Mobilizing for War
This event, which happened on December 7th, 1941 that brought the United States into World War II?
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
This was created because demand for raw materials and supplies were in short supply.
What is rationing?
Two world leaders who met at the Casablanca Conference and agreed to step up the bombing of Germany.
Who are Roosevelt and Churchill?
A kind of jellied gasoline used to set flammable objects on fire.
These ships were welded instead of the traditional way of riveting the ships together. These ships were the basic cargo ships used in World War II.
What is Liberty Ship?
The edge of something such as an empire and piece of land.
What is periphery?
Gardens produced during World War II to produce more food for the war.
What are victory gardens?
Operation Overlord was the code name for what?
What is the D-Day Invasion or Invasion of Normandy?
Dirt walls, several feet thick, covered in shrubbery were used by German soldiers as a defense.
What are Hedgerows?
African American fighter pilots, sent to the Mediterranean in 1943 who played an important role during the Battle of Anzio in Italy.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Battle began on June 2, 1942. Changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. After this battle Japan would not go on the offensive again.
What is the Battle of Midway?
Group affected by violence within the United States due to suspicion and intolerance or because they wore Zoot-suits?
What are African Americans or Mexican Americans?
Military strategy used by the United States Navy in the battle of the Pacific. This strategy was used so that the United States did not have to take over every Japanese outpost.
What is Island hopping?
Codename of the secret project to build the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
Group of people added to the Navy beginning in May of 1942.
What are women?
Commander and Chief of the U.S. Navy.
Who is Admiral Ernest King?
Women were allowed to work in factories for the very first time even if they were what?
What is married?
Tons of explosives dropped the 8th Army Air Force dropped on Germany per month.
What is 53,000 tons?
One of two countries who decided not to remain neutral during World War II although initially that were neutral.
What are Greece or Egypt?
Approximately 30,000 of these were produced in by the United States in 1943.
What are tanks?
How did the Allies win the Battle of the Atlantic?
The lights from eastern cities at night made ships easy targets for what?
What are German submarines?
The Gilbert Islands was the first major battle in the Pacific between what two nations?
Who are the United States and Japan
Percentage of those killed in World War II who were civilians.
What is 54%?