Terms
A book containing tickets purchasing certain mounts of rationed goods during wartime.
Ration Booklet
The emperor of Japan
Hirohito
World War II ended in the Pacific when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on this city.
Nagasaki
The president of the U.S. when the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan.
Truman
A bomb made by splitting atoms, causing great destruction.
Atomic bomb
the Prime Minister of Britain
Winston Churchill
Before WWII, most European countries tried to remain this.
Democracies
He led a campaign to free the Philippines and advance on Japan.
Douglas MacArthur
atoll
He led the Nationalist Party in China
Chiang Kai-shek
This was the killing of many Jews by the Nazis during WWII.
Holocaust
He commanded American Forces at Midway.
Chester Nimitz
a government order that bans all or some trade with another country
embargo
The leader of the Communists in China
Mao Zedong
Germany, Italy and Japan named themselves this.
Axis Powers
He commanded American progress in North Africa and then Sicily.
George Patton
a military strategy used in World War II in an effort to move closer to Japan's main islands
island hopping
The leader of the Allied Forces in Western Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress tried to keep America out of the war by passing several bills called this.
Neutrality Acts
They worked in factories when men were fighting in WWII.
Women and older men