Who's Who (23)
A German dictator that rose to power after the economic strife
Adolf Hitler
The refusal of the U.S. to join the League of Nations reflected a desire of the nation to...
Return to a policy of isolation
What happened on December 7, 1941
The attack on Pearl Harbor
____ was created to help send more food over to the soldiers
Victory Gardens
Which is the closest star to the Earth?
The sun
Rose to power in Italy as the fascist party and seized power
Benito Mussolini
Banning loans to nations at war, and prohibiting the sale of arms to nations at war was intended to
Keep the U.S. out of the war
What was created to help get money to pay for the war?
War bonds
The war ended with what two superpowers?
The U.S. and Soviet Union
What is the fastest land animal?
Who seized power of the Soviet Union and established a brutal totalitarian dictatorship
Joseph Stalin
Which trend in U.S. foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
Increase in support for the Allied powers
Who were the Tuskegee Airman?
An African-American group in the air corps
How did WWII affect the home front in the U.S?
Gasoline was rationed, Victory gardens were planted, and more women found jobs in factories
Who is Winnie the Pooh's gloomy donkey friend?
Eeyore
U.S. Volunteer fighter pilots were known as...
Flying Tigers
What was a major goal of U.S. foreign policy in the 1930s?
Provide defensive weapons to our European friends
Where were bombs dropped in August of 1945?
Hiroshima Nagasaki
What was a result of the Executive Order 9-0-6-6?
Military commanders were required to move Japanese-Americans to interior internment camps
What part of the body produces insulin?
pancreas
Was the British Prime Minister and signed the Atlantic Charter with Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
What were two actions made by the U.S. before WWII that helped them maintain an isolationist policy?
Raised tariffs, restricted immigration, wartime allies pay back their debts owed to the Americans
The strategy of "island hopping" was used by Douglas MacArthur at which battle?
The Battle of Midway
What are the four ways American society was changed that resulted from the mobilization of resources?
Victory gardens, use of internment camps, rationalizing, increase women in the workforce
Who was the Greek God of War?
Ares