II
Tuskegee Airmen
This was a secret U.S. project name for the construction of the atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
Motto that pushed for victory over Hitler's racism abroad and racism at home (USA)
Pushing for "Double V"
These laws were passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents?
Neutrality Acts
This was established by the government to promote patriotism and help keep Americans united behind the war effort.
Office of War Information (OWI)
These were amphibious tractor used to move troops from ships to shore
Amphtrac
This is a highly flammable chemical dropped from U.S. planes in firebombing attacks
Napalm
This was the last major offensive by the Germans in Europe that failed and ultimately lead to V-E Day?
Battle of the Bulge
This is a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity?
Internationalism
American industrialist who won a government contract to build "Liberty Ships" using prefabricated parts
Henry Kaiser
The U.S. commander of the Pacific Fleet during WWII who directed the U.S. victories at Midway, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa
Admiral Chester Nimitz
This is a military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others
Island Hopping
In 1941 FDR passed this which prohibited discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related work
Executive Order 8802