The War Begins
What event started WWII?
Hitler invaded Poland
Mexican farmers who came to America to work were known as what?
Braceros
What was D-Day?
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France
Who became President after Roosevelt's death?
Harry S. Truman
Define fascism
A militaristic political system in which the government "State" is seen as more important than individuals.
What event drew Americans into World War II?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
A group of African American pilots
What battle in the Pacific was considered the turning point?
The Battle of Midway
What was the last major battle in Europe?
The Battle of the Bulge
Define internment
Forced relocation and imprisonment
What three countries formed the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What were the zoot-suit riots?
A ten day period where white mobs attacked Mexican Americans
What was the importance of the Battle of Stalingrad?
Germany failed to invade the Soviet Union, and was forced to surrender
What was V-E Day?
The end to the war in Europe
Define kamikaze
How did the United States assist allies prior to joining the war?
The Lend-Lease Act, which allowed the president to send aid to allied nations
The Supreme Court case Korematsu v United States established what ruling?
The imprisonment of Japanese Americans was justified due to wartime security
Why were the Navajo people important?
They acted as code makers that the Japanese could not crack
What two events caused Japan to surrender?
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagisaki
Define appeasement
A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands
How many European countries did Hitler conquer? Name four.
The Rhineland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Luxembourg, France, and the Netherlands.
What was one way Americans were able to help the war effort at home?
Growing victory gardens, rationing gas and rubber, hiring women to do men's jobs, buying war bonds, collecting and donating scrap metal
El Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, Anzio, Berlin, Midway, Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of the Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
What were some of the atrocities Hitler enacted on the Jewish people?
Destruction of property on Kristallnacht, or "night of broken glass", imprisonment in concentration camps and ghettos, rounded up by killing squads, sent to death camps like Auschwitz.
Define genocide
A systemic extermination of an entire group of people