Life on the Home Front
Pushing the Axis Back
The Third Reich Collapses
Japan is Defeated/End of War
100
Gardens planted to produce more food for the war effort
What are Victory Gardens
100
code name for the invasion of France
What is D-Day (or Operation Overlord)
100
Dirt walls, several feet thick, that were covered in shrubbery and surrounded many fields in Normandy
What are Hedgerows
100
Where American military planners decide to invade so B-29s could be refueled, and be closer to Japan than previously with the Mariana Islands
Where is Iwo Jima
200
Symbol of the campaign to hire women during the wartime labor shortage
What is Rosie the Riveter
200
On June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000 soldiers set sail for this coast
Where is Normandy
200
An amphibious tractor invented in the late 1930s to rescue people in the Florida swamps
What is a DUKW
200
Where American military planners choose to invade in order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan
Where is Okinawa
300
Created in 1939 to stabilize both wages and prices
What is the O.P.A Office of Price Administration
300
The bombing campaign between January 1943 and May 1945 created a massive shortage in Germany's supply of ________
What is oil.
300
The German’s goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming from this port
Where is Antwerp, Belgium
300
Code name for Atomic Bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima
What is little boy
400
To help farmers in the Southwest overcome the labor shortage, the government introduced this program
What is the Bracero Program
400
Where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet in 1944 to discuss offensive strikes
What is Tehran, Iran
400
One part of the American plan for the defeat of Axis Powers called for General MacArthur’s troops to retake this island
Where is the Philippines.
400
Faced with the massive destruction caused by the atomic bombs and the shock of the Soviets joining the war, the Japanese emperor ordered his government to surrender on this date (known as V-J Day)
What is August 15, 1945
500
Why did racism increase in the U.S. during the war
What is African Americans resumed the Great Migration. Hostility towards Mexican-American teens (zoot suits). After Pearl Harbor many Americans showed hatred towards Japanese-Americans (later sent to internment camps)
500
Who was the commander of the invasion in Normandy?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
Reason why American victory at the Battle of the Bulge was so devastating to the Germans.
What is The Germans suffered more than 100,000 casualties and lost many tanks and aircraft. There was little left to prevent the Allies from entering Germany. American forces attacked Germany’s western border.
500
This was decided at the Dumbarton Oaks conference regarding the United Nations?
What is The delegates decided to have a General Assembly, where each member nation would have one vote. Britain, France, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States would be permanent members of the Security Council, each having veto power.
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