People of the 40s
Important Events of the 40's
Weapons
Pop Culture
WWII
100

Famous for the start of Rock and Roll.

Elvis Presley

100

This type of bomb is used to wipe out large sums of people.

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.

Jackie Robinson.

200

At the start of the 1940s, over 20% of the world’s population lived in which European Empire?

The British Empire

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

300

Japan’s attack on which US military base pulled America into WWII?

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 in 40s 

Joseph Stalin

400

True or False: Though there are almost 200 independent countries today, there were only 69 in 1940.

True

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

 4

500

True or False: In the 1940s, people started saying ‘Cheese’ when smiling in photographs. 

True

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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