People of the 40s
Important Events of the 40's
Weapons
Pop Culture
WWII
100
Famous for the start of Rock and Roll.
Who is Elvis Presley
100
This type of bomb is used to wipe out large sums of people
What is an atomic bomb
100
These type of heavily protected machines that could go over almost any terrain.
What is a tank
100
most popular genre of music in the 40s
What is swing
100
The beach that USA stormed when trying to defeat Germany
What is Normandy
200
the first African American to be in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson.
200
These guns could rapidly shoot bullets
What is a machine gun
200
major medicine made popular in the 40s
What is penicillin
200
The type of strategy for taking over consecutive islands.
What is island hopping
300
The President before Truman
Who is Roosevelt
300
The Harbor bombed by Japan
What is Pearl Harbor
300
baseball sized bombs that could be thrown by infantry
What is a grenade
300
The intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Peace treaty.
What is NATO
300
The dictator of Germany
Who is Hitler
400
The leader of Russia
Who is Joseph Stalin
400
the unemployment rate during the war
What is 2%
400
would be used to drop bombs, para-shoots, and supplies to ground forces
What are airplanes
400
Becomes Americas pastime
What is baseball
400
The country to bomb Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is The United States
500
the number of terms Roosevelt served in office
What is 4
500
Hitler started the genocide of Jews and minorities
What is the holocaust
500
Method for killing Jews
What is gas chamber
500
A way for citizens to help the government with money, then collect it back in interest a few years later.
What are War Bonds
500
Aided the recovery of Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
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