World War 2 Basics
The allies liberated these detention centers in Germany on their way to Berlin.
What are Concentration Camps?
America Joined World War 2 after this event.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Americans were asked to purchase these in order to fund World War 2. They were paid back after the war.
What are war bonds?
Many banks failed during the great depression when depositors withdrew all their money. This was called a bank _____.
What is a run?
They were the first Black regimen of air force fighter pilots.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
The three countries originally in the Axis Powers.
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
They were the presidents during World War 2.
Who are FDR and Truman?
This was the turning point in the pacific theatre. All 4 of the Japanese Aircraft carriers that took part in it were sunk.
What is Battle of Midway?
This was the name for severe dust storms that devastated much of the great planes during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This strategy established military bases on some islands but skipped over others on the way to Japan.
What is Island hopping?
He was the leader who controlled Fascist Italy prior to and during WW2.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
They filled in jobs that men usually filled during World War 2
What are women?
This government encouraged Americans to grow their own produce in order to supplement the food supply that was disrupted during the war. Those efforts were called this.
What are Victory Gardens?
This legacy of the New Deal is the largest government program as of today. It provides money to old and disabled people.
What is Social Security?
They were a group of American fighter pilots operating out of China early in WW2.
Who are Flying Tigers?
On September 1, 1939 Hitler invades this country officially beginning WW2.
What is Poland?
Japanese Americans were put into these type of camps because the United States thought they might be spies.
What are Internment Camps?
These two men were the leaders of the Army and Navy in the Pacific theatre. (You must get both)
Who are Douglas MacArthur and Chester W. Nimitz?
This organization regulates stocks and bonds, and more recently cryptocurrency. They were founded as part of the New Deal.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
They were a group of Native Americans who were able to communicate with each other in code through their language.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
This was the name of the allied landing in Normandy, France that reestablished a foothold in continental Europe.
What is D-Day?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor happened on this date (which will live in infamy according to FDR).
What is December 7, 1941?
He was the British Minister during WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This tax on imported goods is credited with worsening the great depression. (extra points if you can name the bill itself).
What is a Tariff? (Smoot Hawley Tariff)
The atomic bomb program was codenamed this "Project".
What is the Manhattan Project?