Am. Hist. 1
This group worked in manufacturing jobs during WWII.
Who were the women.
Which countries made up the Allied nations.
Who was Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union.
Who made up the Axis powers?
Who was Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who warned FDR about Germans plans to make an atomic bomb?
Who was Albert Einstein.
This helped ensure goods for the Allied troops. It also encouraged the American consumers to only buy a certain number of goods.
What is rationing.
These laws prevented Jewish people from being a part of society and denied them German citizenship.
What were the Nuremberg laws.
The Japanese were placed in what type of camp in the United States.
What were internment camps. Some had to register as enemy aliens.
How did Britain, U.S. and France respond to the Germans?
Along with the League of Nations, Britain and France criticized German aggression but did nothing to stop it. U.S. took the isolationists response.
Where were many of the concentration camps located?
Who was the American general that helped plan D-day?
Who was General Eisenhower along with other experienced generals.
Explain how the Germans had to fight a two front war?
Conference between Stalin (USSR), Truman (US) and Great Britain. It divided Germany into the West (rebuilt by U.S. and Great Britain) and East (controlled by the USSR). Truman did not trust Stalin to allow for free elections. Note: be familiar with the photo on pg. 456.
This country needed natural resources to help build its empire; therefore, it attacked pacific island countries.
Who was Japan.
Why did Truman decide to use the Atomic bomb against Japan?
To limit the number of American casualties.
This act led to the cash-carry policy where Great Britain purchased goods with cash from America and carried them on British ships.
What was the Neutrality Act. FDR and his supporters thought we should aid the Allied nations. While isolationists thought we should remain neutral.
What is propaganda?
It is the ability to use social media to manipulate people's opinions.