This conference was held in Montevideo and was proof that the US would not intervene in Latin American affairs.
What is the Inter-American Conference of 1933?
100
Treaty that was signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan creating an alliance.
What is the Three Power Pact?
100
This area of war is where Operation Barbarossa and the Battle for Stalingrad took place, which was a turning point for the Allies. Very high casualty rates occurred here.
What is the Eastern Front of the European Theatre?
100
Also known as the European Recovery Program, this helped provide economic aid to European countries.
What is the Marshall Plan?
100
This conference, in 1938, is where Roosevelt pleaded with other countries to take Jewish refugees. Only the Dominican Republic and the Philippines offered admittance.
What is the Evian Conference?
200
This conference outlined a plan for peace within the Western hemisphere. All countries agreed to consult one another if a country was attacked.
What is the Conference for the Maintenance of Peace (1936)?
200
This operation was the final negotiations between Japan and the United States. A month later Roosevelt personally pleaded with Japan to preserve peace...one day before Pearl Harbor.
What is Operation Magic?
200
This type of technology was used during the Battle of Atlantic, which eliminated the Germans from the war at sea.
What is radar (and sonar)?
200
This provided aid to veterans to help start business, buy homes, and go to college.
What is the GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)?
200
This bill was presented to Congress proposing the US to allow 20,000 Jewish refugee children in to the US. It was promoted by Eleanor Roosevelt, yet it was not passed.
What is Wagner-Rogers Bill 1939?
300
This conference was held in Lima, Peru. The Declaration of Solidarity of America was created and said that the Americas would defend each other against foreign interventions.
What is the Eighth Pan-American Conference (1938)?
300
This battle relied solely on scout aircraft and was seen as a victory for the US because it stopped the Japanese from invading Australia.
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942?
300
This operation was successful because the Allies were able to capture North Africa and force Hitler to move troops away from the Eastern front.
What is Operation Torch?
300
This act allowed employees the right to NOT join unions and required advanced notice of a strike.
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
300
This operation/raid ended with over half of the Canadians dead. The goal, which failed, was to capture a port in France.
What is the Dieppe Raid or Operation Jubilee?
400
This Neutrality Act prohibited US ships from carrying US-made cargo to countries at war and prevented passengers from traveling on certain ships.
What is the First Neutrality Act of 1935?
400
This battle was a five month campaign that ended in the Japanese abandoning the island after losing 31,000 soldiers.
What is the Battle for Guadalcanal?
400
TWO PART QUESTION (MUST HAVE BOTH): Name the Operation AND the location where American troops landed to retake back Normandy and then later, all of France.
What is Operation Overlord and Omaha Beach? June 6, 1944
400
The twelve countries in this organization agreed that if any are attacked, it would be considered an attack on all countries.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
400
This technology was used during the war that helped detect the location of objects underwater by sending sound waves and listening for an echo.
What is anti-submarine detection investigation committee (or anti-submarine warfare)?
500
This repealed isolationist trade policies and allowed the US to compete globally. It lowered trade barriers and allowed for greater global engagement.
What is the Reciprocal Trade Agreement of 1934?
500
This battle is where the Japanese lost four carriers and about 50% of its fleet. The Americans only lost one carrier.
What is the Battle of Midway, June 1942?
500
This was Hitler's final attempt to defeat the Allies. Hitler went on the offensive in Belgium, but was unable to break the line of the Allies. The Germans had around 100,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944?
500
This event led to the counter-intelligence of Soviet spies throughout the world after a Soviet spy defected in Canada.
What is the Gouzenko Crisis?
500
This is where both Canadian and American citizens were sent during World War II simply because of their heritage/ethnicity.