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100

An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace - The United States never joined.

League of Nations

100

This country was a major player in WWI, but quickly surrendered to Germany in the first few months of WWII and wouldn't be liberated until the Allied invasion of Normandy.

France

100

This General was named Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific and famously said, "I shall return", after being forced to retreat after the Japanese invaded the Philippines. 

Eventually over saw the Occupation of Japan

General Douglas MacArthur

100

To help pay for the war, the federal government sold these.


War Bonds

100

As the fighting continued in the Pacific the Japanese grew more desperate and used this tactic to sink as many American ships as possible.


Kamikazee

200

A totalitarian and highly nationalistic right-wing government

Facism

200

He was named the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe 

**Mrs. Padden's FAVORITE president***

Dwight D. Eisenhower

200

The tide in the Pacific turned in 1943 when the U.S. Navy defeated a Japanese fleet at this battle. Americans sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.

Battle of Midway

200

The government used this policy/system for food and other goods so that it had a sufficient supply for armed forces overseas.


Rationing

200

These African American airmen were effective combat pilots who were trained at a prominent university in Alabama.


Tuskegee Airmen

300

This economic crisis led to high rates of unemployment and inflation, creating a climate of desperation worldwide.

The Great Depression

300

These four nations made up the Allied powers during World War II.

Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the United States 

"The Big Four"

300

Code name for the American-led effort to develop atomic weapons during World War II.


Manhattan Project

300

Many Americans planted these to grow their own fruits and vegetables.


Victory Gardens

300

The anti-Japanese atmosphere and treatment of Japanese Americans in the United States were the result of this event on December 7, 1941.


Pearl Harbor

400

The United States generally followed this type of foreign policy between both World Wars.

Isolationism

400

This war tactic was used by Germany and involved rapid attacks with coordinated movements of planes, tanks, and infantry.

Blitzkrieg

400

This battle was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War with more than 100,000 Japanese killed and over 60,000 American casualties. The U.S. was now in comfortable range to the Japanese mainland - my sister toured the tunnels here!


Battle of Okinawa

400

This Federal Office was responsible for balancing inflation by controlling prices and rent during the war.


Office of Price Administration

400

This medicine was developed during the 1920s and was used during World War II to fight infection. It helped save the lives of countless men.


Penicillin 

500

The United States implemented an embargo on this raw resource in response to Japanese aggression in the Pacific just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Oil

500

This American military policy provided arms to the Allied powers in Europe in 1941 without the United States officially getting involved.


Lend-Lease

500

The United States used this military strategy in World War II to capture Japanese-held islands and going around others that were not of military significance.

Island Hopping

500

This case was brought to the Supreme Court and ultimately determined the constitionality (legality) of relocating Japanese Americans into internment/concentration camps.


Korematsu v. United States

500
Names are the two nuclear bombs

"Fat Man"

"Little Boy"

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