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100
Prime minister of England
Who is Churchill
100
The code name for the building of the atomic bomb
What is Manhattan Project
100
This Congressional Act was to prevent American from getting into World War II.
What is the Neutrality Act
100
Nickname of the women that went to work in the factories
What is "Rosie the Riveter"
100
This battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor was made into a memorial and is a grave for over 1,000 sailors.
What is the Arizona
200
Leader of Italy
Who is Mussolini
200
The term used for America's strategy in the Pacific to get airbases close enough to Japan to bomb them.
What is island hopping
200
The Congressional Act provided war supplies for England
What is the Lend-Lease Act
200
The name of the government agency for drafting men into the army
What is the Selective Service
200
Name two Allied countries
What are England, Soviets, U.S., Canada, Australia
300
American General in charge of the European War (planned D-Day)
Who is Eisenhower
300
Name both of the cities in Japan that were bombed with nuclear weapons
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
Hitler invaded this country and officially started World War II
What is Poland
300
The term used for rounding up Japanese Americans on the west coast and forcing them into prison camps
What is internment
300
Name three Axis countries
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan
400
Japanese Emporer
Who is Hirohito
400
The name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb
What is the Enola Gay
400
Hitler invaded this Soviet city and was defeated, but at a high cost to Russian lives. It was the turning point of the war in the East.
What is Stalingrad
400
This government department took control of all factory production and changed it to build war materials
What is the War Production Board (WPB)
400
The nickname of the Japanese fighter planes
What are "Zeros"
500
German General in charge of their tank corp.
Who is Rommel
500
The Japanese admiral that planned Pearl Harbor
What is Yamamoto
500
The plan to rebuild Europe physically and economically after the War (to keep the Soviets out)
What is the Marshall Plan
500
This Civil Rights activist founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) during the World War II years (1942).
Who is James Farmer
500
The area in France that the Allies landed on during D-Day to begin their push towards Germany
What is Normandy
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