Da Dementors
Germany, Japan, Italy
Who are the Axis Powers?
Commander of the US Naval forces in the Pacific Theater
Who is Admiral Chester Nimitz?
you can purchase these to help finance the war effort
What are war bonds?
Who is General Douglas Macarthur?
encouraged to grow your own vegetables to free up farming demand during ww2
What is a victory garden?
The US military strategy in the Pacific Theater
What is island hopping?
All black pilot air squadron that overcame racism to fight in WW2
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Commander of the Allied forces in Europe
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Pacific Theater turning point
What was Midway?
Used secret language to communicate with Allied forces in the Pacific Theater
Who are the Navajo?
the names of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What a Little Boy and Fat Man?
Lead by Oppenheimer to create the atomic bomb
What was the Manhattan Project?
systematic murder of jews during WW2
What was the Holocaust?
June 6, 1944, a turning point in the European Theater
What was the invasion of Normandy (D-Day)?
Signed Non Aggression Act
Invaded the Rhineland
Invaded Poland
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Women working in factories
Factories converted to wartime production
High enlistment and draft numbers for military aged men
What are characteristics of 1940s (WW2)?
President Trumans fear of the human cost of invading Japan
What made us drop the bomb on Japan?
The US places trade restrictions on Japan due to aggressive invasions of Manchuria
What causes the attack on Pearl Harbor?
forced supply shortages to conserve wartime materials
What is rationing?
Only living black recipient of the Medal of Honor
Who is Vernon Baker?
Early US feelings about involvement in WW2?
What is neutrality?
the full name of L.D. Bell
Who is Lawrence Dale Bell?
the official start date of WW2
What is September 1, 1939?
the territory given to Hitler to appease his aggressive behavior
What is the Sudetenland?
interment of Japanese after Pearl Harbor
What is Executive Order 9066?